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Coal industry still reliant upon freight trains

(The following story by Marc G. Auber appeared on the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram website on April 27.) CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — As the coal industry goes in West Virginia, so goes the freight train. The state Department of Transportation reports that in 2001, 95...

CSX budget cuts a hit in Ohio

(The following story by David Patch appeared on the Toledo Blade website on April 26.) TOLEDO, Ohio — The screeching behind Guy Hall’s East Broadway home has stopped — for now, at least. “You couldn’t stand in your backyard, it was so...

‘Trash train’ fouling air in Manville

(The following story by Roger Alvarado appeared on the Manville News website on April 22.) MANVILLE, N.J. — One local resident says he wants a trainload of garbage that’s been raising a stink in town gone. The trash train sometimes stationed in the...

CSXT nominee wins AAR environmental award

(CSX Transportation issued the following news release on April 22.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation employee Russell V. Glidden became the company’s fourth winner of railroading’s highest environmental honor today — the John H. Chafee...

Spitzer opens CSX inquiry

(The following story by Meaghan M. McDermott appeared on the Democrat and Chronicle website on April 15.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The state Attorney General’s Office has launched a fact-finding inquiry into CSX maintenance practices at all of the railroad’s...

Concerns over CSX staffing levels still unresolved

(The following article by Steve Orr was posted on the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle website on April 13.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Doug Midkiff, a Fairport resident who worked in the railroad industry for nearly six decades, said CSX’s area work force “is...

Bill to ban shipments on CSX tracks tabled

(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on April 12.) RICHMOND, Va. — CSX Corp. appears to have staved off an attempt to ban train shipments of chemicals on its tracks through the heart of Washington. Since January,...

CSX to spend $4.9 million redoing building’s exterior

(The following story by Christopher Calnan appeared on The Times-Union website on April 6.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The cost of CSX Corp.’s makeover is going up. The railroad operator plans to spend $4.9 million covering its blue-tiled Water Street...