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CSX on track to develop reclaimed land in Indiana

(The following story by Howard Greninger appeared on The Tribune-Star website on January 5, 2010.) TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A more-than-4,500-acre site stretching across Vigo and Clay counties has been certified as a CSX Transportation Large Industrial/Light Manufacturing...

Jury sides with CSX in Ala crash that killed 4

(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 14, 2009.) CLANTON, Ala. — An Alabama jury has sided with a railroad in a series of lawsuits filed by the relatives of four men killed in a train crash almost three years ago. Chilton County jurors ruled in...

Opinion: Florida rail bill was a bad one

(The following story by Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda appeared on the Tallahassee Democrat website on December 13, 2009.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — I believe in mass transit as a solution to a sustainable future. There is no doubt that we are overdue for more efficient...

Opinion: SunRail deal a winner

(The following column by Brian Ackley appeared on the Lake Wales News website on December 12, 2009.) LAKE WALES, Fla. — Although the vote was hundreds of miles away, the Florida legislature’s green light to a massive high-speed rail project in the state could pay...

CSX directed rail legislation to its benefit

(The following story by Dara Kam appeared on the Palm Beach Post website on December 13, 2009.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Thousands of e-mails from state transportation officials show that the transportation giant that stands to get at least $432 million from taxpayers in a...

Residents question CSX creosote plans

(The following story by Karen Nelson appeared on the Sun Herald website on December 11, 2009.) BILOXI, Miss. — CSX railroad presented maps and drawings at a public hearing Thursday night to show how the company proposes to contain creosote in the sediment near the...

Box car fire sends thick white smoke over CSX’s Acca Yard

(The following appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on December 7, 2009.) RICHMOND, Va. — Henrico County firefighters responded this afternoon to a box car fire that is causing heavy smoke to drift over the CSX Corp.’s Acca Yard switching facility and...