February 6, 2018 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Post and Courier, February 6, 2018) CHARLESTON, S.C. — The deadly collision Sunday of an Amtrak passenger train and an unmanned freight train in Cayce is unlikely to shake consumer confidence in American rail service, experts say, as Amtrak’s ridership...
February 6, 2018 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg, February 5, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The weekend’s fatal crash of Amtrak and CSX trains raises concerns about whether the freight railroad’s massive operations overhaul might have compromised safety and contributed to a rise in accidents. Full...
February 5, 2018 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, January 4, 2018) CAYCE, S.C. — Amtrak blamed a freight rail operator for causing a crash on Sunday that killed two people and injured more than 100 others when one of its passenger trains was diverted onto a side track and slammed into a parked,...
January 29, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, UP
(Source: Railway Age, January 26, 2018) NEW YORK — Cindy Sanborn, the first woman to hold a senior operating executive role at a Class I railroad, and who was unceremoniously axed by the late E. Hunter Harrison in a messy management purge at CSX, has joined Union...
January 26, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Albany Times Union, January 24, 2018) ALBANY, N.Y. — CSX Transportation is considering the sale of as much as 8,000 miles of its 21,000-mile network, including its line from Albany to Worcester, Mass., outside Boston, according to industry publication...
January 26, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 24, 2018) CSX Corp. will require future chief executives to submit to an annual physical exam that will be reviewed by the board, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Full story: Progressive...
January 24, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 22, 2018) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation is reviewing 8,000 miles of rail lines as potential candidates for sale or lease, Trains News Wire has learned. Full story: www.trains.com
January 22, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Fortune, January 20, 2018) NEW YORK — Hunter Harrison reigned at CSX for only eight months before he died, in late December. His astounding legacy: Implanting a new paradigm for railroading in a new market, the U.S. And against all odds, his lifelong creation...
January 22, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Jacksonville Daily Record, January 22, 2018) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — More job cuts are coming at CSX Corp. this year, but new CEO James Foote says employees are supporting management’s efforts to reform the Jacksonville-based railroad. Full story: Jacksonville...
January 19, 2018 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Supply Chain Drive, January 18, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — CSX CEO James Foote noted that CSX has laid off more than 4,000 employees since Q4 2016 in a presentation illustrating Q4 2017 results. CFO Frank Lonegro said the plan is to cut approximately 2,000 more...
