May 24, 2016 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, May 24, 2016) NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Army Corps of Engineers is holding a public hearing on plans to build a $280 million rail yard at the old Charleston Navy Base to transfer shipping containers between trains and a port terminal...
May 23, 2016 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Maryville Daily Times, May 22, 2016) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Three lawsuits filed in federal court over a Maryville train derailment last July are being merged into a single class-action complaint. Full story: Maryville Daily Times
May 13, 2016 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 12, 2016) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — CSX Transportation Inc. received the final piece of funding Thursday for its $60 million intermodal facility in McKees Rocks, a $3 million state grant to build track into the facility. Full story:...
May 9, 2016 | CSX, Headlines, UP
(Source: Business Insider, May 9, 2016) LONDON — In the United States, the increased capacity could have profound effects on the transportation industry, as the cost of shipping from Asia to ports in the eastern United States would drop significantly. Simply put,...
May 9, 2016 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, May 7, 2016) MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — Lush grass sways in the breeze on once-scorched earth where Morris Bounds’ home had stood, flattened and incinerated by a derailed oil train that exploded yet allowed him a path to escape. Full story:...
May 6, 2016 | CSX, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor’s Offupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) press release, May 5, 2016) NEW YORK — CSX Transportation Inc. violated the anti-retaliation provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act when it suspended an employee at its...
May 4, 2016 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, May 4, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — CSX Transportation and Maryland Transit Administration officials say freight has begun moving gain through the site of a weekend derailment in Washington by Wednesday morning. Full story:...
May 3, 2016 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, May 2, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — CSX says train cars that derailed in the nation’s capital over the weekend have largely been put back on the tracks, and workers on Monday finished offloading liquids from two of the cars. CSX said Monday...
May 3, 2016 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Washington Post, May 2, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A day after a CSX train derailed in Northeast Washington, leaking hazardous substances along a busy rail corridor, local officials and activists turned their attention to the transportation company responsible,...
May 2, 2016 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Maryland Transit Administration press release, May 1, 2016) BALTIMORE, Md. — The MARC Brunswick Line will operate on a significantly reduced schedule tomorrow due to today’s CSX freight train derailment near Washington. In addition, trains will terminate at...
