CSX Transportation - wikipedia CSX Transportation `` CSX '' redirects here. For the parent company, see CSX Corporation. For other uses, see CSX ( disambiguation ). CSX Transportation CSX system map ; trackage rights in purple CSX train photographed in South Shore, Kentucky, June 2005 Reporting mark CSXT Locale List Alabama Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Ontario Pennsylvania Quebec South Carolina Tennessee Virginia Washington D.C. West Virginia Dates of operation July 1, 1986 ; 32 years ago ( 1986 - 07 - 01 ) -- Predecessor List Chessie System Seaboard System Railroad Baltimore & Ohio Chesapeake & Ohio Western Maryland Railroad Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Georgia Railroad and Banking Company Conrail Track gauge 4 ft 8 ⁄ in ( 1,435 mm ) Length 21,000 mi ( 34,000 km ) Headquarters Jacksonville, Florida Website www.csx.com CSX Transportation ( reporting mark CSXT ) is a Class I railroad operating in the eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, the railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles ( 34,000 km ) of track. Contents 1 Early Years 2 Conrail Acquisition 3 Into the 21st Century 4 CSX divisions 4.1 Northern Region Divisions 4.2 Southern Region Divisions 5 Unit trains 6 Locomotives 6.1 Paint and Aesthetics 6.2 Locomotives 7 Incidents 8 Railyards 8.1 Hump yards 8.2 Flat yards 8.3 Intermodal yards 8.4 Former yards 8.5 Unknown yards 9 NASCAR sponsorship 10 Gallery 11 See also 12 References 13 Bibliography 14 External links Early years See also : List of CSX Transportation predecessor railroads CSX headquarters building in Jacksonville, Florida CSX Transportation was formed on November 1, 1980, by combining the railroads of the former Chessie System with Seaboard Coast Line Industries, and finally with the Seaboard System Railroad in 1986. The originator of the Seaboard System was the former Seaboard Air Line Railroad, which previously merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1967, and later with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, as well as several smaller subsidiaries such as the Clinchfield Railroad, Atlanta & West Point Railroad, Monon Railroad and the Georgia Railroad. The origin of the Chessie System was the former Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, which had merged with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and the Western Maryland Railway. b Despite the merger in 1980, CSX Transportation never had its own identity ( meaning no CSX painted locomotives or rolling stock ) as a common carrier railroad until 1986 The original logo for the CSX Corporation, emphasizing the `` multiplication symbol '' X The name came about during merger talks between Chessie System, Inc. and Seaboard System Railroad, Inc., commonly called `` Chessie '' and `` Seaboard ''. The company chairmen said it was important for the new name to include neither of those names because it was a partnership. Employees were asked for suggestions, most of which consisted of combinations of the initials. At the same time a temporary shorthand name was needed for discussions with the Interstate Commerce Commission. `` CSC '' was chosen but belonged to a trucking company in Virginia. `` CSM '' ( for `` Chessie - Seaboard Merger '' ) was also taken. The lawyers decided to use `` CSX '', and the name stuck. In the public announcement, it was said that `` CSX is singularly appropriate. C can stand for Chessie, S for Seaboard, and X, which actually has no meaning. '' However, an August 9, 2016, article on the Railway Age website stated that ``... the ' X ' was for ' Consolidated ' ``. The T had to be added to CSX when used as a reporting mark because