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Feds: CSX meets rail safety plan

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Satisfied with improvements in CSX Transportation’s safety record, federal rail officials said they see no need to extend a safety compliance agreement past its May 1 expiration despite a recent derailment on CSX tracks that killed...

Profits jump for railway group CSX

RICHMOND, Va. — Railway group CSX Corp. on Monday said its first-quarter profits rose sharply from early 2001, with help from cost-cutting, a wire service reported. CSX, operator of the biggest rail network in the eastern United States, said profits rose to 32...

CSXT opens international office

LONDON — CSX Transportation (CSXT) announced on March 27 the recent opening of a representative office near London, England, with commercial responsibility for all of Europe. CSXT, the largest eastern railroad in the U.S., and a subsidiary of CSX Corporation,...

Reparations sought from firms for slavery

NEW YORK — According to a wire service, three large U.S. companies were named in a lawsuit on Tuesday filed on behalf of black Americans descended from slaves, the first-ever class action seeking reparations from firms for profiting from slavery. Aetna Inc....

CSX train derails in Jersey City

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Ten cars of a CSX freight train derailed Monday evening, and four of the cars fell off elevated tracks onto a vacant lot below, according to a wire service report No injuries were reported and no hazardous materials were on board, according...

Aetna, CSX, FleetBoston face slave reparations lawsuit

WASHINGTON — Three corporations are accused of profiting from slavery in the first of an anticipated barrage of lawsuits by African-Americans seeking compensation for abuses suffered by their ancestors, according to USA Today. The lawsuit, a draft of which was...

CSX and NS shore up flooded lines in Appalachia

WAUKESHA, Wisc. — The flooding that destroyed hundreds of homes and contributed to the deaths of seven people in Appalachia has also affected operations on CSX and Norfolk Southern rail lines in the region, according to Trains.com. CSX was hardest hit in Eastern...