May 6, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by A.J. Panian appeared on the Tribune Review website on May 6.) PITTSBURGH — Two freight trains that derailed Sunday in Westmoreland County caused the cancellation of several Amtrak trains slated to arrive at or depart from the agency’s...
May 6, 2008 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Jay Hamburg and Aaron Deslatte appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on May 6.) ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida commuter-rail supporters are preparing to spend as much as $52 million in the next year to keep their plan on track, despite the...
May 6, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the Lakeland Ledger website on May 6.) LAKELAND, Fla. — When the Florida Legislature’s regular session ended Friday, the CSX train did not arrive. Florida Senate Majority Leader Daniel Webster wanted so desperately to be the...
May 5, 2008 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following story appeared on The Tribune-Review website on May 4.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Two freight trains crashed this morning in a Westmoreland County municipality bordering the Youghiogheny River. A CSX Corp. train heading west from New Castle to Chicago jumped...
May 5, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by David Fischer on May 2.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A deal to bring commuter rail to central Florida failed to win approval from the Legislature on Friday and isn’t expected to move ahead any time soon with...
May 2, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 1.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — CSX Corporation says it will spend $300 million on upgrades that would allow trains with double-stacked cars to run from the East Coast to the Midwest. For the effort to go forward, the federal...
May 2, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Aaron Deslatte appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on May 2.) ORLANDO — Senate leaders announced late Wednesday they were stripping a transportation bill of the legal protections CSX Corp. says it needs to pave the way for Central...
May 2, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Lindsay Peterson appeared on the Tampa Tribune website on May 2.) TAMPA, Fla. — Bobby Lightfoot braced himself as the train engineer hit the brakes in the Polk County rail yard, but the hard stop rippled through the railroad cars to where...
May 1, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Craig Wolf appeared on the Poughkeepsie Journal website on May 1.) KINGSTON, N.Y. — Rail traffic will move more swiftly through the city, and so will road traffic where the rails cross the asphalt. CSX Transportation Inc. will get $604,000 from...
May 1, 2008 | CSX, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the Lakeland Ledger website on May 1.) LAKELAND, Fla. — With two days left in the Florida Legislature’s annual session, two approaches are becoming clearly defined in the final battle over a controversial rail plan. The...
