August 9, 2019 | CN, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, August 8, 2019) NEW YORK — Canadian Northern (CN) and CSX will join together and serve more of the northeast starting Oct. 7. The two Class 1s announced a new intermodal service offering between CN’s greater Montreal &...
August 2, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, August 1, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The bankruptcy of private coal company Blackjewel could result in ripple effects across the freight rail industry. Blackjewel’s bankruptcy reminded the broader industrial sector of the vulnerability of U.S....
August 1, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Television station WYMT, July 31, 2019) HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. — A CSX train engine stuck for nearly 48 hours is now on the move. The protesting miners came to an agreement with CSX officials to move the locomotive but leave the train cars loaded with coal. Also,...
July 31, 2019 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Baltimore Sun, July 31, 2019) BALTIMORE, Md. — When the Howard Street Tunnel opened in 1895, the 1.4-mile bore under downtown Baltimore was a modern marvel. Iron-arched and lined with bricks, it used electricity to light the tunnel and power the Baltimore...
July 31, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Lexington Herald-Leader, July 31, 2019) CUMBERLAND, Ky. — Miners frustrated over not being paid by a bankrupt coal company blocked a train moving coal from a mine in Harlan County on Monday and continued their protest into Tuesday. Miners and family members...
July 30, 2019 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(Source: WTOP, July 29, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Delays along tracks frequented by freight carrier CSX have worsened D.C. area rail commutes and led to an overall decrease in ridership, the Maryland Area Regional Commuter and Virginia Railway Express services say....
July 30, 2019 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Baltimore Sun, July 27, 2019) BALTIMORE, Md. — Now that construction money appears to be coming to make the aged Howard Street Tunnel able to accommodate double-stacked CSX freight trains, it’s time to explain this workhorse rail artery. Built from 1890 to...
July 29, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, UP
(Source: Associated Press, July 25, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Railroads are warning investors that freight shipments will continue to fall this year as the Trump administration’s trade fights hamper exports and cheap natural gas causes coal deliveries to dwindle....
July 29, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, STB
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, July 26, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Precision-scheduled railroading (PSR) is driving discord between railroads and their customers, a roundtable of rail shippers told the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and...
July 29, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, July 23, 2019) COLUMBIA, S.C. — The NTSB on Tuesday put the main cause of the 2018 crash on CSX. They say the company didn’t have a proper safety plan for the signals being down on its track. The lack of a safety plan contributed to a wreck...
