October 15, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(CSX issued the following on October 14.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation [NYSE: CSX] today reported third quarter 2008 earnings from continuing operations of $382 million, or 94 cents per share. This represents a 40 percent increase from the same period last...
October 13, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following appeared on the Fayetteville Observer website on October 12.) FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Five CSX Corp. railroad cars derailed Saturday morning out side a Cargill Inc. food-process ing plant on River Road in Cumberland County. No one was injured, said State...
October 13, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Guy Tridgell appeared on the Southtown Star website on October 12.) CHICAGO — CSX Transportation believes it has found the answer to the chronic complaint of locomotives choking neighborhoods near rail yards with diesel exhaust with engines...
October 8, 2008 | CSX, Headlines, UP
(Union Pacific issued the following on October 6.) OMAHA, Neb. — California produce today is making a 3,300-mile journey in a train made up entirely of state-of-the-art refrigerated boxcars. Crossing Union Pacific Railroad and CSX Transportation’s rail networks,...
October 7, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Ted Jackovics appeared on The Tampa Tribune website on October 6.) TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa-based Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc. has filed a complaint with a federal agency against CSX Transportation Inc., saying new CSX rates to ship coal from...
October 6, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Jason Riley appeared on the Louisville Courier-Journal website on October 4.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal class-action lawsuit over a fiery train derailment in Bullitt County in January 2007 has been settled for $3 million, with about 17,000...
October 3, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Stephanie Segretto appeared on the WLKY website on October 2.) BULLITT COUNTY, Ky. — Thousands of Bullitt County residents could soon be cashing in, collecting hundreds for what they went through during a train derailment more than a year and a...
October 2, 2008 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Noah Bierman appeared on the Boston Globe website on October 2.) BOSTON — Massachusetts political leaders plan to announce a $100 million deal today to buy train tracks from a private rail company in hopes of improving commuter service between...
October 1, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Michael A. Sawyers appeared on the Cumberland Times-News website on September 30.) CUMBERLAND, Md. — Residents of several South End streets believed all along that the oil they found splattered on their cars, porch furniture and homes Sunday...
October 1, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Dan McCue appeared on the Charleston City Paper website on September 30.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — Depending on where you stand on the issues of lifestyle and economic development, talk of increased port traffic is either the sweet drum of river...