WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board has announced it will hold a board meeting on July 23 to determine probable cause of the Feb. 4, 2018, collision of Amtrak and CSX Transportation trains near Cayce, S.C. The engineer and conductor on the Amtrak train were killed, and more than 90 others on board required […]
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This CSX Transportation crude-by-rail map shows the route the unit oil trains took from Chicago via Buffalo and Selkirk, N.Y., to reach the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in Philadelphia. CSX Transportation PHILADELPHIA — The pending closure of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery will put a dent in crude oil traffic on BNSF Railway and CSX […]
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FRA Deputy Administrator Quintin Kendall Federal Railroad Administration website WASHINGTON — Quintin Kendall is now the deputy administrator for the Federal Railroad Administration. An FRA representative alerted media to the appointment in a late Thursday email notice. Before assuming the No. 2 spot at FRA, Kendall was CSX Transportation’s vice president for government and community […]
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NORFOLK, Va. — Amtrak service in and out of Norfolk remains suspended at least through today following the derailment of a Norfolk Southern coal train on Tuesday morning. Four Amtrak Northeast Regional trains that normally serve Norfolk will operate on modified schedules. Train No. 94 will operate from Richmond, Va., to Boston and train No. […]
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a tax case involving CSX Transportation and the state of Alabama for the third time — a decision Bloomberg News calls a partial win for both parties. The court rejected petitions by CSX and the Alabama Department of Revenue on Monday. That means a 2018 […]
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — CSX Transportation has once again made a significant contribution to the restoration of No. 576, the legendary Nashville steam locomotive currently undergoing a full restoration. As the successor company to the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad where “The Stripe” ran the rails in the 1940s and ‘50s, CSX supported the locomotive’s […]
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CSX 911 and 1776 will add to the fire truck festival at the N.C. Transportation Museum Saturday. Chris Anderson SPENCER, N.C. — Commemorative locomotives from CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway are set to meet for the first time at an event at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer this weekend. The museum says […]
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WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board has released it preliminary report on an employee fatality at a CSX Transportation yard in Chattanooga, Tenn. According to the report, on April 13, 2019, about 5:40 p.m., a CSX mechanical employee was struck and killed by a remote-control locomotive, operating as train Y292-13, that was being used […]
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A South Charleston police cruiser was destroyed Sunday after getting stuck on a CSX right-of-way near Charleston, W.Va. The car became stuck on a rail while in pursuit of a vehicle. Two photos, Harry Hamrick CHARLESTON, W.Va. – For the second time in two weeks, a police car has been involved in a collision with […]
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NEW YORK — Railroads need to take advantage of their investments in positive train control, but the industry likely will move slowly toward one-person crews and autonomous operations, CSX Transportation CEO Jim Foote says. Foote likens PTC to the advent of wayside detectors and end-of-train devices that allowed railroads operate more safely, while eliminating cabooses. […]
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James “Jim” Foote, CSX Transportation CEO CSX Transportation NEW YORK — CSX Transportation is leading the industry in merchandise traffic growth this year due to its faster and more reliable service, CEO Jim Foote says. “We are the leader in growing that business at about 2.5% so far this year,” Foote told an investor conference […]
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WELLINGTON, Ohio — Media outlets are reporting that there are no injuries after a CSX Transportation train derailed in north-central Ohio town of Wellington on Tuesday. The Elyria, Ohio, Chronicle-Telegram reports that 22 cars and two locomotives derailed Tuesday morning in the center of Wellington on the former “Big Four” New York Central main line. […]
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