City commissioners are keeping an eye on Tallahassee as state legislators debate the $1.2 billion commuter rail deal with railroad giant CSX. ...more

March 8, 2009

About 1.7 million customers served by a group of rural electric cooperatives face the specter of higher electricity bills because the fee to transport coal by rail will be doubled by CSX Transportation in 2009. ...more

December 24, 2008

About 1.7 million customers served by a group of rural electricity cooperatives face the specter of higher electricity bills because the fee to transport coal by rail will be doubled by CSX Transportation in 2009. The increased rate to move coal could lead to higher bills for 400,000 customers in Pasco, Polk, Hernando, Sumter, Citrus, Manatee, Hardee and Hillsborough counties. ...more

December 23, 2008

Freight trains serving the Bay area were operating normally Thursday, but Amtrak passenger trains remained canceled for the third consecutive day because of Tropical Storm Fay. ...more

August 22, 2008

Backers of a controversial commuter rail deal in Orlando worked hard to gain allies in the last weeks of the legislative session, offering the enticement that its passage would help Tampa get its own rail system. ...more

May 3, 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

Four area railroad crossings are being targeted for safety improvements now that Hillsborough County commissioners have approved a series of agreements with the Florida Department of Transportation and CSX Transportation. ...more

January 10, 2008