Ohio: Scared train hoppers call 911 to be rescued, charged after clinging to train for 60 miles

By Bob Jones, News 5 ABC; July 10, 2018 DOYLESTOWN, Ohio – A bad decision by two men to hop…

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The Daily CSX: Investigators grill train company about deadly crash in South Carolina

By The Associated Press, WNYT, News Channel 13 NBC; July 10, 2018 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal investigators on Tuesday…

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The Daily CSX: When will services be back on track?

By Greg Thompson, Automotive Logistics; July 9, 2018 The state of the rail freight service in the US has been…

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The Daily CSX: OmniTRAX affiliate acquires two rail lines from CSX

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; July 10, 2018 An OmniTRAX Inc. affiliate has acquired the Alabama & Tennessee River Railway LLC…

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The Daily CSX: Ridgefield, Connecticut estate of former CSX exec reduced again to $33 million

By Phil Hall, Westfair Communications; July 9, 2018 An 87-acre estate in Ridgefield that was home to the late railroad…

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Class I railroads continue the longer-train trend

By Jeff Stagl, Managing Editor, Progressive Railroading Magazine; July 2018 At any given time on Class Is’ networks, trains stretching…

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The Daily CSX: CSX customers, employees skeptical of progress that investors applaud

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; July 6, 2018 Investors often praise the changes E. Hunter Harrison ushered into…

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‘Not going to make it:’ Hopes dashed as talks break down over Churchill rail sale

By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press, National Post; July 3, 2018 CHURCHILL, Man. — Residents of Churchill are devastated…

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‘That can’t come soon enough:’ Churchill, Manitoba hopes propane crisis sparks railway repair

By The Canadian Press, SooToday.com; July 3, 2018 CHURCHILL, Man. — People in Churchill wrapped up in scarves and mittens…

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The Daily CSX: CSX to reopen shuttered Nashville yard, quashing oft-teased transit dream

By Meg Garner, Reporter, Nashville Business Journal; July 2, 2018 If PSC Metals’ East Bank location is Nashville’s development long…

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Churchill, Manitoba critically low on propane for heat due to broken rail line

By The Canadian Press, National Post; June 29, 2018 CHURCHILL, Man. — The northern Manitoba community of Churchill has issued…

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Australian man suffers limb amputations in British Columbia ‘train surfing’ accident

By Simon Little and Erin Ubels, CKNW, Global News; June 30, 2018 An Australian man has been seriously injured after…

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The Daily CSX: New lawsuit filed on behalf of 394 residents in Maryville train derailment

By Wes Wade,The Daily Times; June 30, 2018 A new lawsuit was filed Friday in Blount County Circuit Court on…

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The Daily CSX: CSX revives eastern North Carolina intermodal terminal plans – with $118M from state department of tranxsportation

By Lauren K. Ohnesorge, Senior Staff Writer, Triangle Business Journal; June 28,2018 Plans for the Carolina Connecter, a CSX intermodal…

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The Daily CSX: FBI arrests three for CSX robberies spanning 18 years in Buffalo, New York

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; June 29, 2018 Three men in Buffalo, N.Y., have been arrested and charged…

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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Fighting For Members’ Jobs At The US/Mexican border

A press release from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen; June 27, 2018: INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 27, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/…

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Canadian Rail safety watchdog calls for training overhaul after 74-car runaway train rolled through Greater Toronto Area

From CBC News; June 27, 2018 A probe into how 74 rail cars were allowed to roll uncontrolled for five…

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The Daily CSX: CSX trains block Baldwin, Florida roads for hours – baffling residents, hurting businesses

By Emily Sullivan,The Florida Times-Union; June 25, 2018 CSX trains routinely block roads in Baldwin for periods that take minutes…

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Ford’s Michigan Central Station office workers will still see and hear hundreds of thousands of train cars

By Bill Shea, Crain’s Detroit Business; June 24, 2018 The last train to ever pull out of Detroit’s Michigan Central…

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The Daily CSX: Princeton, Indiana train derailment casts new doubts about CSX’s safety culture

By George Spohr, Evansville Courier & Press; June 19,2018 PRINCETON, Ind. — Three weeks ago, on the heels of the…

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