reporting marks that end in X means that the car is owned by a leasing company or private car owner. The company introduced its current slogan, `` How Tomorrow Moves '', in 2008. Conrail acquisition In 1995, CSX started a new liability insurance requirement of $200 million to introduce their official policy `` No steam on its own wheels '', banning the operation of steam locomotives and other antique rail equipment on their trackage due to serious business, safety concerns, and increased risk. On June 23, 1997, CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway ( NS ) filed a joint application with the Surface Transportation Board for authority to purchase, divide, and operate the assets of the 11,000 - mile ( 18,000 km ) Conrail, which had been created in 1976 by bringing together several ailing Northeastern railway systems into a government - owned corporation. On June 6, 1998, the STB approved the CSX -- NS application and set August 22, 1998, as the effective date of its decision. CSX acquired 42 percent of Conrail 's assets, and NS received the remaining 58 percent. As a result of the transaction, CSX 's rail operations grew to include some 3,800 miles ( 6,100 km ) of the Conrail system ( predominantly lines that had belonged to the former New York Central Railroad ). CSX began operating its trains on its portion of the Conrail network on June 1, 1999. CSX now serves much of the Eastern United States, with a few routes into nearby Canadian cities. Into the 21st century In 2014 Canadian Pacific Railway approached CSX with an offer to merge the two companies, but CSX declined, and in 2015 Canadian Pacific made an attempt to purchase and merge with Norfolk Southern, but NS declined to do so as well. In 2017 CSX announced Hunter Harrison as its new chief executive ; a settlement with activist investor Paul Hilal and Mantle Ridge. CSX added five new directors to their board, including Harrison and Mantle Ridge founder Paul Hilal. Mantle Ridge owns 4.9 percent of CSX. On December 14, 2017, CSX announced that Hunter Harrison was on medical leave. Two days after the announcement, Harrison died, one day after being hospitalized for complications of an ongoing illness. CSX initially saw a 10 % drop in its stock price, but turned around to hit a new 52 week high less than a month later ( January 2018 ). CSX divisions CSX operates two regions of five divisions each : the Northern, based in Calumet City, Illinois ; and Southern, based in Jacksonville, Florida. Northern Region divisions Great Lakes Division, based in Indianapolis, Indiana Chicago Division, based in Calumet City, Illinois Albany Division, based in Selkirk, New York Baltimore Division, based in Baltimore, Maryland Louisville Division, based in Cincinnati, Ohio One line in the Northern Region travels into Canada : Montreal Subdivision ( Albany Division ) from Massena, New York, to Beauharnois, Quebec Southern Region Divisions Atlanta Division, based in Atlanta, Georgia Nashville Division, based in Nashville, Tennessee Florence Division, based in Florence, South Carolina Jacksonville Division, based in Jacksonville, Florida ( at Dufford Center ) Unit trains A long CSX coal train of empty hoppers crosses the New River as seen from Hawks Nest State Park CSX operates the Juice Train -- a collective name for Train Nos. O823, Q740 and Q741, Q743, and Q745 -- which consists of Tropicana cars that carry fresh orange juice between Bradenton, Florida, and the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey. The train also runs from Bradenton to Fort Pierce, Florida, via the Florida East Coast Railway. In the 21st century, the Juice Train has been studied as a model of efficient rail