Photographers caught CSX Transportation train K446-07 on April 8, led by two SD40-2’s, on a northbound trip on the Clinchfield Route. Here it is seen going through Dante, Va., by the old depot. Nick Dumas DANTE, Va. — Sources close to CSX Transportation say railroad managers are looking for alternative routes now that recent hump […]
The manufacture and maintenance of rail is as old as railroading — and so are broken rails. Though today’s rail is much harder, stronger, and of higher quality than rail made even 40 years ago, railroads and metallurgists have just recently begun to understand why rails still are breaking. As railroads installed new rail in […]
Hydraulic flange greasers are activated when a wheel rolls over an actuator, as shown on CSX’s Indianapolis Line Subdivision. Two photos, Eric Powell Forgive the pun, but it’s a slippery slope that railroads have to deal with, in terms of rail and flange lubrication. Too much or too little grease on the track can cause […]
CSX Transportation’s Osborn Yard Google Maps LOUISVILLE, Ky. — CSX Transportation’s Osborn Yard in Louisville will be the third yard in less than two weeks to have its hump operations shut down. CSX spokeswoman Laura Phelps tells Trains News Wire that after a thorough review of the railroad’s Louisville-region operating plan, the railroad has informed […]
“We used to hire women in positions set aside for them, such as stenographers. Of course, they never had a chance to develop. We start the boy in at the bottom as office boy and give them a long ladder to climb. Things are changing now. If the women are started at the bottom like […]
CSX EMD SD40-2 No. 8387 and an autorack train at the railroad’s Stanley Yard near Walbridge, Ohio, in January 2015. Michael D. Harding WALBRIDGE, Ohio — CSX Transportation’s Stanley Yard in Walbridge will be the next facility downsized under E. Hunter Harrison’s leadership. The decision to do away with hump operations at Stanley comes less […]
Train No. 28, the ‘Empire Builder,’ departs Portland, Ore., on March 15. Brian Schmidt WASHINGTON – A ruling issued Thursday by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is likely to be the final decision in a case that dates back to 2010. District Judge James E. Boasberg, an Obama appointee, found the […]
A Tilford yard job shoves cars toward the hump using a freshly repainted SD40-2. Frank Orona ATLANTA – CSX Transportation is in the process of closing down its Tilford hump yard in Atlanta, a source close to the railroad tells Trains News Wire. The railroad will close down the hump portion of the yard and […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Now that E. Hunter Harrison is calling the shots at CSX Transportation headquarters, he faces the same daunting problem that former CEO Michael Ward had to grapple with: How to replace nearly $2 billion in coal revenue that vanished over the past five years and is likely gone for good. Ward’s answer […]
E. Hunter Harrison Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — E. Hunter Harrison was named the CEO of CSX Transportation today, less than seven weeks after stepping down early from the top job at Canadian Pacific. Harrison, 72 — widely regarded as the industry’s best operations CEO — will begin immediately, CSX said today. He transformed Illinois […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX Transportation expects to save at least $175 million annually by laying off more than 20 percent of its management employees, the railroad said in a regulatory filing on Monday. The reduction of up to 1,000 management positions, announced last week, is expected to be complete by the middle of March, the […]
A Canadian National worker moves a car using a pole on the pilot of CN No. 6310 in 1958. Gordon B. Mott, Louis A. Marre collection Q When did railroads stop using poling pockets seen at all four corners of freight cars and engines? – John Bronn, Eagle, Alaska A Poling was the once common […]
