August 21, 2007 | CSX, Headlines
(The following report by Diane Lacey Allen appeared on The Lakeland Ledger website on Augusst 20.) LAKELAND, Fla. — Lakeland city commissioners stopped short of officially opposing the CSX’s Winter Haven rail transfer center project on Monday. But they...
August 21, 2007 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Sarah Fay Campbell appeared on The Times-Herald website on August 21.) NEWNAN, Ga. — As work proceeds to improve the intersection of U.S. 29 and Weldon Road at rail tracks in north Coweta County, a new study by the Citizens for Rail Safety and...
August 20, 2007 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Tim Sampson appeared on the Bowling Green News website on August 20.) BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Students and locals stumble up and down Wooster Street about 30 minutes before last call as a train horn cuts through the cool, damp air. As they reach...
August 17, 2007 | CSX, Headlines
(The following editorial appeared on the St. Petersburg Times website on August 17.) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Somewhere along the line, Florida lost track of a railroad. The railroad didn’t mind, but the blunder cost taxpayers millions and is another example of...
August 16, 2007 | CSX, Headlines
(The following report appeared on the Toledo Blade website on August 16.) TONTOGANY, Ohio — A firefighter was hurt when two train engines, one holding 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel, burned last night on the CSX railroad tracks in this western Wood County village about...
August 16, 2007 | CSX, Headlines
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on August 16.) CHICAGO — Shares of Continental Airlines Inc. plunged nearly 17 percent Wednesday, leading a broad decline in airline stocks, and railroad stocks fell after Citi Investment Research said 2008 earnings forecasts...
August 15, 2007 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Sydney P. Freedberg appeared on the St. Petersburg Times website on August 12.) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — For at least a decade, railroad giant CSX Corp. has avoided paying taxes on several Florida properties because of mistakes by state and local...
August 13, 2007 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Julie Turkewitz appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on August 11.) BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Department of Transportation and railroad conglomerate CSX agreed yesterday to a one-month deadline to decide which entity will pay for improvements...
August 10, 2007 | CSX, Headlines
(The following report by Ian Preuth appeared at WCPO.com on August 10.) CINCINNATI, Ohio — A train company is offering a reward after one of its employees was hit with a rock. The incident happened around 3:00 a.m. on July 28 while a CSX train was stopped at 30th...
August 10, 2007 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Billy Townsend appeared on The Tampa Tribune website on August 10.) LAKELAND, Fla. — In response to recent fatal collisions of Amtrak trains and vehicles at crossings in west Lakeland and Plant City, federal inspectors are leading an audit of...
