July 1, 2009 | CSX, Headlines, UP
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 30, 2009.) CSX Intermodal’s monthly fuel surcharge is rising significantly in July. On Monday, the company will implement an 18 percent fuel surcharge compared with June’s 13.5 percent...
June 30, 2009 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Rick Rousos appeared on the Lakeland Ledger website on June 29, 2009.) LAKELAND, Fla. — To anybody who thought the deal for Orlando-area commuter rail had been permanently derailed: Think again. The proposed agreement for the state to buy 61...
June 30, 2009 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(The following story by James Miller appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on June 29, 2009.) ORLANDO, Fla. –- Two months after a stinging defeat in the Florida Legislature, boosters of the proposed Central Florida SunRail announced today the project is very much...
June 30, 2009 | CSX, Headlines
(CSX issued the following on June 29, 2009.) NEW YORK — CSX Transportation (CSXT) today unveiled four ultra-low emission GenSet locomotives to operate full-time at its Oak Point Yard in Bronx, New York, just hours after becoming the first major transportation provider...
June 30, 2009 | CSX, Headlines
(CSX issued the following on June 29, 2009.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX today announced a plan to reduce the CO2 emissions associated with its vast and economically vital train operations by 8% per revenue ton mile by 2011. The company made its commitment as part of its...
June 29, 2009 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Misty Watson appeared on the Daily Citizen website on June 29, 2009.) DALTON, Ga. — No one was injured when 10 to 15 train cars overturned Sunday evening on the CSX tracks near Old Chattanooga Road in Rocky Face, officials said. The cars that...
June 29, 2009 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Mark Basch appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on June 29, 2009.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp.’s proxy fight with two hedge funds ended in September with four nominees from The Children’s Investment Fund Management LLP and 3G Capital...
June 26, 2009 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Joseph Deinlein appeared on the York Daily Record website on June 25, 2009.) YORK, Pa. — In a response to a letter from U.S. Sens. Arlen Specter and Bob Casey and Congressman Todd Platts, the CEO of CSX Transportation said work being done on a...
June 22, 2009 | CSX, Headlines, UP
(The following story by Chris Isidore appeared at CNN.com on June 21, 2009.) NEW YORK — General Motors owes hundreds of millions of dollars to major suppliers who have never made an auto part, rubber tire or sheet of steel — and they’re not likely to get...
June 22, 2009 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Joe Deinlein appeared on the York Daily Record website on June 19, 2009.) YORK, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s two U.S. senators and Congressman Todd Platts have sent a letter to the chief executive officer of a train company that some suspect...