JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corporation today announced it is soliciting bids on six rail segments as part of a broader initiative to drive asset utilization, enhance network efficiency and create long-term value for the company. The decision to market these non-core properties, totaling approximately 650 miles, follows a detailed evaluation of each line and its […]
A satellite image of the overpass where CSX Transportation crosses over a Norfolk Southern line in Alexandria, Va. Google Maps Alexandria, Va. Google Maps ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Amtrak and Virginia Rail Express passenger services south of Washington are expected to resume today as crews continue clean-up of a weekend CSX Transportation train that tumbled off […]
An overview of the Ravenna car shops and rail yard facilities that will become the future site of the Kentucky rail heritage center and home to Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 No. 2716. Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. IRVINE, Ky. — Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 No. 2716 will be the centerpiece of a new rail heritage partnership […]
Frank Lonegro, CSX Corp. Chief Financial Officer CSX Corp. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX Transportation has laid off about 100 workers at its locomotive shop in Cumberland, Md., as it reduces the facility from 24-hour operation to one daily shift. Workers at the former Baltimore & Ohio shop were informed on May 11. The Cumberland Times-News […]
First Quarter 2018 operating ratios Source: Class I railroads CSX Transportation has claimed the industry’s lead in operating ratio by vaulting to first place from its second-to-last position a year ago. The railroad’s closely watched operating ratio was 63.7 percent in the first quarter, down from an adjusted 69.4 percent a year ago, and 0.9 […]
Late CSX CEO E. Hunter Harrison speaks before the Surface Transportation Board in 2017. R.G. Edmonson JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation is defending its executive compensation package after an influential shareholder advisory firm recommended that investors reject the plan at the company’s annual meeting on May 18. The big issue: Compensation for the late CEO […]
CSX has closed Locust Point Yard in Baltimore. Sol Tucker BALTIMORE — CSX Transportation has closed its yard in Locust Point in southeastern Baltimore, Md. effective 11:59 p.m., April 30, 2018. The yard sits adjacent to Interstate 95 just west of the Fort McHenry Tunnel, and also hosts a Maryland Rail Commuter locomotive and train […]
PRLX SD70ACe No. 4834 featuring Chesapeake & Ohio’s “C&O for Progress” logo leads NS train 36T at Attica, N.Y., on March 29, 2018. The C&O-patched locomotive is a former CSX unit on lease to NS by Progress Rail. BUFFALO, N.Y. – A leased locomotive is roaming Norfolk Southern rails with Chesapeake & Ohio logos this […]
A loaded CSX ribbon rail train traverses the, in-progress, Chesapeake, Susquehanna and Western RR on HARM night. HARM (Harford Association of Railroad Modelers) is a round robin group celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Located in northeast Maryland, members meet every Tuesday evening. This train is based on the CSX prototype often seen on the […]
A loaded CSX ribbon rail train traverses the, in-progress, Chesapeake, Susquehanna and Western RR on HARM night. HARM (Harford Association of Railroad Modelers) is a round robin group celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Located in northeast Maryland, members meet every Tuesday evening. This train is based on the CSX prototype often seen on the […]
The remains of the lead locomotive of Amtrak’s Silver Star after it crashed into a CSX Transportation freight train on Feb. 4, 2018. Jonathan Hinely When a misaligned switch sent Amtrak’s Silver Star barreling into a parked CSX Transportation train in South Carolina last week, killing two Amtrak crewmen and injuring more than 100 passengers, […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The head of the National Transportation Safety Board says a misaligned switch is the immediate reason Amtrak’s southbound Silver Star collided with a parked CSX Transportation freight train early Sunday, killing two people and injuring dozens. Investigators say they’ll now try and find out why the switch was misaligned. NTSB Chariman Robert […]