transportation that can compete with trucks and other modes in the perishable - goods trade. All Tropicana Trains are now added to Intermodal Trains such as Q188 and Q124. Coke Express trains run between Pittsburgh and Chicago, and other places in the Rust Belt, carrying coke to industries, mainly steel mills. CSX also runs daily trash trains Q702 and Q703 from The Bronx to Philadelphia ( via Selkirk Yard ) and then Petersburg, Virginia, where they interchange with NS. These trains consist of 89 - foot ( 27 m ) flatcars loaded with four containers of trash. Another pair of trains, Q710 and Q711, originate in Kearny, New Jersey, and terminate in Russell, Kentucky. Another style of unit train is a local trash train, D765, that runs between the Maryland towns of Derwood and Dickerson. The train runs daily except on Sundays ; on holidays it sometimes runs twice a day. Trash is carried from Montgomery County 's Shady Grove Transfer Station to a waste - to - energy plant located off the PEPCO lead to Mirant 's Dickerson Generating Station. The trip is roughly 17 miles ( 27 km ), and the train is made up of National Steel Car Company - built well cars, hauling 40 - foot ( 12 m ) containers. The first NEMX equipment was built when the D765 first started operations in 1995. In recent years, the fleet has been somewhat upgraded, repainted, and new cars have been constructed. In the early days, the locomotives powering the train were a GP40 - 2 / RDMT slug set, but currently the train can be upwards of 47 cars. The locomotives that now routinely power the train are a pair of EMD SD50s. Working with Union Pacific, CSX runs an extended haul perishables train, Q090. Known by the railroad as the `` Apple Train '' or `` Salad Shooter '', the train runs from Wallula, Washington, to Schenectady, New York. This train typically runs with three of Union Pacific 's newest locomotives and has its extended haul inspection from Wallula to Schenectady at Cleveland - Collinwood Yard on CSX headed in both directions. On the return trip, the train is labeled Q091. CSX modified its Train Handling rule book to allow this train to use more power axles. In early 2012 the `` Salad Shooter '' derailed just a few miles northwest of Greenwich, Ohio. No injuries were reported in the incident. Locomotives Paint and aesthetics A new CSX ES44AC in the YN3 paint scheme. In 2002, CSXT No. 8503, an EMD SD50 ( that has since been downgraded to an SD50 - 2 ), was painted in the new yellow and blue YN3 scheme. More than 1,000 CSX locomotives have since been painted in the YN3 scheme. CSX recently created a new paint scheme, known as YN3b, which updates YN3 with the most recent CSX logo. The first unit to wear this scheme was ES44AH 950. Currently, CSX 's ES44AHs 950 - 999 and 3000 -- 3249 and the ET44AHs 3250 - 3474 wear the scheme, along with recently repainted older locomotives, the first of which was SD70AC CSXT 4719, which was repainted at the Huntington Locomotive Shops in September 2012. YN3b is also commonly found on the SD40 - 3 rebuilds. All of the former - Conrail locomotives in active service have been repainted in a CSX livery. In the 1990s, CSXT began placing a lightning bolt decal below the road number on locomotives with AC traction and still continues this practice with the new GE ES44AH and ET44AH locomotives. CSX also has several locomotives with `` spirit '' stickers with a name of an important person or location in the CSX system. In 2016, CSX placed the logos of several predecessor railroads on some locomotives, in order to maintain legal control of the logos. Locomotives Former Conrail locomotives can be spotted by recognizing phase differences in engine models and numbering. Other