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North Charleston vs. CSX, Round 2

(The following story by Schuyler Kropf appeared on The Post and Courier website on August 19, 2009.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — North Charleston’s feud with the CSX railroad line got a little hotter this week when an employee cited during a sign-removal dispute last...

Ohio track set to reopen after CSX coal-train derailment

(The following story by John Futty appeared on The Columbus Dispatch website on August 18, 2009.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — The railroad track blocked Sunday by the derailment of a coal train in the Arena District could be open to rail traffic by this morning, a CSX spokesman...

Georgia derailment caused by equipment failure, CSX says

(The following story by Mark Millican appeared on the Daily Citizen website on August 17, 2009.) DALTON, Ga. — Equipment failure caused a multi-car railroad derailment near Rocky Face on June 28, a CSX official said. No one was injured when 10 cars jumped the tracks...

CSX begins work on major Ohio intermodal site

(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on August 17, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — CSX Transportation and state officials broke ground for an intermodal terminal at North Baltimore, Ohio, A spokesman said it will be the...

CSX breaks ground on Northwest Ohio intermodal terminal

(CSX issued the following on August 14, 2009.) NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio — Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, Congressman Bob Latta and CSX Chairman, President and CEO Michael Ward today broke ground for a new intermodal terminal in North Baltimore, Ohio, which will support...

No plans yet for a CSX, Pam Am meeting

(The following story by Mary E. Arata appeared on the Nashoba Publishing website on August 13, 2009.) AYER, Mass. — Despite the attempts of Niki Tsongas’ Ayer town meeting on July 29, there are no plans for a sit-down between members Pan Am and CSX railways to...

County signs paperwork to acquire CSX line

(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on August 13, 2009.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton Jr. was all smiles Wednesday afternoon as he signed the paperwork transferring the old CSX railroad line from the railroad to...

CSX to break ground on Ohio intermodal facility

(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on August 12, 2009.) On Friday, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, CSX Corp. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Ward, and other dignitaries will break ground on an intermodal terminal west of...