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Seven CSX coal cars derail in North Carolina

(The following appeared at WSOCtv.com on November 19.) GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — A train derailed just before 1 a.m. Wednesday near the Riverbend Steam Plant. The plant is near Highway 273, between Lucia Riverbend Highway and Hartis Way in Gaston County. The CSX train was...

CSX gets around Chicago congestion

(The following story by Thomas L. Gallagher appeared on the Traffic World website on November 17.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since October, CSX has been running an intermodal route directly to Avon, Ind., from the West Coast. The small Midwestern hub serves one large...

Pittsburgh attorney files 900 asbestos cases in one day

(The following story by Cara Bailey appeared on the West Virginia Record website on November 9.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Pittsburgh attorney Robert Daley recently filed 900 wrongful death and asbestos lawsuits in one day in Kanawha Circuit Court against two national...

CSX removing train cars from 2007 derailment in Bullitt

(The following story by Emily Hagedorn appeared on the Louisville Courier-Journal website on October 29.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The charred train cars from the 2007 CSX derailment in Bullitt County are being hauled away, company officials said. All federal and legal holds...

Winter Haven Commission Approves CSX Facility

(The following story by Merissa Green appeared on The Lakeland Ledger website on October 29.) WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The ‘gorilla’ coming to the city couldn’t be tamed Wednesday morning by Lakeland lawyers who tried to convince Winter Haven city...

Three Class Is to cut fuel surcharges next month

(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on October 29.) It’s been eight months since CSX Intermodal’s monthly fuel surcharge has dipped below 30 percent. The November surcharge will break that streak. On Monday, CSXI will begin to apply a 26.5...