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CSX reports third quarter earnings from continuing operations

(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...

5 CSX railroad cars derail near Cargill plant in N.C.

(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...

Freight trains go green

(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...

UP, CSX begin new fresh produce train service

(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,...

Fla. cooperative says CSX coal shipping rates too high

(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...

CSX reaches $3 million settlement in ’07 wreck in Kentucky

(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...

CSX offers settlement for Ky. derailment

(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...

Mass. to buy railroad tracks in $100m deal

(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...

Broken train makes oil rain

(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...

New Charleston port missing rail connection

(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...