By Peter Eavis, Mark Walker and Niraj Chokshi Amtrak said that a CSX freight derailment forced its train from Virginia to Florida to detour from its normal route, adding 20 hours to the trip.
The freight train, operated by CSX, a Florida-based locomotive supplies company, struck the lowboy trailer in Goose Creek, a city about 20 miles north of Charleston, around 12:40 p.m. Thursday ...