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Train carrying chemicals derails in N.Y.

(The following article by Maureen Nolan and Diana LaMattina was posted on the Syracuse Post-Standard website on November 20.) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A CSX freight train derailed Saturday in Central Square, leaving six tanker cars carrying hazardous chemicals neatly...

CSX cites faulty axle in derailment of train

(The following article by Cathy Woodruff was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on November 12.) ALBANY, N.Y. — An overheated axle part on one car triggered the derailment of a CSX freight train in Amsterdam on Oct. 12, the freight railroad announced on...

CSX locomotive loses wheel

(The Seymour Daily Tribune posted the following article on its website on November 11.) SEYMOUR, Ind. — A CSX Transportation locomotive being hauled through Seymour Wednesday morning appears to have lost one wheel off the tracks as it pulled through a spur...

No injuries in CSX wreck

(The following article by Tonya Smith-King was posted on the Jackson Sun website on November 10.) JACKSON, Tenn. — A crew spent Wednesday morning cleaning up diesel fuel spilled late Tuesday when a train hit a tractor-trailer truck at a crossing on the CSX...

CSX sells track, leaves Saginaw

(The following story by Barrie Barber appeared on The Saginaw News website on November 4.) SAGINAW, Mich. — CSX Transportation Inc. has quietly chugged out of Saginaw, taking most of its jobs with it and selling its area operations to Saginaw Bay Southern...

CSX train derails after sparking small fires

(The following story by Allyson Bird appeared on The State website on November 7.) COLUMBIA, S.C. — A sleepy Sunday afternoon in Prosperity turned into a jumble of traffic reroutes and flashes of red railroad-crossing lights after a CSX train derailed there. CSX...

Va. rail projects clear hurdle

(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on November 4.) RICHMOND, Va. — Replacing aging train switches in Richmond’s congested Acca Yard made the first cut of new rail projects recommended for state funding....