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CSX targets railroad trespassers

(The following story by Anjanette Flowers appeared on television station News 14 Charlotte’s website on December 11.) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CSX railroad officials say they are targeting pedestrians who walk along railroad tracks in Charlotte. The act is not...

Reactor shipment on again; CSX will help

Permit issued for barge transit but hurdles remain (The following story by Ron Menchaca appeared on The Post and Courier website on December 2.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — An on-again off-again plan to ship a decommissioned nuclear reactor from California around the tip...

Derailed coal cars cleared as CSX looks for cause of crash

(The following article by Connie Baggett was posted on the Mobile Register website on December 2.) ATMORE, Ala. — Railroad workers continued to look on Monday for the cause of derailment that forced 28 coal cars from their tracks the day earlier along a CSX line...

CSX buys Super Bowl tickets, lays off workers

(Morris News Service circulated the following story by David DeCamp on November 28.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Railroad giant CSX Corp., which announced plans this month to cut 800 to 1,000 jobs, including the possibility of a couple of cuts in its 16-person Athens...

Rail cars flip, spilling coal

(The following article by Ron Colquitt was posted on the Mobile Register website on December 1.) MOBILE, Ala. — Twenty-eight railroad cars loaded with coal derailed about 9 a.m. Sunday alongside U.S. 31 between Atmore and the Canoe community in southwest...

CSXT announces retirement of senior operating officer

(CSX issued the following news release on November 25.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Michael J. Ward, CSX Corporation chairman, president and chief executive officer and CSX Transportation (CSXT) president announced today that Frank E. Pursley, CSXT’s senior vice...

Aboard the CSX Santa Special

(The following story by David McGee appeared on the Bristol Herald Courier website on November 23.) ABOARD THE SANTA SPECIAL — Santa Claus and an army of elves took to the rails Saturday to spread some early holiday joy through the coalfields of Appalachia. With...

CSX has little company in controlling thermostats

(The following story by Chip Jones appeared on the Times-Dispatch website on November 17.) RICHMOND, Va. — When it comes to setting workplace temperatures, CSX Corp. appears headed down a track all its own. Last week, The Times-Dispatch learned that the Florida...

CSX train derails north of Watertown

(The Associated Press circulated the following story on November 17.) PAMELIA, N.Y. — A freight train derailed early Monday in northern New York. At least 11 cars of the 84-car train were reported off the tracks in a wooded area north of Watertown, according to...