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CSX asks to reduce service in NY

(The following story by Brian Kelly appeared on the Watertown Daily Times website on June 26, 2010.) WATERTOWN, N.Y. — CSX Transportation Inc. wants to reduce its daily rail service through the north country to two or three days a week. North country economic...

$120 million expansion of Worcester rail yard eyed

(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 27, 2010.) WORCESTER, Mass. ― The Worcester City Council is preparing to vote on a proposed $120 million expansion of the CSX rail yard. Officials say the investment by CSX will more than double the size of the...

NRG and CSX reach accord on coal shipping rates

(The following story by Gib Snyder appeared on The Observer website on June 23, 2010.) DUNKIRK, N.Y. — The path has apparently been cleared for the resumption of coal shipments to the NRG Power Marketing LLC’s Dunkirk generating station. An e-filing posted on...

Slain CSX conductor was saving money for formal wedding

(The following story by Robin Fitzgerald appeared on the Sun Herald website on June 22, 2010.) BILOXI, Miss. — Relatives of a train conductor fatally shot in an attempted robbery said he lived in Biloxi and was saving money for a formal wedding. CSX Railroad employee...

Worcester group tours Atlanta’s CSX yards

(The following story by Shaun Sutner appeared on the Telegram & Gazette website on June 20, 2010.) FAIRBURN, Ga. — At nearly 50 feet tall, the yellow overhead crane towered over a shipping container at CSX Corp.’s sprawling intermodal freight yard, which...