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CSX train derails in western Kentucky; No injuries reported

(Source: Associated Press, March 17, 2013) MADISONVILLE, Ky. — Emergency officials say a train derailed in western Kentucky and blocked a road, but nothing was spilled and no one was injured. The CSX train had 14 overturned cars and one overturned tanker when...

Three men crushed to death in Alabama rail car accident

(Source: Reuters, March 5, 2013) MOBILE, Ala. — Three men were crushed to death and another was injured when a pile of steel beams fell on them in the railway car where they were sleeping, Alabama authorities said on Tuesday. Police said the men were believed to be...

Lakeland Electric will pay $950,000 to CSX for coal penalty

(Source: Lakeland Ledger, February 20, 2013) LAKELAND, Fla. — Lakeland Electric will pay a $950,000 penalty to CSX because the amount of coal the utility had transported to the McIntosh Power Plant in 2012 fell short of its contractual obligation to the railroad...