The District Department of the Environment will receive $7.5 million in cleanup funds from CSX Transportation Inc. after the freight corporation agreed to pay to cleanup leaks into a Fort Dupont stream that flows into the Anacostia River. more ›

We noted over the weekend that a CSX train had pushed an empty, parked car into the Anacostia River, but it took us a minute to realize that this report of a car ending up in the river was actually a second, totally different incident. The Post reports that at just before 1 a.m. on Sunday, two people were in a small car when it somehow ended up in the water, near Half Street SW. One person exited the vehicle on their own after the crash, and rescuers safely removed the second. They were both taken to a hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries. Let's hope nothing else provokes the Anacostia's raging waters this week! more ›

Less than one full day after yesterday afternoon's Metrobus/MARC train collision in Riverdale Park, another Metrobus came close to meeting the same fate today with a CSX train. more ›