March 9, 2023 | CSX, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, March 9, 2023) SANDSTONE, W.Va. — An empty coal train hit a rockslide along tracks in West Virginia on Wednesday morning, causing a fiery derailment that injured three crewmembers, CSX Transportation said in a statement. Full story: National...
February 14, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, CSX, News, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 14 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) today mailed ballots to about 60 members employed by the Springfield Terminal Railway Company (ST) (an affiliate of Pan Am Railways) regarding a tentative New York Dock...
February 14, 2023 | CSX, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: National Public Radio, February 10, 2023) Earlier this week, one of the largest freight railroads in the world, CSX, announced a deal with two rail unions to provide four days of paid sick leave annually, plus the option of converting three personal days into...
February 10, 2023 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: www.al.com, February 9, 2023) With still no timetable for Amtrak trains to roll between Mobile and New Orleans, the nation’s passenger rail operator is warning people to stay off the tracks. Full story: www.al.com
February 8, 2023 | CSX, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, Unions
(Source: Associated Press, February 8, 2023) Several thousand workers at CSX will soon get one of the things that pushed the U.S. railroad industry to the brink of a strike last fall: paid sick time. CSX announced a deal Tuesday with two of its 12 unions, becoming the...
February 8, 2023 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 6, 2023) Amtrak train crews this week will begin required training for future operation of its new Gulf Coast passenger-rail service between Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans. Full story: Progressive...
January 31, 2023 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, January 30, 2023) CSX Transportation Inc has lost another key ruling in its antitrust lawsuit seeking greater access to a large Virginia port, after a U.S. judge said he had no power to issue an injunction against rival freight rail operators that...
January 31, 2023 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(Source: CNN, January 30, 2023) Long-needed improvements are coming to train travel along the nation’s busy Northeast Corridor, thanks in part to the federal infrastructure funding package that President Joe Biden signed into law in the fall of 2021. The president is...
January 30, 2023 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, January 30, 2023) Ulysses S. Grant was still president when workers finished the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel, which connected Philadelphia and Washington through rail travel for the first time. But 150 years later, the tunnel that runs...
January 26, 2023 | CSX, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Associated Press, January 26, 2023) CSX hauled in 9% more profit in the fourth quarter as the railroad hauled less cargo but charged higher shipping rates and tacked on more fuel surcharges. The railroad said Wednesday that it earned $1.02 billion, or 49...
