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FRA probes N.Y. derailment

(The following article by Cathy Woodruff was posted on the Albany Times Union website on October 16.) ALBANY, N.Y. — The Federal Railroad Administration is investigating what caused a CSX freight train to derail in Amsterdam on Wednesday, sending 18 cars...

CSX derailment snarls service in N.Y.

(The following article by Mike Goodwin and Cathy Woodruff was posted on the Albany Times-Union website on October 13.) AMSTERDAM, N.Y. — A CSX freight train derailed in this city’s downtown Wednesday morning, sending 18 cars off the tracks including one...

CSX selling ‘Saginaw cluster’

(The Saginaw News posted the following article on its website on October 7.) SAGINAW, Mich. — Up to 100 mid-Michigan railroad workers are facing uncertainty over the planned sale of CSX Corp.’s “Saginaw cluster” line later this month, company...

Buckled track caused CSX train derailment

(The following article by Darren Dunlap was posted on the Maryville Daily Times website on October 3.) MARYSVILLE, Tenn. — Buckled track caused the derailment of a 95-car train on Aug. 15 at West Hunt Road and Armona Road. Federal officials determined the cause...

Clerical error ‘misplaced’ rail car

(The following article by Sharon Coolidge was posted on the Cincinnati Enquirer on September 30.) CINCINNATI — An improper keystroke into a computer is how a rail car that leaked the dangerous chemical styrene into the air last month ended up in Linwood,...

Officials still looking for reason for train wreck

(The following article by Aaron Applegate was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on September 29.) NORFOLK, Va. — Trains are running on the track again. The mess is cleaned up, but so far there is no official explanation for why two CSX trains collided...

CSX train jumps tracks

(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Carl Mario Nudi on September 27.) PALMETTO, Fla. — A five-foot piece of track laid alongside the gravel railroad bed behind the quiet Memphis-area neighborhood, a result of a freight train derailment...

Empty nuclear waste container tips over

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on September 22.) BUFFALO, N.Y. — An empty container used to store spent nuclear fuel tipped over Thursday while being hauled by train to a shipyard. The container was not damaged and there was no release of...