I fell in love for the first time when I was 4 years old. No, the object of my affection wasn't the little boy down the road - it was the railroads. It began when I traveled with my parents from Rome, Ga., to Chicago. More than 50 years later, the memories of that trip are still vivid. ...more

February 15, 2009

The History of Rails Regarding "Trains Could Save Car Manufacturers" (Letters, Jan. 3) by Dianne Agster: ...more

January 10, 2009

CSX Corp, reported a 40 percent increase in third-quarter profits to $382 million, or 94 cents a share, for the period ended Sept. 30 despite the gloomy national economy. ...more

October 15, 2008

House and Senate negotiators reached a deal Tuesday on a major railroad safety reform bill that will require new technology to prevent crashes and limit hours engineers can work. ...more

September 24, 2008

TAMPA - As cash-strapped governments and community organizations cinch their belts in this struggling economy, fireworks displays are among the offerings falling by the wayside. And as expensive displays dwindle or disappear, more and more backyard pyromaniacs will be putting on their own shows, authorities say. ...more

June 26, 2008

A little more than a year after the notorious intersection of interstates 4 and 275 in downtown Tampa was upgraded, traffic is again slowing down and sometimes grinding to a halt, and not just during rush hours. ...more

February 24, 2008

There will be detours galore throughout the county in the coming weeks as CSX works on nearly all of its numerous railroad crossings. ...more

February 16, 2008

Recently, Don Baker was surveying the landscaping maintenance in his community when he came upon something else he felt needed maintenance: the railroad tracks that run parallel to Countryway and Westchase. ...more

January 30, 2008

What the railroad wants, the railroad gets. That seems to be Florida's policy since the state has doled out millions to six of these privately run businesses to improve their tracks. ...more

January 7, 2008

If you visit Europe next year, you can expect to travel on several new high-speed rail facilities. And you'll see still more in the next few years, as European railroads continue to build their high-speed rail systems. Meanwhile, here in the United States, we're not only failing to build and improve our systems but we're not even keeping up with what we have. ...more

December 9, 2007