(The Baltimore Sun posted the following article on its website on September 12.)
BALTIMORE — Alan F. Crown has retired as CSX Corp.’s chief operating officer after increased train delays and a system-wide service shutdown.
Chief Executive Officer Michael J. Ward will take control of day-to-day operations for the 55-year-old Crown, the company said in a statement yesterday. Crown has worked at CSX, the third-largest U.S. railroad, for 37 years.
Three weeks ago, a computer virus halted all 1,600 daily trains for several hours. CSX trains also have been slowed this year by a February blizzard, spring floods and the Northeast blackout. CSX said recently that the average speed of its trains in the week ended Aug. 30 was the slowest in any seven-day period this year.