October 5, 2015 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Tampa Bay Times, October 4, 2015) TAMPA, Fla. — There are 97 miles of railroad track connecting the downtowns of Clearwater, St. Petersburg and Tampa. The steel grating links Tampa International Airport to the University of South Florida, stretches across...
October 5, 2015 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: The News & Advance, October 4, 2015) LYNCHBURG, Va. — A CSX train carrying empty crude oil cars partially derailed around 3 a.m. Sunday near 7th Street in Lynchburg, according to a company spokeswoman. Full story: The News &...
September 29, 2015 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: CSX press release, September 28, 2015) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation and two mechanical unions, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation...
August 27, 2015 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: CSX press release, August 26, 2015) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — KINGSPORT, Tenn. – Rising pop star and “The Voice” Season 8 runner-up Meghan Linsey will be the celebrity guest on the Santa Train when it makes its 73rd journey to bring gifts to Appalachian families...
August 25, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Television station WBIR, August 25, 2015) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The cities of Maryville and Alcoa incurred expenses totaling more than $225,000 responding to the July 1 CSX train car fire, with more estimated expenses still to be submitted by Blount County. Full...
August 25, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, August 21, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Newly released documents show that firefighters responding to an oil train derailment and fire last year in Lynchburg, Va., waited more than two hours for critical details about the train and what...
August 7, 2015 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Knoxville News Sentinel, August 6, 2015) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A month after a train derailment in Maryville forced mass evacuations and sent nearly 100 people to the hospital, the race is on for class-action status in the looming legal battle over damages. Full...
August 6, 2015 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Knoxville News Sentinel, August 5, 2015) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — State officials are working on a consent order with CSX railroad administrators concerning future monitoring of the environment where a train derailed and caught fire near Maryville. Full story:...
July 30, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Knoxville News Sentinel, July 30, 2015) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities continue to monitor air and water near the site of a July 1 train derailment in Maryville while train car loads of contaminated dirt are hauled away. Full story: Knoxville News...
July 29, 2015 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Augusta Chronicle, July 28, 2015) CHATSWORTH, Ga. — Promising to remove 50,000 truckloads from Georgia highways, state officials signed an agreement Tuesday to develop a rail-truck “inland port” terminal to serve shippers in north Georgia and...