spotting details can be inconsistent, but can include a number of the following : red marker lights, Leslie model RS3L or RS5T air horns ( only a few original horns remain. Many have been replaced by K5LAs ), former Conrail SD40 - 2s ride on Flexicoil `` C '' trucks and have anti-climbers, ditch lights mounted beneath the anti-climber, headlights above the cab ( vs. CSX 's standard practice of nose mounted headlights on all wide - nose GE units ), and modified `` Bright Future '' paint with battery box faces painted yellow ( instead of black or blue ). In 2015, CSX traded its 12 EMD SD80MACs for 12 SD40 - 2s from Norfolk Southern. They have all since been rebuilt as SD40 - 3s. CSX has been significant in rebuilding locomotives. CSX has 3 rebuilds of its 4 axle EMD Locomotives. The EMD GP38 - 2, GP40 - 2, and SD40 - 2 have all been rebuilt to then Dash 3 standards with updated Wabtec Electronically Controlled Air Brakes, Electronic bells, ( E-Bell ), electronic handbrakes with a mechanical backup, an airstarter on the motor with an electric start backup, a new designed crash safe cab, a new electronic control stand, YN3B paint job, and Positive Train Control ( PTC ) computers. They became EMD GP38 - 3s, GP40 - 3s, and SD40 - 3s respectively. Most are also Positive Stop Protection ( PSP ) equipped Remote Controlled Locomotives ( RCL ) and have amber strobe lights on each side of the cab, a Cattron Locomotive Control Unit computer, an Air Brake Transfer Valve ( that transfers brake control from manual to computer control ), a speed transponder scanner on each end, and a GPS Receiver on the cab roof to pinpoint the engines location. The Dash 3 RCL can also have its handbrake applied by a Remote Control Operator ( RCO ) by holding the left and right Vigilance switches on the Operator Control Unit ( OCU ) remote box ! CSX has rebuilt EMD GP35 and GP30 units as road slugs. CSX has also downgraded SD50 and GP40 - 2 units in order to decrease the wear and tear on the engines the EMD GP40 - 2s that were downgraded from 3,000 horsepower to 2,000 horsepower during this process are known as GP38 - 2S locomotives and CSXT 6044 is one of those that was derated. Among its EMD rebuilds, CSX has done rebuilding on many GE locomotives as well. CSX has re-powered most of its GE CW60AC and CW60AH locomotives with a GEVO - 16 engine rated at 4,600 hp ( 3,430 kW ), essentially making them an over-engined ES44AH called a CW46AH by CSX. Former Conrail GE B40 - 8 units have also been downgraded to 2,000 hp ( 1,491 kW ) in an attempt to decrease wheel slip and low speeds. They were redesignated as B20 - 8s and CSX has since sold or stored most of these units including the 6 axle GE C40 - 8s. Another group of projects are the `` heavy '' units. CSX has modified some GE CW44AC and CW44AH units to heavy units by adding extra counterweights to the frame and in the nose of the unit she and new computers to increase tractive effort at low speeds, they are 432,000 pounds. CSX has also obtained a few EMD F40PHs that were retired from Amtrak for executive office car service and geometry trains. With the arrival of Hunter Harrison, CSX has begun to store many locomotives. By the end of 2017, CSX plans to store or retire all of the GE CW40 - 8, CW40 - 9, CW60AC, CW60AH, CW46AH, EMD SD50, SD50 - 2, SD50 - 3, SD60M, SD60I, SD70M, SD70AC, and SD70AE ( SD70ACe ) units. Most of the GE C40 - 8, B40 - 8, and B20 - 8 units stored in Corbin, Kentucky have already been retired and sold off. Even with the passing of Harrison, his replacement, James Foote, confirmed the locomotives would still be retired. Incidents Wrecked Amtrak 255 in the 1996 Maryland train collision. 