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From CSX: <br /> <br />Service Bulletin – Hurricane Ivan <br />September 15, 2004 <br /> <br />Hurricane Ivan continues to advance toward the Gulf Coast, with projected landfall near Mobile, Ala., late Wednesday, Sept. 15, or early Thursday morning, Sept. 16. Evacuations have been under way in coastal regions along the Florida Panhandle and in low-lying areas in coastal Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, including the cities of New Orleans and Mobile. New Orleans floodgates were closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, suspending interchange traffic. <br /> <br />Service for intermodal, automotive, and boxcar traffic, excluding building materials, has been discontinued between New Orleans, La., and Tallahassee Fla., including Montgomery and Flomaton, Ala., and will resume as the safety of the network is assured. Interchange traffic is being diverted to locations away from the projected path of the storm. <br /> <br />Amtrak service between Orlando and New Orleans has been suspended through the end of the week. <br /> <br />Ballast trains are currently staged at various locations from Hamlet, N.C., to Mobile and throughout key points in Georgia. Generators, chain saws and other equipment have been staged throughout these locations, and private contractors are on call to help with removal of debris and restoration of CSXT lines in the aftermath of the storm. <br /> <br />Signal teams began to remove and secure highway rail crossing gates late Tuesday, and will complete that process today along Hurricane Ivan’s projected path. <br /> <br />All precautions will be taken to ensure the safety of our employees, customers, and the public with minimum delay to shipments as we continue to monitor the progress of this storm. <br /> <br />For more information, customers can call their local CSX representatives or the CSX Customer Service Center at 877-SHIP CSX (877-744-7279). <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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