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Class Is to serve new auto terminal at Alabama port

(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 24, 2020) The Alabama State Port Authority and AutoMOBILE International Terminal (AIT) earlier this week signed a concession agreement for a $60 million automobile roll on/roll off terminal now under construction at the Port...

Hyndman residents want CSX lawsuit certified

(Source: Altoona Mirror, January 22, 2020) ALTOONA, Pa. — Hyndman residents evacuated from their homes 29 months ago due to a derailment of a CSX Transportation Inc. freight train are asking a federal judge to reconsider his December opinion dismissing their class...

CSX eyes flat to lower revenue in 2020

(Source: Freight Waves, January 17, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Eastern railroad CSX expects its annual revenue to be flat to 2% lower in 2020 amid a systemic decline in coal volumes and an industrial economy that might take some time to improve, company executives...

CSX announces Q4 and full year 2019 results

(Source: CSX press release, January 16, 2020) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation (NASDAQ: CSX) today announced fourth quarter 2019 net earnings of $771 million, or $0.99 per share, versus $843 million, or $1.01 per share in the same period last year. CSX’s operating...

Opinion: Is there room for optimism in 2020?

(Source: Opinion column by Jim Blaze in the International Railway Journal, January 2020 issue, January 8, 2020) NEW YORK — A stagnant North America freight market is set to continue in 2020. However, technological advances and potential growth in intermodal and...