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CSX recognized by Department of Defense

(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...

Conductor in fatal N.C. train wreck had wedding date set

(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....

Freight train collision kills 2 in N.C.

(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...

Hampton Roads would benefit from CSX rail expansion

(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...

Produce shipper Railex expanding N.Y. warehouse site

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...

CSX investing $160 million to improve freight flow

(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...

Maryland town seeks review of proposed CSX facility

(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...