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CSX to pay N.Y. overtime bill in full

(The following story by Michele Reaves appeared on the Post-Standard website on August 8.) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CSX agreed today to pay the city of Oneida $114,000, the full bill for police and fire overtime shifts and other expenses stemming from a train derailment March...

New attention to 5 old CSX bridges

(The following story by Jill Rosen appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on August 8.) BALTIMORE — Mayor Sheila Dixon and city and state lawmakers demanded Wednesday that railroad conglomerate CSX fix its crumbling bridges in Baltimore before it’s too late....

CSX disputes Syracuse overtime bill for derailment work

(The following story by Aaron Gifford appeared on the Post-Standard website on August 7.) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CSX has yet to reimburse the city of Oneida for police and fire overtime shifts and other expenses incurred after a train derailment March 12, city officials...

Crews contain chlorine leak at South Kearny CSX yard

(The following story by Daniel Massey appeared at NJ.com on August 7.) JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Emergency crews this morning were able to contain a chlorine leak at a private rail yard in South Kearny, police said. The leak, which was reported shortly before 4 a.m. at the...

CSX wants Greenbrier cell phone tower disguised as pine tree

(The Associated Press circulated the following on August 2.) WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — The Greenbrier resort wants to build a 100-foot cell phone tower disguised as a pine tree. The camouflage would be achieved using textured material painted to resemble the bark...

CSXT announces rail security partnership with Kentucky

(CSX Transportation issued the following on August 1.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation (CSXT) today announced it has entered into a rail security partnership with the state of Kentucky that represents a model CSXT hopes to use with other states on its system....

Children flee CSX anhydrous ammonia leak in S.C.

(The following story by Ishmael tate appeared on The State website on August 1.) GREENWOOD, S.C. — A leaking valve on a CSX rail car in Greenwood caused a flurry of emergency activity Wednesday, including the evacuation of a nearby children’s home, but was under...

CSX train derails in Ga.

(The following story by Stephen Gurr appeared on The Gainesville Times website on July 26.) GAINESVILLE, Ga. — April Eubanks was reading a Bible story to three toddlers Wednesday at the Faith Christian Academy preschool on Candler Road when she heard the train whistle...

CSX train hit by runaway Army train

(The following story by Catie O’Toole and John O’Brien appeared at Syracuse.com on July 24.) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Two out-of-control Army freight cars carrying containers marked “flammable liquids” and “explosives” barreled down eight...

CSX to ask for early start at Fla. transfer site

(The following story by John Chambliss appeared on The Lakeland Ledger website on July 20.) WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — CSX will begin talks with a state oversight committee in August to allow construction of a rail transfer center to begin while a development of a regional...