Alberta: ‘Multiple breaks’ and ‘worn’ rails to blame for derailment of train carrying crude oil north of Edmonton

By Phil Heidenreich, Online Journalist, Global News; November 25, 2017 One month after a train carrying crude oil derailed in…

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The Daily CSX: Alton and Southern Railway alleges CSX owes it more than $4M

By Lhalie Castillo, Madison – St. Clair Record; November 27, 2017 BENTON – An East St. Louis railroad company alleges…

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Iowa Pacific in New York’s Adirondack Mountains: Idle oil tankers attract critics

By Brian Nearing, Albany Times-Union; November 23, 2017 Albany – Only a few years ago, rail tankers like those now…

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The Daily CSX: CSX train derails in Lakeland, causing molten sulfur leak

By Pam Huff, Managing Editor, Tampa Bay Business Journal; November 27, 2017 A CSX train transporting hazardous materials derailed in…

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Man Charged in Theft of Guns From Chicago Train Yard

By The Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report; November 22, 2017 CHICAGO (AP) — Federal court records unsealed this…

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Unusually warm weather lays bare a photo shoot on a Union Pacific trestle in Utah

By David Wells, Fox 13 Salt Lake City; November 22, 2017 MORGAN COUNTY, Utah — Deputies in Morgan County arrested…

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The Daily CSX in North Carolina: Execs along I-95 wait for CSX update in Rocky Mount

By Lauren K. Ohnesorge, Staff Writer, Triangle Business Journal; November 22, 2017 High stakes and few updates: Executives in and…

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The Daily CSX – Exclusive: CSX to Impose Hefty Fees on Some Rail Customers in 2018

By Eric M. Johnson, Reuters, U.S. News & World Report; November 22, 2017 SEATTLE (Reuters) – CSX Corp will charge…

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The Daily CSX: CSX officials say relocation of train dispatchers was planned, but mix-up in timeline had some relocating too soon

By Drew Dixon, The Florida Times-Union; November 22, 2017 Jacksonville-based CSX acknowledged on Wednesday that it did have plans to…

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The Daily CSX: CSX cannot explain dispatcher relocation notice

By Drew Dixon, The Florida Times-Union; November 21, 2017 Jacksonville-based CSX is mystified over a June notice on a bulletin…

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The Daily CSX: CSX puts brakes on rail service cutback at General Mills plant in Buffalo, New York

By Matt Glynn, The Buffalo News; November 21, 2017 CSX Transportation has put the brakes on a plan to reduce…

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The Daily CSX – Goldman Sachs analyst: CSX a ‘sell’

Editor’s Note: This story is part of a longer, “roundup” report from Jacksonville, Florida’s The Financial News & Daily Record…

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The Daily CSX: General Mills plant facing reduced CSX rail service in Buffalo, New York

By Matt Glynn, The Buffalo News; November 20, 2017 Reduced CSX rail service to the General Mills plant in Buffalo…

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The Daily CSX – Employed & Homeless: As CSX changes plans, dispatchers left in limbo during holidays

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; November 20, 2017 When dispatchers working for CSX Corp. across the country were…

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Washington State: A year after anti-fracking encampment, protesters return to block tracks in Olympia

By Abby Spegman, The Olympian, The News Tribune; November 18, 2017 One year after an anti-fracking group set up an…

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Canada’s CN Rail on hiring spree as shipments surge

By Rod Nickel and Allison Lampert, Reuters; November 17, 2017 WINNIPEG, Manitoba/MONTREAL, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Canadian National Railway Co…

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Iowa Pacific in New York State: Rail car video offers lots of views

By Rick Karlin, Capitol Bureau, Albany Times-Union; November 16, 2017 The battle over the Iowa Pacific train company’s use of…

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Canada: Ottawa says Fairfax Financial Holdings interested in broken Churchill rail line

From The Daily Courier; November 17, 2017 OTTAWA – The federal government says a Toronto-based holding company is interested in…

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Ontario: 1979 train derailment became known as the Mississauga Miracle

By Carola Vyhnak, Special to the Star, Toronto Star; November 16, 2017 The city of Mississauga was asleep as disaster…

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Canada moves forward with legal action against OmniTRAX over Hudson Bay Railway

Written by Mischa Wanek-Libman, Editor, RT&S Magazine; November 15, 2017 What began with a 200-year flood event may now be…

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South Carolina: ‘Trains have more power than God,’ Columbia mayor gripes after trains snarl traffic

By Sarah Ellis, The State; November 15, 2017 Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin was thinking about an old saying among politicians…

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Texas: November 15th marks fifth anniversary of parade float-train crash

By Stewart Doreen, Midland Reporter-Telegram; November 15, 2017 Today, the Reporter-Telegram remembers arguably the most horrific incident in the history…

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Iowa Pacific: Empty Rail Cars Roll Into the Adirondacks, Stirring Controversy

By Paul Post, The New York Times; November 13, 2017 MINERVA, N.Y. — The Hudson River is a small stream…

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