October 28, 2002 | CSX, Headlines
SARASOTA, Fla. — A jury awarded about $475,000 on Friday to the families of two Chipley residents killed in a collision with a CSX train three years ago, the Associated Press reported. Driver Tonia Campbell, 18, and passenger Greg Cady, 23 were killed in the...
October 28, 2002 | CSX, Headlines
CRESAPTOWN, Md. — No one was injured after someone allegedly shot out a window on a CSX train as it traveled through the Cresaptown area on Sunday, the Cumberland Times News reported. A CSX spokeswoman from Jacksonville, Fla., confirmed a window was shot out of...
October 25, 2002 | CSX, Headlines
RICHMOND, Va. — CSX Corp. said its third quarter profit rose 27 percent, boosted by real estate gains and lower interest costs despite declines in its rail and other transportation operations, reported the Associated Press. The Richmond-based company said profit...
October 24, 2002 | CSX, Headlines
RICHMOND, Va. — CSX Corporation today reported third-quarter net income of $127 million, 60 cents a share, up from $100 million, 47 cents a share, a year ago. The increase resulted primarily from real estate gains and decreased interest expenses compared to last...
October 18, 2002 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
POLK COUNTY, Fla. — No injuries were reported, and no personal dwellings were affected when 16 cars from a freight train derailed between Seventh and Eighth Streets Southwest in Fort Meade Tuesday night, the Polk County Democrat reported. The cars left Cargill...
October 15, 2002 | CSX, Headlines
ORLANDO, Fla. — Twinkies and beer, it turns out, do a remarkably good job of blocking traffic. Of course, anything packed in a mile-long freight train stops traffic. Just ask Central Florida drivers, the Orlando Sentinel reported. About a dozen times a day,...
October 14, 2002 | CSX, Headlines
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — CSX Transportation is expanding its business by moving more perishables, the Florida Times-Union reported. CSXT’s Premium Perishables Express Lane train moved honeydew melons across the nation — from Turlock, Calif., to Hunts...
October 11, 2002 | CSX, Headlines
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A federal judge has rejected a wrongful death suit by the widow of a deputy volunteer fire chief against a railroad, the Hampshire Gazette reported. Virginia Murphy claimed in her suit that Conrail’s negligence in starting an April...
October 8, 2002 | CSX, Headlines
FRANKLIN, Va. — Six bone-jarring, axle-jolting railroad crossings have spurred residents into a letter-writing campaign seeking relief, the Virginian Pilot reported. CSX and Norfolk Southern tracks lace this city of 8,300. Wary residents slow to a crawl as they...
October 8, 2002 | Accident, CSX, Headlines
WAVELAND, Miss. — Investigators with the Federal Railroad Administration said Monday it could take weeks or even months before they determine what caused a CSX train to derail on Sunday, the (Biloxi, Miss.) Sun Herald reported. Railroad repair crews worked...
