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CSX offers Ky. residents $100

(The following story by Brandy Warren and Alex Davis appeared on The Courier-Journal website on January 23.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Tim Bowlin usually drives Ky. 1020 to go between his home in Hillview and his job in Shepherdsville. But in the week since a CSX train...

CSX profit up 46 percent

(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Ron Word on January 22.) JACKSONVILLE — Railroad operator CSX Corp. says it’s expecting a double-digit increase in earnings this year after reporting its fourth-quarter profit rose 46 percent, due in part...

Residents’ return home uncertain after train wreck

(The Courier-Journal posted the following article on its website on January 20.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — There is still no timetable for evacuees to return home following last week’s fiery train derailment in Bullitt County. Residents of about 15 households are still...

Railroad risks hit home with accident

(The following article by Brandy Warren was posted on the Courier-Journal website on January 20.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Loaded into pickups, about a dozen Bullitt County families with homes near the site of last week’s fiery train wreck were allowed to return...

Track, equipment get hard look; evacuees wait

(The following article by Jessie Halladay and Nancy C. Rodriguez was posted on the Courier-Journal website on January 18.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Federal investigators focused yesterday on equipment and track conditions as the possible cause of Tuesday’s massive...

Police, village, CSX meet today over derailment

(The following article by Patrick Flanigan was posted on the Democrat and Chronicle website on January 18.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — East Rochester Police, village officials and CSX officials plan to meet this morning to discuss Tuesday night’s train derailment in East...

Damage causes trouble for Amtrak

(The following article by James Goodman was posted on the Democrat and Chronicle website on January 18.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — James Cerniglia usually walks about two miles once a week from his home off Monroe Avenue to the Amtrak station, then catches a train to...

CSX reimburses derailment victims

(The following article by Alex Davis was posted on the Courier-Journal website on January 18.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Soon after Tuesday’s freight-train derailment in northern Bullitt County, Maria Campbell came down with a headache and a sore throat. She ended up in...

Crash cleanup begins as inquiry expands

(The following article by Marcus Green was posted on the Courier-Journal website on January 18.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — CSX workers began burning thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals left from a fiery Bullitt County train derailment yesterday, as investigators...

Train derails in East Rochester

(The following article by Fernando Diaz, Gary Craig and Greg Livadas was posted on the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle website on January 17.) EAST ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A train derailed on a cold and snowy Tuesday night, sending freight cars into front yards and...