December 14, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, UP
(Source: CNBC, December 13, 2018) NEW YORK — Transportation stocks have hit the skids and are looking worse than the broader market, a trend that needs to reverse for stocks to stabilize. The Dow Transports have lost 15 percent since Oct. 1, 6 percentage points worse...
December 6, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division press release, December 5, 2018) SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — We have tragically lost another Brother to a terrible workplace accident. Brother John Eric Youmans, 34, of Early Branch, S.C., was hit and killed by a...
December 5, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Jacksonville Business Journal, December 4, 2018) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Separate suits filed on the same day again accuse the railroad of violating federal protections for employees with medical needs. Full story: Jacksonville Business...
December 4, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, December 3, 2018) NEW YORK — The Maryland Ports Administration is short $263 million, according to a new report, to start construction to clear doublestack trains through Baltimore’s 122-year-old Howard Street Tunnel, to eventually reach inland...
December 4, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, UP
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, November 30, 2018) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — When Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced they would implement “principles” of the PSR model, one question loomed large: Who would lead the charge? Full story: Supply Chain...
November 27, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Baltimore Sun, November 26, 2018) BALTIMORE, Md. — A section of Baltimore’s East 26th Street above a rail line through Charles Village partially buckled and sank amid heavy rain Monday, sparking concerns about a potential repeat of the dramatic collapse of a...
November 21, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Louisville Courier-Journal, November 20, 2018) LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Santa Train tradition began in 1943 when Flem Dobyns decided he wanted to thank the folks in the region who traveled through the mountains to buy implements of their life from his hardware...
November 19, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, November 17, 2018) BYROMVILLE, Ga. — Rail cars tumbled from an overpass onto a Georgia highway on Saturday, causing an evacuation and traffic headaches in a small town but resulting in no injuries. CSX Railroad said 30 cars derailed. That...
November 15, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Pensacola News Journal, November 15, 2018) PENSACOLA, Fla. — Railroad giant CSX plans to sell 373 miles of track between Pensacola and Jacksonville to Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad, a subsidiary of Boca Raton-based Rail USA. Full story: Pensacola News...
November 14, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 12, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Shortline holding company RailUSA will acquire nearly 375 miles of CSX Transportation main line across the Florida Panhandle. The Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad will acquire 373 miles of CSX...
