NTSB releases preliminary report on CSX crew fatalities
Two crewmen on a CSX train were setting out a car when they were struck and killed by an Amtrak passenger train on the night of June 27 near Washington’s Union Station.
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CSX, L&I, Cummins join on Indiana overpass
CSX, short line Louisville & Indiana, and Cummins are combining on an Indiana railroad improvement project.
AAR: Coal leads weekly carload gainers
Weekly gains in freight volume on U.S. railroads eased slightly, according to the Association of American Railroads.
BNSF signs with Trainyard Tech for Routemaster process control system
Trainyard Tech, LLC has signed a contract with BNSF Railway to install its Routemaster™ NX process control system at Cherokee yard in Tulsa, Okla.
CSX 1Q financials suggest an upside
CSX Corp.’s first quarter 2017 non-adjusted net earnings of $362 million and a adjusted operating income of $712 million, yielded net earnings per share of $0.39 up from net earnings of $356 million, or $0.37 per share, in the same period of last year.
Aberdeen & Rockfish RR celebrates 125 Years in NC
The family-owned Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad Co. is celebrating its 125th anniversary serving North Carolina’s Sandhills region.
Tradepoint Atlantic signs marine terminal operator
A planned rail logistics hub on the site of a former steel mill near Baltimore took a major step forward this week, signing on a key player as both a manager and investor.
Georgia, Virginia ports get OK for container gateway co-op
The Federal Maritime Commission has approved an agreement allowing the Georgia Ports Authority and the Virginia Port Authority to cooperate as an East Coast gateway for containerized cargo.
CSX fuel tax suit dismissed
A U.S. District Court Judge in Alabama dismissed a lawsuit by CSX alleging a state tax on diesel fuel discriminated against railroads.
Commentary
It shouldn’t take a $300 million man
What has been will be again; what has been done will be done again. There is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which one can say, “Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time. No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them. Ecclesiastes 1: 9-14.