April 18, 2022 | Convention, News, Top News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 18 — As all Local Divisions, General Committees and State Legislative Boards were advised on January 4, 2022, the BLET’s Fifth National Convention will convene in Las Vegas, Nevada, from October 10-13, 2022. The BLET’s national conventions...
May 5, 2014 | Convention, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, May 1, 2014) NEW YORK — The CSX Corp train that derailed and erupted in flames in Lynchburg, Virginia, was carrying crude oil from the Bakken shale in North Dakota, the kind of oil involved in several other fiery derailments over the last few...
May 5, 2014 | Convention, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, May 2, 2014) RICHMOND, Va. — Early reviews found no human error or mechanical failure that could have caused a fiery derailment of an oil train in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. Full...
January 20, 2014 | Convention, Headlines
(Source: Washington Post, January 18, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The proposed reconstruction of a railroad tunnel in Southeast has residents of the thriving Navy Yard community asking the District government to help kill the project. CSX Transportation says the...
December 20, 2013 | Convention, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: CSX press release, December 19, 2013) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation will release fourth-quarter and 2013 full-year financial and operating results on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, after the market close. The Company will host an earnings...
July 3, 2012 | Convention, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, July 2, 2012) NEW YORK — Shares of some top railroad companies were mixed at the close of trading, including CSX, which fell 0.8 percent, and CN, which rose 0.2 percent. Full story: CBS News
March 4, 2010 | Convention, Headlines
(The following story by Nick Kotsopoulos appeared on the Telegram & Gazette website on March 4, 2010.) WORCESTER, Mass. — Residents in the area of the CSX Corp. freight yard on Franklin Street made it clear last night they are not looking to fight the company’s...
December 17, 2009 | Convention, Headlines
(The following story by Justin Schoenberger appeared on the Index-Journal website on December 17, 2009.) ABBEVILLE, S.C. — The group that helped make Abbeville High School’s nearly $1 million baseball field a reality recently got a $30,000 boost from a company that...
May 1, 2009 | Commuter Rail, Convention, Headlines
(The following story by James Miller appeared on the Daytona Beach News-Journal website on May 1, 2009.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Senate today delivered a potentially fatal blow to the proposed SunRail commuter system connecting DeLand and metropolitan Orlando....
March 30, 2009 | Amtrak, Convention, Headlines
(The following story by Bill Thompson appeared on the Gainesville Sun website on March 30, 2009.) OCALA, Fla. — Seven years ago, a speeding northbound Amtrak passenger train derailed in Putnam County, killing four people and injuring more than 140 of the nearly 500...
