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CSXT inaugurates virtual ethanol pipeline

(CSX Transportation issued the following news release on March 16.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation (CSXT), the rail unit of CSX Corporation, today announced the onset of regular ethanol rail-to-vessel service linking ethanol producers in the Midwest...

Ice blamed for CSX derailment

(The following story by Greg Clary appeared on The Journal News website on March 13.) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Ice that formed along the West Shore railroad pushed the rails far enough apart to cause last month’s freight train derailment in Haverstraw, CSX...

CSX projects on track

(The following story by Sue Stuart appeared on the Daily Southerner website on March 9.) TARBORO, N.C. — Building a railroad today is a far cry from the methods of a century ago, but the end result looks about the same. Starting early this week, CSX...

Freight-car wreck disrupts Maryland commute

(The following story by Jamie Stockwell appeared on the Washington Post website on March 9.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — An 80-car freight train traveling north through Riverdale Park early yesterday morning struck a vehicle that had stalled on the tracks, closing the...

Vehicle may have been deliberately set on railroad tracks

(The Associated Press distributed the following article on March 2.) SILVER SPRING, Md. — Montgomery County fire officials believe a vehicle that burst into flames on CSX-operated railroad tracks in Silver Spring Tuesday morning was deliberately set ablaze. Fire...

Derailment causes evacuation, road closings

(The following article by Sulaiman Beg was posted on the White Plains Journal News website on February 20.) HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. — A freight train derailment last night on the CSX tracks led to a partial evacuation of village residents and closed Route 9W and many...

Barge ‘grazed’ Parkersburg-Belpre train bridge

(The following story appeared on the Parkersburg News and Sentinel website on February 13.) PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The river barge “The Donna York” struck the Parkersburg-Belpre train bridge Thursday evening, shutting down train traffic for more than...

Judge rules rail crossing must reopen

(The Associated Press circulated the following story on February 11.) JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Export Railroad Co. says it will appeal a judge’s ruling that it must reopen a crossing to the property of business owner Mac Rouse. George County Chancery...