March 22, 2005 | CSX, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The following article by Mimi Hall was posted on the USA Today website on March 22.) WASHINGTON — The nation’s capital will fight the federal government and the freight-rail industry in court this week over whether the city can ban freight trains from...
March 22, 2005 | CSX, Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 22.) GRAFTON, WVa. — A Kansas-based transportation holding company will begin operating 117 miles of leased CSX Transportation track between Grafton and Cowen, plus five short branch lines, on...
March 21, 2005 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following article by Kathy Steele was posted on the Tampa Tribune website on March 19.) PLANT CITY, Fla. — Nine cars that derailed Tuesday night in downtown Plant City were carrying hazardous c hemicals, according to a report from Plant City Fire Rescue....
February 25, 2005 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Michael Dresser appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on February 25.) BALTIMORE, Md. — Mayor Martin O’Malley called on the federal government yesterday to conduct a new emergency inspection of the Howard Street Tunnel – site...
February 24, 2005 | CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Richard Irwin and Lynn Anderson appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on February 24.) BALTIMORE — Three empty cars of a CSX freight train derailed last night in Baltimore’s Howard Street Tunnel, but other cars – some carrying...
February 22, 2005 | CSX, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 21.) HAGERSTOWN, Md. — A newly passed ordinance barring rail shipments of hazardous materials through the District of Columbia raises the risk of a catastrophic accident or terrorist attack in...
February 18, 2005 | CSX, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The following article by Spencer S. Hsu was posted on the Washington Post website on February 18.) WASHINGTON — The rerouting of hazardous material shipments from a downtown rail line to one through Northeast Washington reflects a double standard for security...
February 17, 2005 | CSX, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The following article by Carol D. Leonnig was posted on the Washington Post website on February 17.) WASHINGTON — CSX Transportation officials acknowledged yesterday that when they voluntarily rerouted hazardous-materials shipments last spring from a...
February 17, 2005 | CSX, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 16.) WASHINGTON — CSX Corp. sued the District of Columbia on Wednesday, challenging the city’s new law banning hazardous shipments within two miles of the U.S. Capitol. In a U.S. District...
February 17, 2005 | CSX, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 16.) WASHINGTON — Now that Washington’s mayor has signed a bill to ban hazardous chemicals from trucks and trains, the city is preparing to defend the law in court. Mayor Tony Williams says...
