March 31, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Television station WYMT, March 30, 2020) ELKHORN CITY, Ky. — One month ago on February 13, 2020, CSX Transportation freight train K42911, a high-hazard flammable key train carrying denatured ethanol, derailed in Draffin, Ky. Now, a preliminary report from the...
March 30, 2020 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, March 27, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Freight rail and intermodal companies have been developing plans to ensure that business operations continue as near to normal as possible as the coronavirus pandemic plays out in North America. Full story:...
March 20, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, March 19, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Union Pacific, CSX and Canadian National are setting goals to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, in part through a pledge with the global initiative Science Based Targets. Full story: Freight...
March 19, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Law 360, March 18, 2020) NEW YORK — Two railroad companies asked a Virginia federal judge Tuesday to pause an antitrust suit over a small railroad they co-own, citing travel restrictions and concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, with plaintiff CSX...
March 11, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Freight Waves, March 10, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Eastern U.S. railroad CSX’s use of a train inspection portal (TIP) to look for defects as a train is going full speed has been a success so far, company representatives said, with the technology developing...
March 9, 2020 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Television station WEAR, March 7, 2020) FLOMATON, Ala. — About five cars of a CSX train carrying military equipment derailed Saturday morning at the Alabama-Florida state line, our partners at NorthEscambia.com report. The cars derailed coming out of the rail...
March 2, 2020 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: The Daily Times, February 29, 2020) MARYVILLE, Tenn. — A 2018 federal lawsuit filed on behalf of 394 residents suing over a train derailment incident in July 2015 in Maryville is coming to a close. The case targeted the owner and operator of the train, CSX...
March 2, 2020 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Marietta Times, February 29, 2020) PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — An Ohio company is preparing to take over the CSX Transportation rail line between Parkersburg and Marietta. Local CSX Transportation employees were notified this week of a planned transaction with...
February 27, 2020 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: ABC Action News, February 26, 2020) TAMPA, Fla. — It was a chaotic commute for thousands of drivers Wednesday after CSX abruptly closed more than a dozen crossings in South Tampa. The city’s transportation department says CSX notified them just last...
February 27, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: www.nwitimes.com, February 26, 2020) EAST CHICAGO — Businesses were evacuated Wednesday night near a derailment of a train pulling crude oil tankers, eliciting response from police, firefighters and hazmat crews. A total of 18 cars derailed, and 41 cars...
