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Suit claims derailment site not properly cleaned up

(The Observer-Dispatch posted the following article by Tim Blydenburgh on its website on April 14.) UTICA, N.Y. — A Little Falls couple is suing CSX Transportation, claiming a freight train derailment last year left syringes, needles and pills scattered along...

Coal spills after CSX derailment

(The Democrat and Chronicle posted the following article on its website on April 14.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A small amount of coal was spilled in a Rochester railroad yard Sunday after two train cars went off the tracks sometime before 6 p.m. CSX Transportation...

CSX to use remotes outside of Fla. yard

(The Florida Times-Union posted the following story by Christopher Calnan on its website on April 14.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation is planning to use remote-controlled locomotives between the railroad’s Northside yard adjacent to the...

Legionnaire’s bacteria found at CSX rail yard

(The Saginaw News posted the following story by Scott Davis on its website on April 8.) SAGINAW, Mich. — CSX Transportation Inc. has shut down water lines at its Saginaw facilities after finding higher-than-normal levels of the bacteria that cause...

Waiting is busy agony for POW’s family

(USA Today posted the following article by Haya El Nasser on its website on April 3. Ronald D. Young Sr. is a conductor at CSX and his son, Ronald Jr., is a POW in Iraq.) LITHIA SPRINGS, Ga. — A framed poem next to the picture of Army Chief Warrant Officer...

CSX to hold first-quarter earnings call April 30

(CSX Corp. issued the following news release on April 3.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation will hold a conference call to discuss its first-quarter 2003 earnings on Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. CSX expects to announce its earnings...

Opinion: CSX, VRE hash out deal

(Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. posted the following column by Chip Jones on its website on March 31.) RICHMOND, Va. — Peace is at hand — at least in the long-running skirmish between the Virginia Railway Express and rail giant CSX Corp. VRE is the publicly...

Schumer: Pace of CSX cleanup hampers riverfront projects

(The Democrat and Chronicle posted the following story by Rick Armon on its website on April 1.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — CSX Transportation needs to quit dillydallying and fully clean up a chemical spill in Charlotte, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Monday. The delay,...

VRE, Amtrak reach deal with CSX

(Fredericksburg.com published the following Associated Press article on March 28.) FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Hoping to avoid a repeat of last week’s fiasco, Virginia Railway Express and Amtrak have reached an agreement with the freight company that owns some...