March 2, 2007 | CSX, Headlines
(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...
February 28, 2007 | CSX, Headlines
(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...
February 26, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following article by Patrick Flanigan was posted on the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle website on February 26.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Investigators with CSX Corp. are trying to determine why two boxcars on a 40-car train left the tracks in Riga on Sunday....
February 26, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following article by Timothy J. Gibbons was posted on the Florida Times-Union website on February 24.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla — Anna Garcia was drifting off to sleep when she heard the train. It began with the usual noises, noises she was used to: Living just a...
February 23, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 22.) EAST ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A preliminary report by CSX blamed a broken rail for a train derailment that sent freight cars toppling from an overpass and onto front yards, East Rochester Mayor...
February 23, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 22.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A railroad car spilled 300 to 500 pounds of phosphate pellets Thursday when an axle broke as it was being moved into a railyard behind the University of Tennessee. The...
February 15, 2007 | CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 14.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Railroad operator CSX Corp. said Wednesday it will repurchase up to $2 billion of its outstanding common stock. The buyback represents about 11 percent of the...
February 15, 2007 | CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 14.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Railroad operator CSX Corp. on Wednesday said it boosted its quarterly dividend by 20 percent to 12 cents. The company will pay the dividend on March 15 to shareholders...
February 7, 2007 | CSX, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 6.) NEW YORK — Shares of Union Pacific Corp. and CSX Corp. traded lower on Tuesday after an analyst at Stifel Nicolaus & Co. downgraded the railroad operators, saying their run-up in recent...
February 7, 2007 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following article by Kelly L. Holleran was posted on the Charleston Daily Mail website on February 7.) CHARLESTON, WVa. — About 300 residents were allowed to return home Tuesday afternoon after the threat of hazardous chemicals from an early morning train...