Members of City Council, City Staff, and CSX representatives continue to meet, engage, and work together in order to educate, inform, and provide solutions where possible to address neighboring community issues and needs. The impacts of having a rail provider as a neighbor impacts all City residents. The City is committed to continued engagement with CSX on impacts and issues as they work to address concerns, focus on safety, and improve the relationship between businesses and the communities they impact in Fredericksburg.
The City asked that CSX offer a written update to the community monthly moving forward and the updates are available below.
On May 9, 2023 Randy Marcus - Director of State Relations for VA, WV & DC for CSX gave an update presentation at the City Council Regular Meeting.
January 2023
December 2022
April/May 2022
March 2022
February 2022
January 2022
December 2021
November 2021
October 2021
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
June 2021
May 2021
April 2021
The City appreciates the increased communication and the willingness of CSX to listen to concerns, but we continue to object strongly to the stacking of hazardous materials in our community. Fredericksburg’s Fire Department continues to monitor daily activity and is reporting weekly to City Management on hazardous tanker car counts on site. Additionally, the City has access to video footage of the train yard as an additional means to review activity on the rails adjacent to Mayfield.
Counts by weekly total for propane (LPG) in the rail yard are as follows:
- 1/7/22 LPG Loaded 87 - Empty 81
- 1/14/22 LPB Loaded 53 - Empty 54
- 1/21/22 LPG Loaded 39 - Empty 129
- 1/28/22 LPG Loaded 22- Empty 96
- 2/4/22 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 78
- 2/11/22 LPG Loaded 32 - Empty 65
- 2/18/22 LPG Loaded 32 - Empty 69
- 2/25/22 LPG Loaded 25 - Empty 59
- 3/4/22 LPG Loaded 26 - Empty 46
- 3/11/22 LPG Loaded 34 - Empty 36
- 3/18/22 LPG Loaded 38 - Empty 34
- 3/25/22 LPG Loaded 18 - Empty 32
- 4/1/22 LPG Loaded 10 - Empty 5
- 4/8/22 LPG Loaded 35 - Empty 10
- 4/15/22 LPG Loaded 10 - Empty 48
- 4/22/22 LPG Loaded 61 - Empty 25
- 4/29/22 LPG Loaded 4 - Empty 18
- 5/6/22 LPG Loaded 29 - Empty 24
- 5/13/22 LPG Loaded 13 - Empty 33
- 5/19/22 LPG Loaded 3 - Empty 27
- 5/27/22 LPG Loaded 3 - Empty 16
- 6/3/22 LPG Loaded 3 - Empty 0
- 6/10/22 LPG Loaded 8 - Empty 18
- 6/17/22 LPG Loaded 1 - Empty 10
- 6/24/22 LPG Loaded 14 - Empty 10
- 7/1/22 LPG Loaded 3 - Empty 6
- 7/8/22 LPG Loaded 3 - Empty 12
- 7/15/22 LPG Loaded 3 - Empty 16
- 7/22/22 LPG Loaded 7 - Empty 29
- 7/29/22 LPG Loaded 8 - Empty 0
- 8/5/22 LPG Loaded 6 - Empty 0
- 8/12/22 LPG Loaded 15- Empty 18
- 8/19/22 LPG Loaded 38 - Empty 30
- 8/26/22 LPG Loaded 3 - Empty 8
- 9/2/22 LPG Loaded 7 - Empty 33
- 9/9/22 LPG Loaded 3 - Empty 10
- 9/16/22 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 9/23/22 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 9/30/22 LPG Loaded 1 - Empty 0
- 10/7/22 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 10/14/22 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 33
- 10/21/22 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 10/28/22 LPG Loaded 1 - Empty 0
- 11/4/22 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 11/10/22 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 11/18/22 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 11/23/22 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 12/2/22 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 12/9/22 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 12/16/22 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 12/22/22 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 12/30/22 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 1/6/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 1/13/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 1/27/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 2/3/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 2/10/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 2/17/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 2/24/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 3/3/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 3/10/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 3/17/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 3/24/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 3/31/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 4/7/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 4/14/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 4/21/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 4/28/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 16
- 5/5/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 5/12/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 5/19/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 5/26/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 6/2/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 6/9/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 6/16/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 6/23/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 6/30/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 7/7/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 7/14/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 7/21/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 7/28/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 8/4/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 7
- 8/11/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 3
- 8/18/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 8/25/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 9/1/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 9/8/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 9/15/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 9/29/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 10/6/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 10/13/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 10/20/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 10/27/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 11/3/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 11/10/23 LPG Loaded 0 - Empty 0
- 11/17