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More than 100 CSX train cars spill coal in Pa.

(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 7, 2010.) WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Crews from CSX were working to upright rail cars and clean up coal after a train derailed in southwestern Pennsylvania. No one was injured when 113 of the 130-car train derailed...

Florida transportation chief cleared in e-mail inquiry

(The following story by Lee Logan and Steve Bousquet appeared on the Miami Herald website on February 6, 2010.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Transportation Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos was cleared Friday of allegations that she skirted state public records laws in a...

No injuries as Pa. school bus gets clipped by CSX train

(The following appeared on the Daily American website on February 3, 2010.) SOMERSET, Pa. — A Somerset County Head Start bus was involved in an accident with a CSX train on Pleasant Avenue in Somerset at 1:21 p.m. Wednesday. No one was injured when the school bus,...

Winter Haven pursues logistics center for CSX terminal

(The following story by Donna Kelly appeared on the News Chief website on February 3, 2010.) WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The city of Winter Haven is moving forward on the Integrated Logistics Center to be developed in conjunction with the CSX Intermodal Terminal planned for...

Rail giant CSX cautiously optimistic

(The following appeared on the Louisville Courier-Journal website on January 30, 2010.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — CSX, the nation’s third-largest railroad, anticipates a slow economic recovery this year but warns that weak coal demand could undermine its earnings. Chief...

Shippers built along CSX tracks in 2009

(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on January 27, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eastern-U.S. railroad CSX Transportation said customers last year “committed to 92 new or expanded facilities” along CSX tracks, which represent...

Disappointing earnings doesn’t change outlook for CSX

(The following story by Mark Basch appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on January 25, 2010.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Although CSX Corp.’s (NYSE: CSX) stock dropped sharply last week after its disappointing fourth-quarter earnings report, analysts generally...