August 1, 2025 | CSX, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: CSX press release, July 23, 2025) CSX Corp. announced second quarter 2025 operating income of $1.28 billion compared to $1.45 billion in the prior year period. Net income was $829 million, or $0.44 per diluted share, compared to $963 million, or $0.49 per...
July 23, 2025 | CSX, GCA Elections, News, Top News
Keith Kerley was reelected by acclamation to his third term as General Chairman of the BLET’s CSXT Western Lines General Committee of Adjustment at the GCA’s quadrennial meeting on July 16, 2025. The GCA represents more than 2,800 active and retired members from 25...
June 11, 2025 | Contract Agreement, CSX, News, Top News
Today, BLET members ratified a new five-year contract with CSX Transportation, which governs nearly 3,500 members. Ballots were counted this afternoon, and the agreement was ratified by a 53.6% majority of those who returned ballots. The contract provides compounded...
May 15, 2025 | CSX, GCA Elections, News, Top News
General Chairman Brian Farkas was reelected last week during the CSXT-Northern Lines General Committee of Adjustment’s quadrennial meeting at the National Division headquarters in Independence, Ohio. The CSXT-Northern Lines GCA comprises 26 Divisions and represents...
May 13, 2025 | CSX, News, Tentative Contract, Top News
The BLET has reached a tentative agreement with CSX Transportation that will significantly benefit locomotive engineers. If ratified by the members, the tentative agreement would provide compounded general wage increases of 18.77 percent. Engineers would also earn...
April 30, 2025 | CSX, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: CSX press release, April 16, 2025) CSX Corp. announced first quarter 2025 operating income of $1.04 billion compared to $1.34 billion in the prior year period. Net income was $646 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, compared to $880 million, or $0.45 per...
April 6, 2025 | CSX, News, Remote Control, Top News
A remote control incident in July 2024 caused a CSXT locomotive to crash into a residential neighborhood in Niagara Falls, N.Y. ____________________ Baltimore television station WBAL reports that a collision between two CSXT trains at the Curtis Bay Yard in Baltimore...
April 4, 2025 | CSX, News, Top News
As documented by a BLET member, Trip Optimizer’s handling of a train caused excessive slack action, which resulted in a violent separation that ripped out this drawbar and initiated an emergency brake application. ___________________ As reported in March, the BLET...
March 24, 2025 | CSX, News, Top News
The BLET filed extensive comments with the FRA on March 17 raising questions about CSXT’s use and implementation of Trip Optimizer/Air Brake Control (TO/ABC, or “zero-to-zero”) technology. If fully approved, CSXT’s Product Safety Plan (PSP) would, for the first time,...
March 5, 2025 | CSX, News, Top News
The BLET will submit comments to the Federal Railroad Administration on CSX’s “zero-to-zero” technology that relies on computers to automatically start and stop freight trains. The railroad is seeking FRA approval for a Product Safety Plan (PSP) to begin using...
