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Winter Haven residents protest at CSX headquarters

(The following story by David Bauerlein appeared on the Florida Times-Union website on December 31.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A group of Central Florida residents picketed outside CSX’s Jacksonville headquarters Tuesday to make their case that CSX should offer...

CSX freight train derails on Florida Panhandle

(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 3.) MILTON, Fla. — A freight train carrying petroleum, wine and fruit has derailed on the Florida Panhandle amid heavy fog. A spokeswoman for Santa Rosa County in the far western part of the Panhandle says...

Two women say CSX guilty of sexual discrimination

(The following story by Kelly Holleran appeared on the West Virginia Record website on December 31.) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Two CSX Transportation employees allege they were denied promotions because they were female. Both Tracee Cribb and Tracie Yost claim they applied...

Train sparks fires along CSX track in Lake Placid

(The following appeared on the News Sun website on December 29.) LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Firefighters from six different departments kept a series of brush fires along the CSX railroad tracks in Lake Placid from damaging any buildings Monday afternoon. The fires stretched...

Coal freight battle may fuel spike in rural electricity bills

(The following story by Russell Ray appeared on The Tampa Tribune website on December 23.) TAMPA, Fla. — About 1.7 million customers served by a group of rural electricity cooperatives face the specter of higher electricity bills because the fee to transport coal by...

Hedge fund could be forced to dump CSX shares

(The following story by Robert Holmes appeared at TheStreet.com on December 18.) NEW YORK — An activist hedge fund that’s been waging war against the board of CSX may be forced into retreat by the demands of its own investors. After acquiring enough CSX shares...

CSX settles case over alleged fund violations

(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 17.) NEW YORK — Railroad CSX Corp. said Wednesday it has settled a case of alleged securities law violations with two activist shareholder hedge funds. If the settlement is approved by a federal court, CSX...

Official: Alternate route must be good for CSX

(The following story by Tom Palmer appeared on the Lakeland Ledger website on December 10.) LAKELAND, Fla. — Any plan that diverts freight trains from downtown Lakeland won’t work unless it makes business sense for CSX, a state transportation official said...

Opinion: Remember Conrail? Think Concar

(The following column by Jonathan Broder appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on December 11.) PHILADELPHIA — On April 1, 1976, Consolidated Rail Corp. – Conrail – came into existence. Born out of the once unthinkable bankruptcies of most of the...

Land-use study to help guide CSX growth

(The following appeared on the Winter Haven News Chief website on December 8.) BARTOW, Fla. — The Polk County Long Range Planning Division is partnering with the city of Winter Haven to conduct a future land-use study for the State Road 60 area. The purpose of the...