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Rockefeller urges CSX to reconsider leasing rail

(The Associated Press circulated the following story on August 28.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Jay Rockefeller is appealing to CSX Transportation to reconsider plans to lease tracks to smaller railroads in the state. CSX has received bids from nine...

Va. GOP conventioneers snagged by train delay

(The following story by Jeff E. Schapiro appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on August 30.) ABOARD AMTRAK TRAIN NO. 194 — They started the party without us. The train carrying 70 Virginia delegates, campaign operatives and home-state reporters to the...

CSX spill cleanup set for river bed

(The following story by Cory Ireland appeared on the Democrat and Chronicle website on August 25.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Work began Monday on River Street in Charlotte to set up equipment for a project that will dredge portions of the Genesee River contaminated by a...

Sale of CSX track not likely to affect mines

(The following article by Gary A. Harki was posted on the Clarksburg Exponent and Telegram website on August 21.) CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — CSX Transportation is reviewing nine bids for 530 miles of track in West Virginia. But the sale of that track is not likely to...

CSX says traffic to resume at wreck site

(The Mobile Register posted the following article by Lee Davidson on its website on August 22.) MOBILE, Ala. — The railroad track that was split like an open zipper by a Thursday afternoon freight train derailment should be ready for traffic by noon today, a CSX...

CSX freight train derails; cars wind up in bayou

(The following article by Lee Davidson and Susan Daker was posted on the Mobile Register website on August 20.) MOBILE, Ala. — A CSX freight train carrying coal derailed Thursday in north Mobile County, sending about 14 cars into a bayou and piling up eight more...

CSXT ranked top rail waste carrier

(CSX issued the following news release on August 18.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation (CSXT) has been ranked the top rail carrier on Waste News’ Hauling and Disposal Ranking list. The annual list, which ranks all waste shippers according to revenue...

CSX train hits Fla. DOT truck

(The Lakeland Ledger posted the following article on its website on August 19.) LAKELAND, Fla. — A Department of Transportation truck was hit Wednesday afternoon by a CSX freight train, but the driver and four passengers escaped with minor injuries. A...

CSX conductor on the right track with trains

(The following story by Jaine Treadwell appeared on The Messenger website on August 9. Mark Joyner reports he recently joined the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, leaving the UTU to become a member of BLET Division 332 in Montgomery, Ala.) TROY, Ala....