July 7, 2003 | CSX, Headlines
(The Charlston Post and Courier posted the following Associated Press on its website on July 7.) GRAY, TENN.–Railroad workers took advantage of the holiday weekend to wrap up two months of maintenance in eight days, as CSX Transportation closed down 300 miles of...
July 7, 2003 | CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press distributed the following story on July 6.) LYONS, N.Y. — Forty people were evacuated Sunday after railroad workers spotted vapors leaking from a tanker rail car carrying a highly flammable liquid. At 1:30 p.m., CSX Railroad employees...
July 3, 2003 | CSX, Headlines
(The Montgomery Advertiser posted the following story by Brett Clanton on its website on July 3.) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Officials with CSX Transportation are hoping Hyundai will depend heavily on area railroad lines to distribute vehicles made at its Montgomery...
July 3, 2003 | CSX, Headlines
(The Charleston Gazette posted the following story by Martyn Chase on its website on July 1.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 1,500 asbestos lawsuits filed in West Virginia against CSX Corp. this year will negatively impact the company’s second quarter by...
July 3, 2003 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The Charlotte Observer posted the following story on its website on July 3.) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Nine cars of a CSX train — including one hauling sulphuric acid — derailed Wednesday afternoon near Polkton in Anson County. The train was traveling from...
July 2, 2003 | CSX, Headlines
(CSX Transportation issued the following news release on July 1.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla., — CSX Transportation Inc. (CSXT), a unit of CSX Corporation, has suspended operations on a key rail line from Elkhorn City, Ky., to Laurens, S.C., for the next eight days while...
July 2, 2003 | CSX, Headlines
(The Washington Post published the following story by Don Phillips on its website on July 2.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A 116-year-old water main apparently did not burst until almost three hours after a freight train derailed and caught fire inside a Baltimore tunnel...
July 2, 2003 | CSX, Headlines
(The Baltimore Sun posted the following story by Stephen Kiehl on its website on July 2.) BALTIMORE — A federal report released yesterday on a train derailment and fire in the Howard Street Tunnel two years ago describes “chronic water infiltration”...
June 27, 2003 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following article by Mike Faher appeared in the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat on June 27.) MARKLETON, Pa. — A freight train carrying a hazardous chemical jumped the track early yesterday in Upper Turkeyfoot Township, sending firefighters shuffling to handle a...
June 26, 2003 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
(The following article by Beth Smith was posted on the Henderson Gleaner’s website on June 26.) HENDERSON, Ky. — Three cars from a CSX train carrying chemicals to Brenntag “derailed but did not roll” Wednesday evening at the railroad crossing on Clay...