1986 Miamisburg train derailment 1993 Big Bayou Canot train wreck 1996 Maryland train collision 2001 CSX 8888 incident, 1 minor injury. This was the inspiration for the 2010 action film Unstoppable 2001 Howard Street Tunnel fire 2007 Brooks derailment 2012 Ellicott City Train Derailment, 2 killed 2013 Spuyten Duyvil derailment 2014 Lynchburg, Virginia oil train car derailment, no injuries 2015 Mount Carbon train derailment 2015 Tennessee train derailment 2017 Biloxi collision with tour bus stuck on tracks, 4 killed 44 injured 2017 Newburgh, New York train derailment, 2 minor injuries ( Q409 ) 2017 Hardin County train derailment, 23 cars derailed, no injuries 2017 Crawford County train derailment, 21 cars derailed, no injuries 2017 Pittsburgh suburb coal cars derailment 2017 Hyndman derailment, chemical release and fire 2017 Atlanta derailment destroys occupied home 2017 Polk County, FL derailment spilling molten sulfur, no injuries ( Q453 - 26 ) 2017 Taunton, MA derailment rail hits fuel tank, spilling everywhere 2017 Union, New Jersey derailment, no injuries ( Q404 ) 2018 Cayce, SC collision involving Amtrak Silver Star and a CSX autorack train ( Q210 - 03 ). 2 dead, 116 injured 2018 Alexandria, Virginia - May 19, 2018. Train derails in Alexandria falling onto Norfolk Southern tracks that cross underneath it 2018 Worcester, Massachusetts - 7 / 21 / 18 CSX Intermodal train from Worcester, MA hits a low overpass causing 12 cars to derail. one car almost hitting a car full of toxic chemicals, Engineer injured. Railyards Hump and control tower at Selkirk Yard Locomotive waiting at the Cumberland Yard Hump yards In hump yards, trains are slowly pushed over a small hill as cars are uncoupled at the crest of the hill and allowed to roll down the hump into the appropriate tracks for outbound trains. Atlanta, Georgia -- Tilford Yard ( Yard Shutdown ) Avon, Indiana -- Avon Yard Birmingham, Alabama -- Boyles Yard ( classification hump closed ) Buffalo, New York -- Frontier Yard ( classification hump currently closed ) Cincinnati, Ohio -- Queensgate Yard Cumberland, Maryland -- Cumberland West Hump ( classification hump closed ) Hamlet, North Carolina -- Hamlet Yard ( classification hump closed ) Louisville, Kentucky -- Osborn Yard ( for Prime Osborn, former CSX president ) ( classification hump closed ) Nashville, Tennessee -- Radnor Yard ( classification hump closed ) Selkirk, New York -- Selkirk Yard Walbridge, Ohio -- Stanley Yard ( classification hump closed ) Waycross, Georgia -- Rice Yard Willard, Ohio -- Willard Yard ( double hump, eastbound and westbound, both closed ) CSX also operates numerous trains to and from Oak Island Yard in Newark, New Jersey, which is operated by Conrail Shared Assets Operations ( CRCX ) on its and Norfolk Southern 's behalf. CSX operates two pairs of daily trains to / from Oak Island, Q433 and Q434 coming from and going to Selkirk, along with Q300 and Q301 to and from South Philadelphia. Flat yards In flat yards, a locomotive pulls and pushes cars to assemble a train. Apex, North Carolina - Apex rail yard ( formerly a Seaboard yard ) Baltimore, Maryland -- Curtis Bay Yard, Seawall Yard, Davidson Yard, Locust Point Yard, Bayview Yard, Penn - Mary Yard, Mt. Clare `` A '' Yard, Mt. Winans Yard, Grays Yard Hagerstown, Maryland -- Hagerstown Terminal Riverdale, Illinois -- Barr Yard Dearborn, Michigan -- Rougemere Yard Flint, Michigan -- McGrew Yard Grand Blanc, Michigan -- Grand Blanc Yard Grand Ledge, Michigan -- Grand Ledge Yard Grand Rapids, Michigan -- Wyoming Yard Holland, Michigan -- Waverly Yard Lansing, Michigan -- Ensel Yard New Buffalo, Michigan -- New Buffalo Yard Plymouth, Michigan -- Plymouth Yard St. Clair, Michigan -- St. Clair