March 7, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, March 6, 2018) PERRYVILLE, Md. — CSX is attributing “extreme wind gusts” to the derailment of a freight train on a river bridge in Maryland during last week’s nor’easter. Full story: ABC News
March 7, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Observer-Reporter, March 6, 2018) FREDERICKTOWN, Pa. — On March 6 near Fredericktown, Pa., a train broadsided a tanker truck hauling some 4,400 gallons of a corrosive solution of hydrochloric acid as the rig’s driver crossed the tracks about 10:30 a.m....
March 5, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Baltimore Sun, March 4, 2018) BALTIMORE — CSX train derailed on a bridge over the Susquehanna River on Friday night, causing four empty rail cars to fall into the water below. Officials said the cause of the derailment remains under investigation, and could...
March 2, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Rocky Mount Telegram, March 2, 2018) ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — Carolinas Gateway Partnership officials are backing off a statement made last week that the CSX trains-to-trucks terminal planned for Rocky Mount is kaput. Full story: Rocky Mount...
March 2, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: CNBC, March 1, 2018) NEW YORK — CSX railroad customers would likely bear the burden of an increased steel tariff, said Chief Executive Officer and President Jim Foote. Earlier Thursday, President Donald Trump signaled heavy tariffs on foreign steel and...
March 2, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Albany Times Union, March 1, 2018) SELKIRK, N.Y. — A planned consolidation of CSX Transportation’s train dispatching operations, which includes moving a location employing 45 people at the Selkirk rail yard in Albany County, will be completed by the end...
March 2, 2018 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines
(Source: The Hill, February 28, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday that the Amtrak collision earlier this month in South Carolina cost $25 million in damages. Full story: The Hill
March 2, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, March 1, 2018) NEW YORK — U.S. railroad operator CSX Corp said on Thursday it would stick with a plan started by former Chief Executive Hunter Harrison, who died in December, to boost profit through cutting jobs and rail cars, and would also slash...
February 27, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: WBIR, February 26, 2018) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A rail car part that seized up, overheated and started a fire, forcing the evacuation of thousands in 2015 in Maryville, is the focus of a federal trial that started Monday in Knoxville. A lawsuit alleges the Union...
February 27, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Rocky Mount Telegram, February 27, 2018) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The CSX train-to-trucks terminal planned for the Twin Counties has been permanently derailed. Billed as the Carolina Connector, the project was originally scheduled to be completed by the end of...
