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CSX to furlough 193 in Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — CSX Transportation operations in Louisville should not be affected by a decision to lay off about two-thirds of the nearly 300 workers at the railway company’s car-repair facility in Greenup County for up to five months, the Louisville...

CSXT police help fight Jacksonville crime

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The usually low-profile CSX Transportation Railroad Police said it’s increasing its activities in Jacksonville in response to last month’s triple homicide on West Third Street, and the company is contributing much of the reward...

CSX Technology Center is secure, prepared

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The first thing you’re told when you arrive for a tour of CSX Corp.’s Advanced Information Technology Center is what to do in the event of an emergency. When an alarm goes off, you’ve got to be ready to move, the Florida...

193 CSX workers to be furloughed

RACELAND, Ky. — CSX Transportation will furlough 193 of the 291 workers at the Raceland, Ky., car shops at the end of this week, the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch reported. It’s the first time since signing an agreement seven years ago guaranteeing work in...

CSX announces 3rd-quarter conference call

RICHMOND, Va. — CSX Corporation will hold a conference call to discuss its third- quarter 2002 earnings results on Thursday, October 24, 2002, at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. CSX expects to announce its earnings at approximately 9 a.m. that morning, the company...

CSX may expand in Norfolk

NORFOLK, Va. — CSX Corp.’s growth could be the port of Hampton Roads’ gain in what’s already been a good year, the Virginian-Pilot reported. CSX recently announced it would expand and improve its intermodal railroad services from the Portsmouth...

Hazards a way of life for CSX team boss

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — When it’s a bad day on the railroad, it’s a good day for Skip Elliott, the Florida Times-Union reports. Or so goes the joke about CSX railroad’s hazardous material response team, which Elliott directs. “The railroad...

CSX to clear Pittsburgh area railroad crossing

PITTSBURGH — Faced with strong opposition from Pittsburgh officials and Hazelwood community leaders, CSX Transportation has backed away from its plan to permanently close a railroad crossing at Hazelwood Avenue, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. During a...

Four dead, one injured in train-truck collision

De GRAFF, Ohio — According to a wire service, the badly burned condition of the bodies of four people killed in a fiery collision between a train and pickup truck could make identifying them difficult, Logan County Sheriff Michael Henry said. “We are going...