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4 NY teens admit damaging CSX train with boulder

(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 30, 2009.) CHILI, N.Y. — Four teenage boys who damaged a CSX freight train by putting a boulder on the tracks last year have pleaded guilty to felony criminal mischief. Authorities say a CSX train hit the...

CSX’s Ward named ‘Railroader of the Year’

(The following story by Mark Basch appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on January 28, 2009.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp. Chairman and CEO Michael Ward has been named the 2009 “Railroader of the Year” by “Railway Age” magazine. According to a story in the...

Grand Park derailment cleanup, testing continues

(The following story by Bill Byrns appeared on the Kankakee Daily-Journal website on January 21, 2009.) GRANT PARK, Ill. — All contaminated material should be removed by Thursday from the site of Sunday’s CSX Corp. freight train derailment in Grant Park,...

Cleanup crews find larger spill at Grant Park derailment site

(The following story by Jon Krenek appeared on the Kankakee Daily-Journal website on January 20, 2009.) GLEN PARK, Ill. — Crews started working Monday to clean up the hazardous materials left by Sunday’s CSX Corp. freight train derailment in Grant Park, move the...

CSX still sees ’09 price increases of 5-6 pct

(Reuters circulated the following on January 21, 2009.) CHICAGO — U.S. railroad CSX Corp (CSX.N) said on Wednesday that it still expects to raise prices to haul freight in 2009 by between 5 percent and 6 percent, despite the ongoing economic downturn. Speaking on a...

CSX 4Q earnings fall, miss views

(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 20, 2009.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Railroad operator CSX says its fourth-quarter earnings sank 32 percent from a year-earlier, mostly due to a sizable writedown on the value of a resort the company owns. The...

CSX announces fourth quarter 2008 results

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) today announced fourth quarter earnings per share of 63 cents. These results include a noncash impairment charge of 27 cents per share related to the write-down of its investment in The Greenbrier resort. Excluding this...

CSX posts preliminary profit that trails estimates

(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Mary Schlangenstein on January 12.) NEW YORK — CSX Corp., the third-largest U.S. railroad, reported preliminary fourth-quarter earnings that trailed analysts’ average estimate. Profit was 90 cents a share, excluding a...