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Silent nights near CSX tracks

(The following article by Guy Tridgell appeared on the Chicago Daily Southtown website on August 27.) CHICAGO — Gov. Rod Blagojevich has signed legislation that will pay for the installation of special crossing gates along the CSX railroad, creating the first...

Locomotive fire extinguished near Wallace

(The Clarksburg Exponent Telegram published the following story by Darlene J. Taylor on its website on August 27.) WALLACE, W.Va. — No one was injured when a locomotive of a 12,000-ton CSX train caught fire in the Rinehart community about 3:30 p.m. Monday,...

Community upset over trains blocking crossings

(The Post and Courier published the following story by James Scott on its website on August 26.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — Officials from Norfolk Southern and CSX railroads told more than 100 Park Circle area residents Monday night that they are committed to finding an...

Glitch strands VRE, Amtrak passengers

(The following article by Edie Gross was posted on the Free Lance Star website son August 21.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Passengers on Virginia Railway Express and Amtrak trains were stranded yesterday morning when part of CSX Railroad’s signal and...

Trains stopped, e-mail jammed

(The following article by Jason Gertzen was posted on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website on August 21.) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Malignant computer viruses halted CSX Transportation trains and slammed corporate and government e-mail networks across the country...

Computer virus crimps rail traffic

(The Associated Press distributed the following article on August 20.) WASHINGTON — Commuter rail traffic in the Washington area and Amtrak trains in the Southeast slowly returned to normal Wednesday afternoon following a signaling failure at CSX Corp. that the...

Computer virus strikes CSXT computers

(CSX Transportation issued the following news release on August 20.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation’s (CSXT) information technology systems experienced significant slowdowns early today after a computer virus infected the network. The cause was...

CSX train jumps tracks in Memphis

(Memphis television station WMC-TV posted the following report on its website on August 20.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Railroad crews spent the night uprighting four train engines that derailed in Midtown. The CSX engines jumped the tracks on a railroad overpass at the...

CSX may run rails through Latimer, Miss.

(The Latimer Press published the following story by Shane Scara on its website on August 14.) LATIMER, Miss. — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) and CSX Railroad want to know if Latimer is receptive to tracks coming through town. A meeting...