January 25, 2021 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, January 22, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — CSX is not only eyeing a volume recovery in 2021 but also a recovery from the coronavirus among its workforce. As COVID-19 cases spiked after Thanksgiving across the U.S., so too did the number of CSX...
January 22, 2021 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: CSX press release, January 21, 2021) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp. today announced fourth quarter 2020 net earnings of $760 million, or $0.99 per share. These results include a charge of $48 million, or $0.05 per share after-tax, related to the early...
January 20, 2021 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Bristol Herald Courier, January 17, 2021) CLINCHCO, Va. — At around 12:30 a.m. on January 15, a CSX train struck a boulder on the tracks near the town of Clinchco, causing two locomotives and seven rail cars to derail, according to Sheriee Bowman, a CSX...
January 14, 2021 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Coast Guard press release, January 13, 2021) NEW ORLEANS, La. — The Coast Guard is responding following a maritime accident involving a railroad bridge near Slidell Wednesday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a notification around...
January 13, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Railway Age, January 21, 2021) NEW YORK — The Pennsylvania State Transportation Commission has approved distribution of $31.3 million for 26 freight rail improvement projects through the Rail Transportation Assistance Program (RTAP) and the Rail Freight...
January 12, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Freight Waves, January 11, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary findings regarding a fatal incident in October at CSX’s Acca rail yard in Richmond, Virginia. The cause of the incident is still...
December 11, 2020 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, December 10, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Train lengths, e-commerce and mergers and acquisitions were among the topics discussed by four Class I railroads at the Credit Suisse 8th Annual Industrials Conference last week. Full story: Freight...
December 11, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, December 10, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued Rail Accident Report 20/04 Thursday for its investigation of the Aug. 2, 2017, CSX Transportation, Inc. freight train...
December 2, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Savannah Morning News, December 1, 2020) SAVANNAH, Ga. — October proved to be another busy month for the Port of Savannah with container volumes reaching 464,095 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), up 35,714 TEUs or 8.3% compared to the same month...
December 2, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Railway Age, December 1, 2020) NEW YORK — Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has completed track installation to link the Garden City Terminal’s Chatham and Mason Mega rail yards, which it said boosts on-terminal storage capacity 35% and helps accommodate nearly...
