June 3, 2014 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, June 2, 2014) RICHMOND, Va. — U.S. Sen. Mark Warner said Monday that oil producers and rail companies need to step up their safety efforts in the wake of crude oil car that caught fire during the April 30 train derailment in downtown...
June 2, 2014 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Sun Sentinel, June 1, 2014) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The number of freight trains could more than double after a widened Panama Canal opens. The wider canal and new shipping lane will allow a massive new line of mega-ships to pass through in early 2016,...
May 29, 2014 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Trefis, May 28, 2014) NEW YORK — CSX Corporation’s first quarter 2014 operating expenses increased $190 million due to high costs associated with weather disruptions and inflationary pressure on input costs. This led to a 5.2% increase in the company’s...
May 29, 2014 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Covington News, May 28, 2014) SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. — A CSX railroad employee was significantly injured at General Mills’ distribution center in Social Circle around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The worker, who has not yet been identified, was spotting a train as...
May 27, 2014 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: CSX press release, May 21, 2014) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation (CSX), through its transportation and intermodal terminals subsidiaries, announces another milestone in the construction of the $100 million intermodal terminal in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield....
May 23, 2014 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Post and Courier, May 23, 2014) CHARLESTON, S.C. — CSX Transportation has come to an agreement with the South Carolina Department of Transportation to pay the costs of replacing the Moncks Corner bridge that was knocked out by a train following a derailment...
May 23, 2014 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, May 22, 2014) LYNCHBURG, Va. — Virginia environmental officials have served a notice of violation with CSX stemming from the April 30 train derailment in Lynchburg. Full story: Washington Post
May 16, 2014 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Columbus Dispatch, May 16, 2014) COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Heritage Cooperative has announced plans for a $35 million facility in Marysville that will help its members to farm their fields more efficiently. Expected to open in September 2015, the 277-acre...
May 16, 2014 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: News & Advance, May 15, 2014) LYNCHBURG, Va. — Virginia’s secretaries of Transportation and of Public Safety and Homeland Security will co-chair the state’s Railroad Safety and Security Task Force established in the aftermath of the train derailment in...
May 13, 2014 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: News & Advance, May 11, 2014) LYNCHBURG, Va. — The Lynchburg derailment highlights the dangers of transporting Bakken Shale Formation oil by rail in tanker cars that are easily breached and on routes that take the trains through major population areas....
