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Va. upset over CSX delay on rail upgrades

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 1.) RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Mark R. Warner and other state officials expressed exasperation yesterday over CSX Corp.’s delays in breaking ground on $65.7 million in rail improvements that the...

Millions for CSX rail upgrades unspent

(The following story by Chip Jones appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on September 30.) RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s top public rail official yesterday said she was “disappointed and frustrated” with CSX Corp. for delaying a $65.7...

Chemical odor forces residents out

(The following article by Bruce Nolan was posted on the Times Picayune website on September 19.) NEW ORLEANS — More than 100 residents of a Gentilly neighborhood were forced to leave their homes for four hours Saturday after a railroad car carrying chemical...

29 CSX coal cars derail

(The following article by Betty Booker was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on September 20.) RICHMOND, Va. — Twenty-nine loaded CSX coal cars derailed Saturday night in Richmond’s upscale West End, spilling coal and tilting open cars like...

CSX busy repairing damage

(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on September 17.) RICHMOND, Va. — Shockoe Bottom car owners weren’t the only ones drenched by Tropical Storm Gaston. CSX Corp., the freight railroad that runs through...

Two relief trains sent to ease gas shortage

(The Orlando Sentinel posted the following article on its website on September 16.) SANFORD, Fla. — The first of two special relief trains carrying diesel and gasoline for emergency responders arrived in Florida on Wednesday. The 20-car train was the last to...

CSX freight train derails

(Philadelphia television station KYW posted the following article on its website on September 15.) FALLS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Investigators are trying to figure out why a freight train derailed early Wednesday in Bucks County. According to police, the incident...

CSXT, Union Pacific combine for free emergency fuel

(CSX and Union Pacific issued the following news release on September 14.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two special relief trains operated by CSX Transportation and Union Pacific Railroad were moving toward Florida today to provide fuel for emergency operations in the...

CSX train leak isn’t toxic, officials say

(The following article by Zlati Meyer was posted on the Detroit free-Press website on September 13.) DETROIT — An off-duty Independence Township firefighter spotted something leaking Sunday from a commercial train in Springfield Township. Shortly after 9 a.m.,...