March 2, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Environmental Protection Agency press release, February 27, 2015) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered CSX to clean-up and restore the areas affected by the Feb. 16 train derailment in Mt. Carbon, W. Va. Twenty-seven...
February 27, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, February 26, 2015) MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — A rail line has reopened in southern West Virginia where an oil train derailed earlier this month. Full story: www.thenewstribune.com
February 25, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Daily Press, February 24, 2015) LYNCHBURG, Va. — Virginia officials reported this week that only 390 gallons of oil remain in the environment from the spill when a CSX oil train derailed in Lynchburg last April. Full story: Daily Press
February 25, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, February 24, 2015) MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — A CSX Corp rail line in West Virginia remained shut following an explosive oil train derailment on Feb. 16 that damaged the roadbed and tracks, though the type of work required to return the line to service...
February 25, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Charleston Gazette, February 24, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Workers on Tuesday started removing contaminated soil containing oil that spilled after a CSX train derailed in Fayette County, according to a CSX spokesman. Full story: Charleston...
February 25, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, February 24, 2015) SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Emergency personnel responding to an oil train derailment in West Virginia last week applied lessons learned from a rail disaster more than three decades ago, and likely prevented a bad...
February 24, 2015 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Washington Post, February 20, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge heard arguments Friday morning on a petition for a preliminary injunction that would halt reconstruction plans for the Virginia Avenue tunnel in Southeast Washington. Full story:...
February 24, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 23, 2015) RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia is proposing a $361,000 civil fine against the rail company CSX Transportation Inc. in the derailment of a crude-oil tanker car that ruptured and caught fire in the James River in Lynchburg...
February 24, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Charleston Gazette, February 23, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Approximately 36,000 gallons of oily-water mixture had been recovered from containment trenches where the Kanawha River meets Armstrong Creek as of Monday morning, after a CSX oil train derailed in...
February 24, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Register-Herald, February 23, 2015) MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — A week after a 109-car derailment of a CSX train at Powellton Hollow in Fayette County, two federal agencies announced Sunday that they are moving forward with a full-scale forensic investigation...
