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3 men sue CSX for $11.8 million in train wreck

(The following story by Gregory Richards appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on June 5.) NORFOLK, Va. — Three train workers injured in a violent head-on collision of two CSX Corp. trains in Southampton County in September 2005 separately sued the railroad last...

CSX spill cleanup goes on in Ala.

(The following story by Connie Baggett appeared on the Mobile Register website on May 31.) CASTLEBERRY, Ala. — Hazardous materials crews continued their cleanup Wednesday in the aftermath of a train derailment that spilled 36,000 gallons of molten phenol and 15,000...

Pig stories fly after train derailment

(The following story by Cheryl Wade appeared on the OurMidland.com website on May 19.) SAGINAW, Mich. — Bad jokes flew Friday after a flurry of media reports that a pig caused a train derailment in Saginaw County’s Carrollton Township. Only problem was, the...

Investors find hot commodity in CSX

(The following story by Timothy J. Gibbons appeared on The Florida Times-Union website on May 18.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville-based railroad CSX Corp. is attracting more attention from activist investors, with filings with the Security and Exchange Commission...

Brush fires temporarily shut down CSX tracks

(The following story by Cathleen F. Crowley appeared on the Albany Times-Union website on May 14.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Three brush fires along the CSX Railroad train tracks in New Baltimore forced firefighters to close the line briefly on Sunday morning. Later in the...

CSX investor not happy

(The following story by Mark Basch appeared on The Florida Times-Union website on May 14.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A British hedge fund known for its shareholder activism is apparently not getting anywhere with its investment in CSX Corp. Snehal Amin, founding partner of...

Stuck CSX train faced double whammy

(The following story by Gabrielle Finley appeared on The Lakeland Ledger website on May 9.) LAKELAND, Fla. — CSX railroad officials said Tuesday that a series of “unusual circumstances” caused a freight train to stall in downtown Lakeland on Monday...

Rails stocks rise on CSX buy back news

(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 9.) NEW YORK — Shares of railroads traded higher on Tuesday after CSX Corp., one of the nation’s larger operators, offered a bullish outlook for the next few years and a private equity group bought a Florida...

CSX worker’s leg amputated

(The following story by George Hohmann appeared on the Charleston Daily Mail website on May 8.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The CSX brakeman injured at the Union Carbide plant in South Charleston suffered an amputated leg, a Federal Railroad Administration spokesman said....

The CSX engine that couldn’t

(The following story by Gabrielle Finley and Kyle Kennedy appeared on The Lakeland Ledger website on May 8.) LAKELAND, Fla. — A stalled CSX freight train blocked downtown streets and sidewalks for about 90 minutes Monday afternoon. Aggravated motorists and pedestrians...