September 18, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, September 17, 2018) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Georgia Ports Authority approved a measure that will double its intermodal rail capacity as the port continues to see strong growth in container volumes. The GPA approved $92 million in funding for...
September 18, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, UP
(Source: Union Pacific press release, September 17, 2018) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific today announced its Unified Plan 2020, a new operating plan that implements Precision Scheduled Railroading principles. Unified Plan 2020 will launch Oct. 1 and will be rolled out in...
September 18, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, UP
(Source: Union Pacific, September 17, 2018) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific plans to borrow some ideas from other major freight railroads as it works to improve its operations. The Omaha, Nebraska-based railroad said Monday that it will incorporate some of the operating...
September 17, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Virginian-Pilot, September 15, 2018) NORFOLK, Va. — What a strange sight: a port with no ships. Travelers crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel may be so used to the sight of coal ships anchored off Cape Charles that they don’t even register anymore. Full...
September 17, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Charlotte Observer, September 16, 2018) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A CSX freight train derailed in North Carolina Sunday, not far from the border with South Carolina as the states deal with the impact from Hurricane Florence. It was reported that members of the train...
September 14, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: West Virginia Record, September 14, 2018) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal and state officials accuse CSX Transportation of several environmental torts in response to oil spilled from a derailed train. The United States of America, the state of West Virginia and...
September 13, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, September 12, 2018) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Hurricane Florence will interrupt the main rail and maritime conduits for U.S. coal exports, according to Susquehanna Financial Group. Full story: Freight Waves
September 13, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: West Virginia Public Radio, September 12, 2018) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A train derailment this past weekend in the New River Gorge may have dropped coal into a tributary of the New River, according to an email released by the National Park Service Wednesday....
September 13, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Jacksonville Business Journal, September 12, 2018) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp. boasts many impressive metrics: Last quarter, its operating ratio, a key measure of efficiency, broke a company record and ranked the best among North American railroads. Its...
September 7, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Baltimore Sun, September 6, 2018) BALTIMORE, Md. — Maryland’s U.S. senators asked CSX Corp. Thursday if it is considering reviving the long-awaited expansion of the aging Howard Street Tunnel. Full story: Baltimore Sun
