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CSX joining the green movement in Maryland

(The following story by Tess Hill appeared on the Cumberland Times-News website on December 6.) CUMBERLAND, Md. — Keeping employees at a comfortable temperature in a cement building with nine different doors opening multiple times a day to bring in metal popsicles is...

Pa. Governor Rendell backs rail upgrades

(The following story by Don Aines appeared on the Herald-Mail website on December 6.) CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — The CSX Intermodal Facility south of Chambersburg, which opened in the fall of 2007, will become part of the National Gateway, a proposal for a public-private...

CSX rail yard falls off track

(The following story by Adrian Burns appeared at bizjournals.com on December 5, 2008) COLUMBUS, Oh – It may be awhile before Columbus sees a second new intermodal complex to serve its burgeoning logistics industry. More than seven months after Gov. Ted...

CSX’s Winter Haven terminal gets state OK

(The following story appeared at newschief.com on December 4, 2008) WINTER HAVEN, FL — With no appeals made by the Florida Department of Community Affairs, the CSX Integrated Logistics Center for Winter Haven is good to go. DCA Secretary Thomas Pelham signed off on...

CSX gets a favorable draw in Senate committee assignments

(The following story by Aaron Deslatte appeared at orlandosentinel.com on Dec 3, 2008) ORLANDO, Fl – State Senate President Jeff Atwater named two Central Florida lawmakers who are stong backers of the region’s commuter rail dreams to key committee...

Empty rail cars left on tracks sign of times

(The following story by Richard Degener appeared on the Press of Atlantic City website on December 3.) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The great train mystery has been solved. Residents in rural sections of Dennis and Middle townships were wondering why two miles of railroad...

Trains could have derailed during thefts

(The following story by Timothy O’Connor appeared on the News-Dispatch website on December 1.) LA PORTE, Ind. — There was potential for derailment when alleged thieves forced freight trains to make emergency stops, a Federal Railroad Administration spokesman...

Railroad’s “refund” hits a bump

(The following story by Paul Bass appeared on the New Haven Independent website on November 30.) NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Alderman Moti Sandman wants a second opinion before handing over $184,761 in city money to a politically connected trucking company that calls itself a...