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County, town sue CSX

(The Associated Press distributed the following article on May 28.) WILLIAMSTON, S.C. — Anderson County and the town of Williamston have sued CSX Transportation to repair a rail bridge closed 13 years ago. In the suit filed Monday, the town and county cite an...

Snow red-faced over investment mistake

(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Martin Crutsinger on May 27.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oops. A red-faced Treasury Secretary John Snow, who has been going around the country preaching the importance of financial literacy, can now point to...

CSX train derails, spills grain in Ky.

(Cincinnati television station WLWT posted the following story on its website on May 27.) FALMOUTH, Ky. — A train derailed in a Tri-State community Wednesday evening, leaving a mess for crews to clean up. The CSX freight train jumped the tracks at about 6 p.m....

RailAmerica subsidiary to lease line from CSX

(RailAmerica issued the following news release on May 25.) BOCA RATON, Fla. — RailAmerica, Inc. today announced that its subsidiary, Central Railroad of Indianapolis, notified the Surface Transportation Board (STB) that it intends to lease 276 miles of railroad...

Train derails south of Bureau, Ill.

(The following story by Terri Simon appeared on the Bureau County Republican website on May 25.) BUREAU JUNCTION, Ill. — It was supposed to be a leisurely bike ride along the Illinois River. But for Cal Sampson of Chillicothe, Saturday afternoon was anything but...

Crews respond to train derailment

(The following article was posted on Pittsburgh television station KDKA’s website on May 17.) NORTH HUNTINGDON TWP., Pa. — Crews are responding to a train derailment late this afternoon in Westmoreland County in which more than 20 cars have left the tracks in...

Shorting the C&O: Is this any way to run a railroad?

(The following story by Hawes Spencer appeared on The Hook website on May 13.) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — News that railroad behemoth CSX might hand over the historic Chesapeake & Ohio main line between Richmond and Clifton Forge to a mom-and-pop short-line has...