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CSX not hurt by slowing economy
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Corp., the parent company of Jacksonville's CSX Transportation reported yesterday a fourth-quarter 2001 profit of $65 million, or 31 cents per share, up from $54 million, or 26 cents per share, the previous year, according to the Florida...
CSX worker’s vigilance spots potential problems
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Harvey W. Strickland saw sparks on the way to work last week and, for the second time, may have prevented a train wreck, according to the Florida Times-Union. Strickland lives in Blackshear and drives two hours daily to his job in CSX...
Indiana court approves $7 million landowner class settlement
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- An Indiana judge last Friday approved a class action settlement for more than 9,000 Indiana landowners with claims against CSX Railroad. According to lawyers for the landowners, the settlement will resolve all title claims between CSX and the...
STB OKs construction of 3.2-mile IC line
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board (Board) Chairman Linda J. Morgan announced on January 23 that the Board has issued a decision authorizing the Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC) to construct and operate a 3.2-mile line of railroad in East Baton...
Freight derailment delays Metra trains
HARVEY, Ill. -- Passengers on the Metra Electric Line train from Chicago to University Park had their commute lengthened by about an hour Monday afternoon after two rail cars carrying liquid fertilizer derailed in Harvey, reports the Chicago Tribune. The derailment...
Labor board rules Overnite must ‘repudiate its unlawful conduct’
WASHINGTON -- The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that Overnite Transportation, the trucking subsidiary of Union Pacific Corporation, must “repudiate its unlawful conduct” and refused to allow Overnite to proceed with a decertification attempt at the...
Official condemns U.K. rail strikes
LONDON -- U.K. Transport Secretary Stephen Byers has urged all sides in the rail dispute to go to arbitration, saying strikes had no place on today's railways, according to a report from BBC News. Mr Byers was speaking at a meeting of the National Rail Conference in...
BLE, Rail Labor seek to block Amtrak Reform Council
WASHINGTON -- The following was released on January 22 by the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO: The Amtrak Reform Council (ARC) has "acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner and contrary to law," eleven AFL-CIO rail unions representing the vast majority of...
TTD supports Amtrak
WASHINGTON -- The AFL-CIO's Transportation Trades Department has filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to stop the Amtrak Reform Council from recommending to Congress that Amtrak's monopoly on passenger rail should be broken, according to a wire service. Eleven unions asked a...
KCS, BMWE finalize contract
KANSAS CITY -- Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. has reached new labor agreements with one of the railroad unions, the Kansas City Star reports. The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees has ratified four-year contracts with Kansas City Southern and one of...
