May 19, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Rick Rousos appeared on The Ledger website on May 18.) LAKELAND, Fla. — Headlines blaring “Railroad Deal Dead in Its Tracks” don’t mean downtown Lakeland won’t see a significant increase in freight trains. And it...
May 19, 2008 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(The following story by John Dyer appeared on the Boston Globe website on May 18.) BOSTON — Congressman Jim McGovern stood in front of a crowd of state and local officials, representatives of both freight and commuter rail operations, and about 50 other interested...
May 19, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Zachery Kouwe appeared on the New York Post website on May 18.) NEW YORK — A string of donations by railroad giant CSX Corp. to organizations linked to key lawmakers is raising questions about whether the company is using political connections...
May 16, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(CSX issued the following on May 15.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) today announced that it has sent a letter to all CSX shareholders and filed an investor presentation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in...
May 15, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Bill Rodgers appeared on the Tribune Chronicle website on May 15.) NEWTON FALLS, Ohio — As the Ohio State Highway Patrol investigates the train wreck that crushed a Newton Township police cruiser, the Newton Falls police chief is investigating...
May 15, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Lindsay Peterson appeared on the Tampa Tribune website on May 15.) TAMPA, Fla. — A state representative has called for an investigation into how railroad executives influenced state plans to give their companies millions for track improvements....
May 15, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(Reuters issued the following on May 15.) NEW YORK — U.S. railroad CSX Corp. said on Thursday its board is unanimously opposed to an agenda put forward by activist investor group The Children’s Investment Fund (TCI), and is asking shareholders to re-elect its...
May 14, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Joe Follick appeared on the Lakeland Ledger website on May 11.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — All you needed to know about who was winning and losing the battle to bring commuter rail to Orlando you could learn from looking at the faces of lobbyists...
May 13, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(UPI circulated the following on May 12.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two large CSX shareholder groups trying to unseat current board members will be conducting their business at a New Orleans rail yard, the company said. Railroad transportation giant CSX announced that its...
May 13, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Traffic World website on May 12.) A tenacious group of dissident CSX investors launched a new assault, CSX’s home state of Florida said no to a commuter line deal over railroad liability risks, and two CSX...
