A CSX derailment in Harpers Ferry, W.Va., sent two cars into the Potomac River and knocked down a pedestrian bridge that is part of the Appalachian Trail. National Park Service/T. Troxel HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — A CSX freight train derailed on a bridge over the Potomac River derailed early Saturday morning, sending two cars into […]
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Commonwealth of Virginia and CSX Transportation have reached a deal on a $3.7-billion plan that will address rail congestion south of Washington D.C. by separating passenger and freight operations, allowing for a significant expansion of passenger and commuter rail services. The agreement announced Thursday will create a new, state-owned Long Bridge […]
WASHINGTON, W.Va. — A 32-year-old man has been identified as the CSX Transportation employee killed in a Saturday derailment. Curtis C. McCohihay of Southside, W.Va., was killed in the derailment about 4 p.m. on Saturday, WTAP-TV reports, quoting the Wood County (W.Va.) Sheriff’s Office. CSX confirmed on Sunday that an employee had been killed in […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A dozen railroads are among the recipients of more than $40 million in Pennsylvania Department of Transportation funding for 26 rail infrastructure projects throughout the state. CSX Transportation is receiving the largest single state grant, $14.4 million for clearance projects to allow double-stack trains to reach the port of Philadelphia. Other grants […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX Corp. has named Jeffery D. Wall its vice president of Labor Relations. With more than 20 years of labor relations and negotiating experience, Wall will be responsible for overall labor strategy and working with unions that represent nearly 17,000 CSX employees. He will report to Diana Sorfleet, executive vice president and […]
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit this week brought against CSX by residents evacuated following a 2017 derailment in Hyndman, Pennsylvania. The Altoona Mirror newspaper is reporting that U.S. District Judge Kim R. Gibson dismissed the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania by several Hyndman residents in relation to […]
BALTIMORE — The state of Maryland and CSX Transportation have found the funding necessary to proceed with rebuilding of the Howard Street Tunnel, a project which will allow double-stack container trains to reach the Port of Baltimore. In July, the project received a $125 million federal grant for the project [see “Federal funding will allow […]
Jim Foote, CSX Transportation CEO CSX Corp. PALM BEACH, Fla. — CSX Transportation may limit line sales to the routes that it currently has out to bid. “We’re going to be very, very, very careful before we would ever sell anything,” CEO Jim Foote told an investor conference on Tuesday. “We’re not interested in exiting […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation is the first North American railroad to join TradeLens, a blockchain platform developed by international container carrier Maersk and by IBM. TradeLens is an open, neutral platform that includes data on half the world’s container cargo, CSX officials say. “Joining TradeLens is a further demonstration of our commitment to providing […]
E. Hunter Harrison Canadian Pacific NEW YORK CITY — CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific executives insisted last week that Precision Scheduled Railroading is a formula for growth, not a way for the industry to cut its way to prosperity. The three railroads have stored thousands of locomotives and freight cars, idled yards, and […]
KINGSPORT, Tenn. — CSX’s long-running Santa Train has put another trip in the books. The railroad celebrated the 77th running of the Santa Train on Saturday in rainy conditions for most of the day. Despite the wet weather, large crowds still turned out trackside along the former Clinchfield Railroad main line, part of today’s Kingsport […]
Former Clinchfield Railroad car 100 brings up the rear of southbound CSX manifest Q693 as it passes by the former Clinchfield offices in Erwin, Tenn., while en route to Jacksonville to be prepped for this year’s Santa Train. Mike Tilley JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – New life has been breathed into a famed former Clinchfield Railroad […]
