article_snippet: A freight train loaded with crude oil had 103 cars loaded with crude oil, along with two buffer cars loaded with sand.
article_snippet: The Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Department confirmed A freight train loaded with crude oil was transporting oil from the Northern Plains' Bakken region.
article_snippet: According to the Association of American Railroads, oil shipments by rail jumped from 9,500 carloads in 2008 to 500,000 in 2014, driven by a boom in the Bakken oil patch of North Dakota and Montana, where pipeline limitations force 70 per cent of the crude to move by rail.
article_snippet: Chicago, which is 160 miles east, is a major rail hub for shipments from both North Dakota and Canada's oil sands.
article_snippet: About 40 to 50 oil trains come through the area each week, Jo Daviess County Emergency Manager Charles Pedersen said.
highlights_snippet: Train had 103 cars loaded with crude oil, and two cars carrying sand .
  