Yard Wixom, Michigan -- Wixom Yard Garrett, Indiana -- Garrett Yard Evansville, Indiana -- Howell Yard Russell, Kentucky -- Russell Yard Loyall, Kentucky -- Loyall Yard Hopkinsville, Kentucky - Casky Yard Bronx, New York -- Oak Point Yard Watertown, New York -- Massey Yard East Syracuse, New York -- DeWitt Yard Rochester, New York -- Goodman Street Yard Niagara Falls, New York - Niagara Yard North Bergen, New Jersey -- North Bergen Yard North Haven, Connecticut -- Cedar Hill Yard Framingham, Massachusetts -- Nevins Yard Wilmington, Delaware -- Wilsmere Yard Richmond, Virginia -- Acca Yard and Fulton Yard Clifton Forge, Virginia -- Clifton Forge Terminal Charlotte, North Carolina -- Pinoca Yard Charleston, South Carolina -- Bennett Yard Chattanooga, Tennessee -- Cravens Yard Greenwood, South Carolina -- Maxwell Yard Columbia, South Carolina -- Cayce Yard Savannah, Georgia -- Southover Yard Columbus, Ohio -- Parsons Yard Dayton, Ohio -- Needmore Yard Middletown, Ohio -- North Excello Yard Hamilton, Ohio -- New River Yard Toledo, Ohio -- Walbridge Yard Akron, Ohio -- Akron `` Hill '' Yard Lordstown, Ohio -- Goodman Yard ( Lordstown ) Cleveland, Ohio -- Collinwood Yard and Clark Ave. Yard Connellsville, Pennsylvania - Connellsvillle Yard New Castle, Pennsylvania -- New Castle Yard Langhorne, Pennsylvania -- Woodbourne Yard Baldwin, Florida -- Baldwin Yard Jacksonville, Florida -- Moncrief Yard, Duval Yard, Busch Yard, Export Yard Tampa, Florida -- Yeoman Yard, Rockport Yard Lakeland, Florida -- Winston Yard ( closed but now reopened ) Mulberry, Florida -- Mulberry Yard Orlando, Florida -- Taft Yard Wildwood, Florida -- Wildwood Yard Hialeah, Florida -- Hialeah Yard ( owned by State of Florida and shared with Tri-Rail and Amtrak ) Washington, DC -- Benning Yard Kearny, New Jersey -- South Kearny Yard Croton, New York -- Croton West Yard Rocky Mount, North Carolina -- Rocky Mount Yard East St. Louis, Illinois -- Roselake Yard Stowe Rocks - Pittsburgh intermodal terminal ( under construction ) Spartanburg South Carolina - Spartanburg Yard Fitzgerald, Georgia - Fitzgerald Yard ( now closed ) Intermodal yards This is an incomplete list of all intermodal terminals operated by CSX Intermodal Terminals, Inc : Port Newark - Elizabeth Marine Terminal -- includes two facilities operated by ExpressRail Little Ferry, New Jersey -- Little Ferry Yard Kearny, New Jersey -- South Kearny Yard East Syracuse, New York -- DeWitt Yard Buffalo, New York - Seneca Yard Bedford Park, Illinois -- Bedford Park Yard North Baltimore, Ohio -- Northwest Ohio Intermodal Terminal Atlanta, Georgia -- Hulsey Yard Fairburn, Georgia -- Fairburn Terminal Hilliard, Ohio -- Columbus Van Yard Salaberry - de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada -- Valleyfield Terminal Worcester, Massachusetts -- Worcester Terminal Syracuse, New York -- De Witt Yard Louisville, Kentucky -- Louisville ( Osborn ) Nashville, Tennessee -- Nashville ( Radnor ) Baltimore, Maryland -- Port of Baltimore Rocky Mount, North Carolina -- Carolina Connector ( Under Construction ) Cincinnati, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Mobile, Alabama Winter Haven, Florida Jacksonville, Florida Tampa, Florida Savannah, Georgia Chicago, Illinois -- 59th Street Indianapolis, Indiana Evansville, Indiana -- Howell Yard New Orleans, Louisiana -- Gentilly Yard Former yards This is an incomplete list of all intermodal terminals operated by CSX Intermodal Terminals, Inc : Allston, Massachusetts - Beacon Park Yard Unknown yards This is an incomplete list of all intermodal terminals operated by CSX Intermodal Terminals, Inc : Readville, Massachusetts NASCAR sponsorship CSX `` Play It Safe '' car driven by