JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation will drop service between 300 more intermodal origin-destination pairs in January as part of its ongoing effort to focus on more profitable, higher-density routes. As part of the changes, announced on Oct. 4, CSX also will introduce new service linking seven domestic markets. The streamlining is similar to changes CSX […]
BNSF Railway The haulage rights deal BNSF Railway inked with CSX Transportation to reach Ohio Valley destinations via CSX’s intermodal terminal in North Baltimore, Ohio, should grow into a successful venture. “This makes lots of sense to reach further into the Ohio Valley without getting into the crosstown rubber-tire moves in Chicago,” says intermodal analyst […]
BNSF Railway FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway in collaboration with CSX Transportation, today announced it will offer a direct-rail intermodal service between Los Angeles and North Baltimore, Ohio. The domestic and international container-only service is expected to begin on Oct. 29. The new service, which is designed to simplify customer supply chains, will run […]
CSX No. 3415 honors the Georgia Railroad, a predecessor line. Dean Mastoras CHICAGO — CSX Transportation today honored predecessor Georgia Railroad with a modern locomotive featuring the logo of the Peach State railroad famous for its Atlanta-Augusta main line, mixed trains, and sold black diesel paint scheme. Two-year-old General Electric-built ET44AH No. 3415 got the […]
Former CSX President Clarence Gooden Submitted photo TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — Clarence Gooden, the CSX Transportation president who retired last year amid the management coup led by E. Hunter Harrison and his hedge fund partner, is never one to miss an opportunity for a joke. Gooden spoke last week about his four-decade career at CSX, including […]
LILESVILLE, N.C. — Sharp-eyed railroaders and railroad enthusiasts watching Hurricane Florence coverage have noted the presence of export units in the Sunday night derailment of a CSX train near the crossroads terminal of Hamlet. Eastbound train Q583 derailed about 6 p.m., possibly when it hit a washout, near Lilesville, N.C., between Monroe and Hamlet. In […]
Nashville’s Radnor Yard. CSX Transportation JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX Transportation has resumed hump operations at Radnor Yard in Nashville, Tenn., which was among the eight classification yards converted to flat-switching facilities last year under then-CEO E. Hunter Harrison. Radnor’s layout ultimately proved cumbersome for flat switching. So in June the railroad began work on retarders and […]
BOSTON — CSX Transportation will eventually seek to operate trains with one-person crews on lines under the protection of positive train control, Chief Financial Officer Frank Lonegro told an investor conference this week. When PTC is fully operational by the end of 2020, CSX will have invested $2.4 billion in the federally mandated safety system. […]
CSX donated SD45-2 No. 8954 to Southeastern Railway Museum near Atlanta. SERM: Andrew Durden DULUTH, Ga. — CSX Transportation donated a rare SD45-2 locomotive to the Southeastern Railway Museum that is the first of its kind exhibited in a museum. Electro-Motive Division built CSX No. 8954 in August 1974. It was one of only 136 […]
Georgia’s new Appalachian Regional Port opened on Wednesday. Georgia Ports, via Twitter CRANDALL, Georgia — The Appalachian Regional Port, Georgia’s second inland port, has opened in the northwest part of the state to accept goods to be shipped into and out of the state. The $26 million port, about 100 miles northwest of Atlanta, opened […]
WAYNE JUNCTION, Mich. — Crews with Amtrak, CSX Transportation, and their contractors, successfully replaced a four-diamond railroad crossing in Wayne as part of a planned maintenance project. A railroad diamond is an intersection between two or more rail lines, in this case, owned by the Michigan Department of Transportation and CSX. The project was funded […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation is streamlining its intermodal network to focus on more profitable longer-haul service linking major markets. Lost in the shuffle: Service between low-volume origin-destination pairs as well as certain shorter-haul direct interline moves made in conjunction with BNSF Railway and Union Pacific through Chicago. The railroad informed customers today about numerous […]
