June 2, 2011 | CSX, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Taunton Gazette website on June 1, 2011.) TAUNTON, Mass. — A CSX locomotive en route to a delivery in Taunton’s Myles Standish Industrial Park derailed Wednesday afternoon after thieves cut away two 8-foot sections of solid steel track,...
June 2, 2011 | CSX, Headlines
(CSX issued the following press release on June 1, 2011.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation has been awarded the 2011 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. The award, given by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) agency, is the...
May 26, 2011 | CSX, Headlines
(The following appeared on television station WYFF’s website on May 25, 2011.) ABBEVILLE, S.C. — Phillip Crawford, the 33-year-old CSX conductor killed in an on-duty accident earlier this week, was engaged to be married next year. Crawford and BLET member J.G....
May 25, 2011 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following appeared on the CBS News website on May 24, 2011.) MINERAL SPRINGS, N.C. — Two CSX train crew members have been killed and two others injured when a pair of freight trains collided south of Charlotte, N.C. CSX spokesman Bob Sullivan said the locomotives...
May 23, 2011 | CSX, Headlines
(The following appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on May 22, 2011.) NORFOLK, Va. — CSX Corp., the nation’s third-largest railroad, is investing an additional $160 million to complete its National Gateway project, a planned double-stack rail route connecting...
May 20, 2011 | CSX, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Cleveland Plain Dealer website on May 18, 2011.) CLEVELAND — In a proposed settlement, CSX Transportation would pay $350,000 to Ohio for water pollution and public nuisances caused by eight of its derailments and malfunctions here,...
May 19, 2011 | CSX, Headlines, UP
ROTTERDAM, N.Y. — Railex, the cross-country shipper of produce and other perishables that has its East Coast terminal in Rotterdam, is in the early stages of an expansion project that could add as much as 65,000 square feet to its existing building. Rotterdam’s...
May 19, 2011 | CSX, Headlines
(Associated Press circulated the following on May 18, 2011.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp., the nation’s third-largest railroad operator, said Wednesday that it expects earnings per share to rise as much as 20 percent each year through 2015 from 2010 levels....
May 19, 2011 | CSX, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on May 18, 2011.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp., the second-largest publicly traded U.S. railroad, said it will invest $160 million to improve its ability to move freight from the Port of Virginia at...
May 18, 2011 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on May 17, 2011.) BALTIMORE, Md. — As Elkridge residents try to block a large CSX rail cargo transfer facility from their neighborhood, Howard County Council members are moving to get their own local...