Tracking Down Answers; Council Members Take Csx to Task for Its Business Practices in the City.

Philadelphia Weekly › August 06, 2009

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[Darrell Clarke] hastened to add that he wasn't threatening CSX. "I'm just throwing this possibility out there," he said. "The fact that I'm even having this discussion in public shows the level of frustration we feel. This is ridiculous."

[Robert Sullivan] responded that CSX has "never had to deal with" protesters thwarting the flow of train traffic. "We don't encourage people standing on the tracks, and I hope you wouldn't condone that behavior," he said.

"Huge chunks of concrete are falling off, and we've written CSX to no avail," she said. "Are you waiting for someone to be killed or seriously injured?"

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Tracking Down Answers; Council Members Take Csx to Task for Its Business Practices in the City.

City Council's accusations against CSX Transportation are roaring down the tracks with the power of a steam locomotive.

Irate that railroad executives ignored subpoenas to appear at a Nov. 15 City Council hearing, local law-makers filed a motion in Common Pleas Court last week to compel the top dogs to testify.

City Cou...

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