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One of three shut bridges to reopen

(The Delaware News Journal posted the following story by Sean O’Sullivan on its website on August 14.) WILMINGTON, Del. — One of the three closed bridges at the center of a dispute between CSX Transportation and the Delaware Department of Transportation is...

CSX dismisses rumors of more traffic

(The Marietta Times published the following story on its website on August 14.) MARIETTA, Ohio — Officials from CSX say there is nothing to rumors that traffic on the Harmar Street railroad track in Marietta is due to increase. “We have no projected...

Chemical leak stopped on freight train

(The following article was posted on Washington, D.C. television station WJLA’s website on August 7.) WASHINGTON — Sodium hydroxide, a chemical that can irritate your eyes and lungs and can react violently if mixed with other liquids, was leaking from a...

Opinion: A train wreck

(The Orlando Sentinel published the following column by Scott Maxwell on its website on August 7. The full column is available at the Sentinel website, www.orlandosentinel.com.) ORLANDO — This week, federal investigators blamed CSX Transportation, in part, for...

Train cargo secrecy unsafe, critics say

(The following article by Wayne A. Hall was posted on the Times Herald-Record’s website on August 4.) NEWBURGH, N.Y. — Through the West Point train tunnel, past Kingston’s waterfront and, to the west, up the Delaware River, CSX and Norfolk Southern...

Rail worker pinned in wreckage

(The Tampa Tribune posted the following story by Keith Morelli on its website on July 31.) TAMPA, Fla. — A 57-year-old CSX Transportation railroad worker from Brandon was trapped in the wreckage of a train wreck early Thursday morning, and was extricated only...

Dump truck, freight train collide at Port of Tampa

(Tampa television station Bay News 9 posted the following story on its website on July 31.) TAMPA, Fla. — A dump truck loaded with rock salt and a CSX freight train collided at about 2 this morning at the Port of Tampa. The accident happened when the freight...

Railroad workers hurt along tracks

(The following article by Nardy Baeza Bickel was posted on the Holland Sentinel’s website on July 31.) HOLLAND, Mich. — Two men were critically injured Wednesday afternoon and two others were hurt in the Waverly railroad yard in Holland Township. According to...

CSX, Kodak sued over crash

(The Democrat and Chronicle published the following story by Rick Armon on its website on July 26.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The owner of a Charlotte bar and marina is suing CSX Transportation and Eastman Kodak Co. for a total of $5 million, saying a fiery train crash...