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CSX derailment cleanup nears end in Oneida

(The following story by Leeanne Root appeared on the Oneida Daily Dispatch website on March 18.) ONEIDA, N.Y. — The cleanup and removal of derailed CSX train cars is nearing completion and officials say the track should be back in use soon. “The track sections...

Railroad accidents declining across nation

(The following article by Tory N. Parrish was posted on the Observer-Dispatch website on March 13.) ONEIDA, N.Y. — Railroad accidents nationally decreased between 2005 and 2006, but the severity of recent incidents in New York State — some of which...

Hazardous cargo often travels through Tier

(Gannett News Service circulated the following article on March 13.) BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Thousands of gallons of explosive liquids and tank cars full of toxic gases roll past homes, schools and businesses in the Southern Tier nearly every day, though people...

8 cars on CSX freight train derail

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 4.) BEAVER FALLS, Pa. — Eight cars of a CSX freight train derailed in Beaver County on Saturday night, but none of the cars were carrying hazardous material and no injuries were reported, company...

Weeks after toxic train fire, some families still displaced

(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Dylan T. Lovan on March 2.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s been six weeks since Angela Smith slept in her own bed. That morning she awoke to a thick black cloud of smoke billowing from burning rail cars that went...

Defects found in 170 CSX rail cars

(The Florida Times-Union posted the following article by Timothy J. Gibbons on its website on February 28.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Federal Railroad Administration found defects in about 170 CSX railroad cars at the company’s Baldwin Yard in Jacksonville during...