December 13, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: The Load Star, December 8, 2021) LONDON — US importers and forwarders are looking to New York’s Port Elizabeth Terminal for a faster intermodal link to the US Midwest and Canada. Full story: The Load Star
December 13, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Savannah Morning News, December 7, 2021) SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) continues to expand its capacity at the Port of Savannah while seeing a downward trend in the amount of containers stuck on terminal, indicating a gradual relief of...
November 30, 2021 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 30, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Score one small win for Amtrak in its ongoing effort to restore its Gulf Coast service. The Surface Transportation Board on Monday issued a decision honoring Amtrak’s request for an order allowing it...
November 30, 2021 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, November 29, 2021) NEW YORK — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan led public- and private-sector leaders in breaking ground on the $466 million Howard Street Tunnel expansion project, which will reconstruct the 126-year-old freight rail...
November 18, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Savannah Morning News, November 15, 2021) SAVANNAH, Ga. — Nine new rail tracks came online Friday at the Georgia Ports Authority’s Mason Mega Rail Terminal, marking a major milestone at the Port of Savannah and a welcome relief in the midst of a global...
November 12, 2021 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 11, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Although CSX requires new hires and management employees to be vaccinated, the railroad has not yet decided whether it will issue a mandate for unionized employees, spokeswoman Cindy Schild says. CSX has...
November 12, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, November 11, 2021) NEW YORK — CSX President and CEO Jim Foote on Nov. 2 responded to Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin Oberman’s Oct. 18 request for information about service problems, as evidenced by what STB characterized as numerous...
November 11, 2021 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 10, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak’s request for cooperation from CSX has received a harsh response from the freight railroad. Full story: Trains Magazine
November 11, 2021 | Accident, CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: The State, November 10, 2021) COLUMBIA, S.C. — A series of ill-fated decisions led to the 2018 death of a South Carolina welder who was hit by a train going 50 miles per hour on tracks near Estill, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a final...
November 5, 2021 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 4, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern say addition of Amtrak trains along the Gulf Coast would cause a “systematic failure” in their ability to provide freight service, based on traffic modeling, and...