David Ragan in 2013 In 2013, CSX 's `` Play It Safe '' campaign promoting safety near railroad tracks signed on as a sponsor for the No. 34 driven by David Ragan of Front Row Motorsports in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. This sponsorship has continued with drivers Brett Moffitt in 2015, Chris Buescher in 2016, and Landon Cassill in 2017. Gallery CSX SD40 - 2 8449, seen in Senatobia, Mississippi, on former IC rails pulling an auto train with the `` dark future '' paint scheme A newer GE ES44DC in the CSX scheme crosses a diamond in Marion, Ohio GEVO leads a Pan Am Railways mixed freight train in Andover, Massachusetts CSX train led by two GE AC6000CW locomotives CSX rail tunnel at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in the Baltimore Division CSX Transportation tracks in Clearwater, Florida, in the Jacksonville Division An AC6000CW leads a coal train through the New River Gorge in West Virginia. A former Seaboard System B36 - 7 converted into an RCPHG4, which serves as a remotely controlled unit. A CSX C40 - 8 in the YN2 `` Bright Future '' color scheme rests inside a railroad yard in Florida. See also Trains portal Companies portal Jacksonville portal CSX milepost prefixes History of railroads in Michigan List of CSX Transportation lines List of CSX Transportation predecessor railroads Railex ( refrigerated rail service - CSX and Union Pacific Railroad ) Union Pacific Railroad National Gateway Largest domestic 53 foot container companies ( fleet size ) References Jump up ^ CSX Transportation, Jacksonville, FL. `` Company Overview. '' Archived 2011 - 01 - 29 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 2012 - 12 - 02. ^ Jump up to : `` CSX merger family tree ''. Trains. June 2, 2006. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018. Jump up ^ Vantuono, William ( 2016 - 09 - 28 ). `` So what does the `` X '' in `` CSX '' really mean ? ``. RailwayAge magazine online. Jump up ^ Dolinger, Milt ( 2006 - 05 - 01 ). `` How CSX got its name ''. Trains magazine online. Jump up ^ Craft, John ( June 25, 2010 ). `` CSX : ' No steam on its own wheels ' is official policy ''. SteamCentral. Retrieved March 4, 2017. Jump up ^ Wrinn ( 2000 ), p. 102. Jump up ^ Mattioli, Dana ; Hoffman, Liz ; George - Cosh, David ( October 13, 2014 ). `` Canadian Pacific Approached CSX About Merger Deal ''. The Wall Street Journal. Jump up ^ Orol, Ronald ( March 6, 2017 ). `` CSX, Mantle Ridge Reach Blockbuster Deal ''. TheStreet.com. Jump up ^ Michael Flaherty and Aishwarya Venugopal ( March 6, 2017 ). `` UPDATE 2 - CSX names Hunter Harrison CEO ''. Reuters. Jump up ^ Air Brake and Train Handling Rules,. CSX Transportation. October 2007. pp. Section 4, Page 1. Jump up ^ `` Image : 8503CSX - yn3. jpg, ( 640 × 480 px ) ''. trainweb.org. Retrieved 2015 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` ' There is no turning back ' Trains Magazine ''. TrainsMag.com. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 20. Jump up ^ 2017 Biloxi train crash Jump up ^ `` Train derails near Crestline - Crawford County NowCrawford County Now ''. crawfordcountynow.com. Jump up ^ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/pennsylvania/articles/2017-09-28/csx-working-to-remove-25-coal-cars-derailed-in-pennsylvania Jump up ^ https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/DCA17FR011-prelim-report.aspx Jump up ^ `` Train crashes into Atlanta house, destroying it ''. Jump up ^ http://www.telegram.com/news/20180721/csx-cars-derail-at-cambridge-street-bridge-in-worcester ^ Jump up to : `` Ohio -- CSX ''. csx.com. Retrieved 2015 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Alabama -- CSX ''. csx.com. Retrieved 