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Derailment snarls traffic in Wood Co.

(The Toledo Blade posted the following article on its website on December 15.) BLOOMDALE, Ohio — A minor train derailment early yesterday snarled rail and highway traffic but caused no injuries or evacuations. Six cars of a CSX Transportation Corp. train loaded...

CSX freight train derails in Ala. early Saturday

(The following article by Ken Rogers was posted on The Troy Messenger website on December 11.) TROY, Ala. — A CSX Transportation freight train derailed as it came into Troy early Saturday morning. No one was injured, according to a CSX Transportation...

Snow to stay on as Treasury secretary

(The following article by Warren Vieth and Edwin Chen was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on December 9.) WASHINGTON — President Bush on Wednesday asked Treasury Secretary John W. Snow to stay on the job during his second term, ending more than a week of...

Dubai Ports International buys CSX’s ports

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 9.) HONG KONG — Dubai Ports International is buying the foreign port operations of U.S. railroad company CSX Corp. for $1.15 billion in cash, the companies announced Thursday. DPI is acquiring...

Empty tank car on CSX train derails

(The following article by Diana LaMattina was posted on the Syracuse Post Standard website on December 9.) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — An empty tank car on a CSX train derailed Wednesday night in Minoa when two trains bumped each other near the railroad yard, officials...

CSX delayed calls add danger to derailments

(The following report appeared on the Daily News Journal website on December 6.) MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — “Location, location, location…” La Vergne, Smyrna and Murfreesboro are fortunate to be located in the heart of Tennessee at the hub of many...

CSX Consolidated Training Center opens in Atlanta

(The following article was posted on the Atlanta Daily Business News website on December 6.) ATLANTA — With rail industry projections pointing to the need for thousands of new employees over the next few years, CSX Transportation has consolidated in Atlanta all...

Railroads scramble to meet increased coal demand

(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Erik Schelzig on December 4.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Surging demand for coal has left railroads serving central Appalachia’s coal fields scrambling to increase capacity, and some coal producers...

Thick fog suspected in CSX fatality

(The following story by James Thorner appeared on the St. Pete Times website on December 1.) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — One of the two trains that collided head-on in Pasco County on Monday might have run through a signal light in heavy fog, investigators say. The...

Cargo trains collide, killing a conductor

(The following article by Rick Rousos was posted on the Lakeland Ledger website on November 30.) RICHLAND, Fla. — Two CSX cargo trains crashed head-on in the early morning fog Monday, killing the conductor of one train and injuring three other CSX employees,...