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Businesses file suit over Paulsboro train derailment

(Source: Associated Press, October 2, 2013) PAULSBORO, N.J. — Businesses are the latest to sue over a freight train derailment in southern New Jersey. They contend they suffered economic losses and their families faced health risks when a half-dozen rail cars of a...

Blue Island rail project to smooth freight traffic

(Source: Southtown Star, September 24, 2013) CHICAGO — Freight trains and motorists will be able to move more efficiently now that a $9.7 million project to install crossover tracks has been completed at the rail yard in Blue Island. Full story: Southtown...

2 injured after CSX train derails in Virginia

(Source: Associated Press, September 19, 2013) SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, Va. — Two railroad employees were injured Thursday when a train derailed and caught fire in Southampton County. Full story: Richmond Times-Dispatch

CSX to announce 3Q 2013 results on October 15

(Source: CSX press release, September 18, 2013) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) will release third-quarter financial and operating results on Tuesday, October 15, 2013, after the market close. The company will host an earnings conference call at 8:30...

Shades of Jess James as man tries to hijack CSX train

(Source: Associated Press, September 13, 2013) ERIE, Pa. — Authorities say a drunken man attempted a not-so-great train robbery on September 11. A CSX freight train was stopped on Wednesday near Erie, Pa., after a highly intoxicated man allegedly told the engineer and...

Lawsuits by BNSF, CSX say Tennessee fuel tax is unfair

(Source: The Tennessean, September 11, 2013) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two of the nation’s largest railroad companies — CSX and BNSF — have filed suit against the state of Tennessee in federal court claiming they are being forced to pay millions of dollars in taxes on diesel...