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Rock, not gunshot, breaks window of CSX locomotive

(Source: The Journal News, November 2, 2013) NEW YORK — A window was smashed — apparently by a thrown rock — on the lead locomotive of a CSX freight train Friday night, shortly after it left Rockland County north of New York City. Full story: The Journal...

Intermodal shipping grows through West Virginia

(Source: The State Record, November 1, 2013) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Coal shipments by rail may be down in southern West Virginia, but more of those containers hauling high-value freight are up. In a little over a year, southern West Virginia will play a bigger part in...

Three railroad workers struck by car in Ohio

(Source: Toledo Blade, October 28, 2013) BRADNER, Ohio — Three CSX railroad workers who were working at a crossing were struck today by a car that went around construction barricades on Bradner Road, just south of the village, the Wood County Sheriff’s Office...

Santa Train to make 71st annual trip through Appalachia

(Source: Associated Press, October 28, 2013) KINGSPORT, Tenn. — Singer Kree Harrison will be this year’s celebrity guest on the Santa Train for its 71st trip through Appalachia. The train runs along a 110-mile route, beginning in Shelby, Ky., and travelling...