The Daily CSX: As CSX workforce shrinks, accidents pile up and morale plummets

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; February 14, 2018

The rate of accidents involving CSX Corp. trains have been rising as its workforce has been dramatically slashed, with some workers saying morale at the Jacksonville-based railroad is at a new low.

National attention has focused on the safety of CSX operations in the wake of a crash between Amtrak and CSX trains Feb. 4 near Columbia, South Carolina. A misaligned switch that a CSX employee reported was in the correct position sent the Amtrak train directly into a parked CSX freight train, killing two and injuring 116, according to federal investigators.

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