The wreckage of Thursday’s CSX ethanol train derailment in Kentucky burns after the train crashed into a landslide along CSX’s Kingsport Subdivision. The lead locomotive of a CSX ethanol train that derailed and burned Thursday sits partially submerged in the rain-swollen river adjacent to the rail line. ELKHORN CITY, Ky. – The crew members of […]
Weeds have begun encroaching on remnants of the former Seaboard S Line at Norlina, N.C., in this 2007 view. Bob Johnston Third article in a series on Virginia’s rail plans. The first, on the impact near Washington, D.C., is available here. The second, on the statewide passenger rail impact, is here. NORLINA, N.C. — Nowhere […]
This map shows planned rail improvements under Virginia’s agreement with CSX Transportation. A full-size download is available here. Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation First of three parts ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The $3.7 billion agreement between the Commonwealth of Virginia and CSX Transportation will dramatically expand rail capacity for Virginia Railway Express (VRE) and […]
A group of coal miners in Eastern Kentucky who had blocked a coal train in protest of unpaid wages has ended its protest and cleared the tracks. A half-dozen miners employed by Quest Energy near Pikeville, Kentucky, ended their protest against the company Wednesday evening after the company paid the miners in-full for work they’d […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation’s merchandise network will gradually regain market share from trucks as shippers begin to trust the railroad’s increasingly reliable service, CEO Jim Foote says. CSX has lost nearly a quarter of its merchandise traffic over the past two decades but has seen its carload traffic hold steady over the past three […]
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The City of Wilmington is seeking consultants to conduct preliminary engineering, environmental, and historic preservation studies for a plan to relocate CSX rail lines across the Cape Fear River from the city and turn the existing rail line into a light rail route. The Port City Daily reports the city council will […]
Mark Wallace, CSX executive vice president of sales and marketing TRAINS: David Lassen JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation’s fourth quarter profits fell amid a decline in traffic and revenue, but the railroad set a new operating ratio record. For the fourth quarter, CSX’s operating income fell 8%, to $1.1 billion, on revenue of $2.9 billion, […]
WASHINGTON — Representatives of six Class I railroads and a coalition of labor unions representing more than 125,000 railroaders are set to begin the next round of contract negotiations on Feb. 26 and 27 in Washington. According to officials with SMART Transportation Division, one of the largest unions represented in the talks, negotiations are expected […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — The recent deal between Virginia and CSX that will allow expanded passenger and commuter rail service south of Washington D.C. also reaches into North Carolina. The Raleigh News and Observer reports that the North Carolina Department of Transportation will eventually acquire about 10 miles of CSX right-of-way from the Virginia state line […]
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 […]
