Huntington shop and Kentucky Steam representatives pose with the newly restored Chesapeake & Ohio caboose. Chris Anderson HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As the metal rolling door arose on the paint shop building at CSX’s Huntington Heavy Repair shops last Tuesday, anticipation among members of the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., was high. The group was at the […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. — CSX Transportation has reached a financial settlement with the family of a movie crew person killed during the filming of a movie scene on a railroad track in 2014. The settlement was field last week in Chatham County State Court in Savannah, the Los Angeles Times reports. Terms were not disclosed. Camera […]
Amtrak Empire Service train 281 from New York Penn Station to Niagara Falls, N.Y., crosses the Livingston Avenue Bridge in Albany, N.Y., as the Captain JP III cruise ship remains wedged against the bridge on Friday, Jan. 25. Dan Kittay ALBANY, N.Y. — One of eight boats that broke free from their moorings in New […]
CSX Transportation ES44AC-H leads a coal train through Hubbard Springs, Va., on Jan. 22. Chris Anderson HUBBARD SPRINGS, Va. — Carolinas-bound coal returned to CSX Transportation’s Cumberland Valley Subdivision on Jan. 22, as southbound loaded coal train N759-20 crossed the stretch of railroad on its journey to Duke Energy’s Marshall Steam Station in Terrell, N.C. […]
CSX’s Florida Panhandle route TRAINS: Rick Johnson/Steve Sweeney JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It’s a failure to launch for the Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad. Federal regulators had approved the sale of 373 miles of CSX Transportation trackage across the Florida Panhandle, effective Jan. 6, but CSX and short line operator RailUSA scuttled their deal last week. […]
James Foote, CSX Transportation CEO CSX Corp. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation set a record for the lowest U.S. Class I railroad operating ratio in 2018 and expects the key measure of efficiency to drop below 60 percent this year, a year ahead of schedule. “What an incredible year,” CEO Jim Foote said on the […]
Mark Wallace, CSX executive vice president of sales and marketing TRAINS: David Lassen LOMBARD, Ill. — Proclaiming that his railroad has gone “from worst to first” in just 20 months, CSX Transportation’s Mark Wallace offered a strongly positive view of Precision Scheduled Railroading Thursday at the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers conference. Wallace made his […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp. today announced fourth quarter 2018 net earnings of $843 million, or $1.01 per share, versus $4,140 million, or $4.62 per share on a GAAP basis ($0.64 on an adjusted basis) in the same period last year. Fourth quarter 2017 net earnings included a tax reform benefit resulting from the Tax […]
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. – Three Class I railroads presented 2019 capital plan information during Wednesday’s final day of the National Railroad Contractors and Maintenance Association Conference. While none yet had approved dollar figures to offer for their 2019 capital spending, all offered some notable information. A westbound train exits Mount Macdonald Tunnel in September 2007. […]
Drive through CSX Transportation’s former Louisville & Nashville Radnor Yard in Nashville, Tenn., with Trains Magazine. You’ll ride along on a tour offered during the 2018 Railway Supply Institute convention in Nashville. Interested in more from the Music City? Trains Presents has also visited Nashville Union Station! […]
Drive through CSX Transportation’s former Louisville & Nashville Radnor Yard in Nashville, Tenn., with Trains Magazine. You’ll ride along on a tour offered during the 2018 Railway Supply Institute convention in Nashville. Interested in more from the Music City? Trains Presents has also visited Nashville Union Station! […]
President Donald Trump The White House When Trains editors look at the Top 10 stories of the year, it’s always a close call on which stories make it and which do not. Here are the stories that came close, but didn’t quite make the Top Ten cut for 2018. California High Speed Rail: Seemingly on […]
