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No fine expected after CSX rail yard fuel spill

(The following story by Brian Nearing appeared on the Albany Times Union website on September 15, 2009.) BETHLEHEM — The cleanup of a diesel fuel spill after an accident at the CSX rail yard could take months, according to the state Department of Environmental...

CSX derailment spills fuel at Selkirk rail yard

(The following appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on September 13, 2009.) BETHLEHEM — CSX crews are working to get the company’s Selkirk rail yard facility functioning after a derailment early today sent 5 cars off the tracks and resulted in about 1,000...

Opinion: BNSF, CSX ride rails of rebound

(The following column by David MacDougall appeared at TheStreet.com on September 14, 2009.) BOSTON — Few industries are as old school as railroads. Fittingly, one of the most old-school investors, Warren Buffett, is heavily invested in the industry, with a 23% stake...

Feud between SC city, CSX Railroad still simmering

(The Associated Press circulated the following on September 7, 2009.) NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The two sides in a simmering dispute over raliroad crossings in a coastal South Carolina city are still at odds. Officials in North Charleston have been feuding with CSX...

CSX locomotive leaks diesel fuel in Maryland

(The following appeared on the Herald-Mail website on August 31, 2009.) HAGERSTOWN, Md. — A locomotive holding 100 gallons of diesel fuel began leaking fuel Monday night at a CSX facility behind the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum along Burhans Boulevard, a 911...

CSX executive confident economy beginning to rebound

(The following story by Max Marbut appeared on the Jacksonville Daily Record website on August 25, 2009.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Clarence Gooden, vice president of Sales and Marketing and Chief Commercial Officer of CSX Transportation, Inc., was the guest speaker at...

12 CSX coal cars derail in Wedgefield, S.C.

WEDGEFIELD, S.C. — CSX train officials say several cars in a 90-car train derailed in the town of Wedgefield on Monday. CSX spokesman Gary Sease says 12 coal cars on the train derailed around 3:20pm on its way to Sumter. Officials are still investigating what caused...

CSX prepares major bridge, track projects in Ohio

(The following story by Rick Armon appeared on the Akron Beacon Journal website on August 22, 2009.) AKRON, Ohio — CSX Transportation Inc. will raise and remove bridges, and lower railroad tracks throughout Northeast Ohio starting next year as part of its $840 million...