CSX Transportation HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – CSX Transportation’s “Spirit of our Law Enforcement” commemorative locomotive is being unveiled today at the company’s Huntington locomotive shop. CSXT 3194 is being renamed to honor our nation’s police officers who dedicate their lives to serve and protect communities across our network. “CSX is proud of the employee craftsmanship involved […]
Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: CSX Philadelphia Subdivision Layout owner: Bruce Friedman Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 42 x 56 feet Prototype: CSX Locale: Philadelphia to Baltimore Era: modern day Style: multi-deck walkaround Mainline run: 1,000 feet Minimum radius: 36″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2.25 […]
The underside of a specially equipped boxcar on CSX Transportation. CSX Transportation JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation has significantly improved its key safety metrics during the past 18 months, with the railroad’s personal injury rate leading the industry so far this year and train accidents at their lowest levels in company history. CSX’s key safety […]
The scene north of Carey, Ohio, after two CSX trains collided early Monday morning. Scott Jordan CAREY, Ohio – Two CSX Transportation trains have collided north of Carey, Ohio, on Monday, injuring one person, WTVG-TV reports. The incident occurred near the north end of double track, at County Road 3. The line is CSX’s Columbus […]
CSX Transportation, from a service advisory NEW YORK CITY — Canadian National and CSX Transportation will launch joint intermodal service this fall linking Toronto and Montreal with New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. The service, announced on Thursday and set to begin in October, is unusual because it’s a short haul for both railroads, which […]
LOYALL, Ky. — A group of out of work coal miners in Eastern Kentucky have allowed a pair of CSX locomotives to leave a mine on the condition the railroad leaves behind the loaded coal train they were leading. According to a statement from CSX Transportation, out-of-work and unpaid coal miners protesting at Blackjewel Mining’s […]
BALTIMORE — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is preparing to negotiate with CSX Transportation and other, unnamed stakeholders to fill the funding shortfall for work on Baltimore’s Howard Street Tunnel. The Baltimore Sun reports that Hogan declined to say whether the state might contribution more to the project, citing “sensitive negotiations,” but that he promised to […]
Coal miners form a human blockade to keep a loaded CSX train from leaving the bankrupt coal mine which still owes the miners thousands of dollars in unpaid wages. Photo courtesy WYMT-TV CUMBERLAND, Ky. — Out-of-work and unpaid Eastern Kentucky coal miners, reeling from the bankruptcy of their employer and the closure of their mine, […]
MP36PH-36, No. 21 shoves an MARC train eastbound past CSX’s WB Tower at Brunswick, Md., in April 2011. MARC and VRE trains serving Washington are experiencing significant drops in on-time performance and say CSX freight traffic is a major factor. Scott A. Hartley WASHINGTON — The two commuter railroads serving the Washington area are experiencing […]
James Foote, CSX Corp. CEO CSX Corp. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation reduced its full-year revenue outlook on Tuesday after revenue and traffic volumes came in lower than expected for the second quarter. The railroad, which had been projecting low single-digit revenue growth, now expects revenue to decline by 1% to 2% this year. CSX […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — Amtrak’s Carolinian will be reduced to weekend-only service along its full New York-Charlotte, N.C. route beginning July 22, and schedules for the Palmetto and Silver Star will also be altered, because of CSX Transportation track work, according to a press release from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The schedule changes will […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation reduced its full-year revenue outlook today after revenue and traffic volumes came in lower than expected for the second quarter. The railroad, which had been projecting low single-digit revenue growth, now expects revenue to decline by 1% to 2% this year. CSX did not change its target for a sub-60% […]
