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City to file suit against CSX in ’01 derailment

(The Baltimore Sun posted the following article by Laura Vozzella on its website on July 16.) BALTIMORE — The city of Baltimore plans to file a lawsuit today against CSX Corp., claiming that the railroad was responsible for the July 18, 2001, derailment of a...

CSX gave to Fla. anti-bullet train drive

(The Associated Press circulated the following story on July 13.) ORLANDO, Fla. — A road builders’ lobbying organization gave $330,000 of the $1.3 million collected for a petition drive aimed at derailing Florida’s bullet train project, according to...

Ex-CSX employee loses case

(The following story by Andrew Wolfson appeared on The Courier-Journal website on July 13.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Jefferson Circuit Court jury has rejected the claims of a former CSX Transportation Inc. worker who said he suffered brain disease from his exposure...

Jury rules for CSX in workers’ negligence suit

(The Associated Press circulated the following story on Juy 12.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A jury ruled in favor of CSX Transportation Inc. in a lawsuit brought by a former employee who claimed he suffered brain disease from exposure to toxic chemicals used by the...

New York Times investigates railroad accidents

(The following story by Jane Flasch appeared on Rochester television station WORK’s website on July 12.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The CSX train collision that killed John and Jean O’Connor on Winton Road in Henrietta last February has attracted national attention...

Snow declines to comment on CSX safety record

(CBS Marketwatch.com circulated the following story by Corbett B. Daly on July 12.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Treasury Secretary John Snow declined to comment on his safety record as the head of the railroad giant CSX after a newspaper article said a railroad accident...

Six cars of train derail in Atlanta

(The Associated Press circulated the following story on July 13.) ATLANTA — Authorities were on the scene of a train derailment Tuesday morning in southwest Atlanta. Six cars of the 20 cars on the CSX train derailed as it was on its way to Waycross, officials...

CSX abandons plan to close Ohio sorting yard

(The following story by David Patch appeared on the Toledo Blade website on July 10.) TOLEDO, Ohio — CSX Transportation Corp.’s attempt at closing one of its two Lake Township freight-car sorting yards has ended – at least for the time being. Last...