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CSX electrician wins national safety award

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In ceremonies in Washington, D.C., CSX Transportation (CSXT) employee Jerry D. Richardson, a Waycross, Ga., locomotive electrician and labor leader, won the railroad industry’s 2003 Harold F. Hammond Award in recognition of outstanding...

Exercise focuses on railroad crossing safety

(The Post and Courier posted the following article by Jessica Vanegeren on its website on May 15.) CHARLESTON, S.C. — Sitting roughly 1,000 feet from the intersection of Leeds Avenue and CSXT Safe Way in North Charleston was a mangled white Geo Prism, its driver...

CSX plans overhaul of railroad junctions

(The Toledo Blade posted the following article by David Patch on its website on May 12.) TOLEDO, Ohio — CSX Transportation Corp. plans to spend about $9 million during the next two years to revamp a major junction in Walbridge, which it says will reduce delays...

Retired BLE member wins NY lottery

(Television station WXXA posted the following story on its website on May 12. Crag Waltz Sr. is a retired member of BLE Division 46 in Albany, N.Y.) ALBANY, N.Y. — Craig Waltz Sr. purchased a New York State Lottery Million Dollar Wish Instant Game at the Ravena...

Trains to run again near site of derailment

(The Toledo Blade posted the following article on its website on May 9.) HOLLY, Mich. — CSX Transportation hopes to resume operations today over a stretch of railroad track near here that was destroyed by the derailment early Wednesday of a Walbridge-bound...

Broken dam causes flooding, derails train

(The Associated Press circulated the following story on May 7.) HOLLY, Mich. — A freight train derailed early Wednesday after a beaver dam apparently collapsed, sending water cascading over the rails. The CSX train was headed south when it went off its tracks...

CSX earnings dip in quarter

(The Florida times-Union posted the following story by Mark Basch on its website on April 30.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp. yesterday reported lower first-quarter operating earnings, as higher fuel costs and weather-related charges offset an increase in...

CSX reports earnings of $99 million

(The following Associated Press article was posted on the New York Times’ website on April 30.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp., which owns the largest rail company in the eastern United States, said Wednesday its first quarter profit climbed nearly fourfold as...

CSX reports first-quarter earnings

(CSX issued the following news release on April 30.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) today reported first quarter net earnings of $99 million, or 46 cents per share, versus $25 million, or 12 cents per share, a year ago. Both quarters include...