March 13, 2019 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Trains, March 12, 2019) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — One of the things CSX Transportation aimed to accomplish at its investor day a year ago was to showcase its next generation of leadership and calm investor concerns after the death of CEO E. Hunter Harrison. Full...
March 7, 2019 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: CNBC, March 6, 2019) NEW YORK — CNBC’s “Closing Bell” team is joined by CSX CEO Jim Foote at the J.P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation, and Industrials Conference in New York City to talk about his outlook for the railroad industry. Full...
March 7, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, UP
(Source: CNBC, March 6, 2019) NEW YORK — The CEOs of two major railroad companies told CNBC on Wednesday they aren’t necessarily worried about the U.S. economy. Full story: CNBC
March 6, 2019 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 5, 2019) RICHMOND, Va. — Trains traveling between Richmond’s Staples Mill and Main Street stations will be a bit faster thanks to a new track bypassing a notorious 2-mile bottleneck. Virginia’s Department of Rail and Public...
March 5, 2019 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Baltimore Sun, March 4, 2019) BALTIMORE, Md. — Maryland and CSX Transportation have submitted another application for federal money to heighten the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore so it can fit shipping containers stacked two-high on freight trains — a...
February 14, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, STB
(Source: Jacksonville Business Journal, February 13, 2019) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Surface Transportation Board, a federal regulator, is reviewing the revenue major railroads across the country collect from fees. Full story: Jacksonville Business...
February 12, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report, February 11, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On November 30, 2018, at 10:20 a.m. eastern standard time, CSX Transportation (CSX) northbound freight train F-794-30, traveling about 50 mph, struck and killed a...
February 11, 2019 | Canada, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Winnipeg Free Press, February 8, 2019) OTTAWA — Transport Canada had no clue what items American freight trains were carrying into Winnipeg, Vancouver and Montreal for months last year, the Free Press has learned. An October 2018 memo marked...
February 11, 2019 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: PR Watch, February 7, 2019) NEW YORK — Since 2000, corporate members of ALEC piled up almost $150 million in fines, penalties, and court settlements in cases involving racial and age discrimination and harassment. ALEC is the American Legislative Exchange...
February 1, 2019 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines
(Source: The State, February 1, 2019) COLUMBIA, S.C. — A year ago this week, an Amtrak passenger train slammed into a stopped engine in Cayce, leaving a set of derailed passenger cars bent into a V shape, a smashed Amtrak conductor’s car laying on its side, and a...