2015 - 09 - 01. ^ Jump up to : `` Florida -- CSX ''. csx.com. Retrieved 2015 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Georgia -- CSX ''. csx.com. Retrieved 2015 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Illinois -- CSX ''. csx.com. Retrieved 2015 - 09 - 01. ^ Jump up to : `` Indiana -- CSX ''. csx.com. Retrieved 2015 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Louisiana -- CSX ''. csx.com. Retrieved 2015 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ Staff ( February 12, 2015 ). `` Front Row, Ragan back on track with CSX ''. NASCAR.com. Retrieved 2015 - 02 - 12. Bibliography Solomon, Brian ( 2005 ). CSX. Saint Paul, MN : MBI Publishing Co. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7603 - 1796 - 9. OCLC 57641636. Wrinn, Jim ( 2000 ), Steam 's Camelot : Southern and Norfolk Southern Excursions in Color ( 1st ed. ), TLC Publishing, ISBN 1 - 883089 - 56 - 5 External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to CSX Transportation. CSX official website CSX route map CSX History CSX Dispatcher code cross-reference table New intermodal facility in Quebec CSX Corporation Current subsidiaries CSX Transportation Fruit Growers Express Consolidated Rail Corporation ( CONRAIL ) ( joint ownership ) Winston - Salem Southbound Railway ( joint ownership ) Railex ( joint ownership ) Former subsidiaries Greenbrier Hotel Corporation Sea - Land Corporation Tracks / railway lines List of CSX Transportation lines List of CSX Transportation predecessor railroads Key people Michael J. Ward ( chairman, CEO ) Clarence W. Gooden ( president ) John W. 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Breaux Related companies Seaboard System Railroad ( predecessor ) Chessie System ( predecessor ) Class I railroads of North America Current United States AMTK BNSF CP - D&H, SOO CSXT CN - GTC KCS NS UP Canada CN CP VIA Mexico FXE KCSM Former ( 1956 -- present ) AA ACL AC&Y AGS ASAB AT&N AT&SF AUT A&WP B&AR B&M BN B&O CAR&NW CB&Q C&EI CG CGW C&IM CNJ CNO&TP C&NW C&O CPME CR CRR C&S CS CSPM&O CV C&W C&WC DL&W DM&IR D&RGW DSS&A DT&I D&TSL DW&P EJ&E EL ERIE FEC FW&D GA GB&W G&F GM&O GN GS&F GTW IC ICG ITC KO&G L&A L&HR LI L&M L&N L&NE LS&I LV MEC MGA MI MILW / CMStP&P MIS MKT MN&S MON MP M&STL NC&STL NH NKP / NYC&StL NYS&W NO&NE NP NS N&W NWP NYC NYCN NYO&W PC P&LE P&N PRR PRSL P&WV RDG RF&P RUT QA&P RI / CRIP S&A SAL SBD SCL SD&AE SI SIRT SLSF SLSFTX SN SOU SP SP&S SSW TC TFM TM T&NO T&P TP&W VGN WA WAB WC WM WP ( pre -- 1956 ) AB&A AB&C AC A&D AE A&NM A&STL A&V BA&P BC&A B&G BRI BR&P B&S BSL&W C&A CA&C C&C CC&CS CCC&STL CD&C C&E C&G CH&D C&I CINN CI&S CI&W CL&N CM CM&PS CNE CNNE CNOR C&OIN CP&STL CPVT CRI&G CR&NW CRP CS CTH&SE CV&M CVRR DGH&M D&IR D&M DM&N DNW&P D&SL EI&TH EP&SW E&TH F&CC FJ&G FS&W FW&RG GC&SF GH&SA GM&N GR&I G&SI HE&WT H&TC HV ICRY IGN ISRR KCM&O KCM&OTX K&M LA&SL LA&T LE&W LH&STL LR&N LR&NTX LS&MS LW M&A MC MD&V M&I MKTTX MLR ML&T M&NA M&O MO&G MSC MSP&SSM MTR MV NAL NCRY NJ&NY NN NOGN NOM&C NOT&M NYP&N OCAA OE OR&L OSL OWRN PB&W PCC&STL PCO PE P&E PERK PM P&NT PRDG P&S P&SF PS&N QO&KC SA&AP SAU&G SB&NY SD&A SFP&P S&IE SIND SJ&GI SKTX SLB&M SLIM&S SOUMS SSWTX SUN T&BV T&FS T&N T&OC TSTL&W U&D UTAH VAND VS&P V&SW WF&NW WF&S WJ&S W&LE WPT WSN WV Y&MV Timeline 1910 -- 29 1930 -- 76 1977 -- present Railroads in italics meet the revenue specifications for Class I status, but are not technically Class I railroads due to being passenger - only railroads with no freight component. Railways of Canada Common freight carriers APR BCRY BNSF BTR CBNS CMQ CEMR CFL CN CP CSXT CTRW EMRY ETL FLR GEXR GFR GSR GWRS HBRY HCRY IRRS KRC KFR KPR LMR MNRY MDW NBSR NS OBRY ONT OS OVR PAR QGRY QNSL QRC RCRR RLHH RS SCR SLQ SORA SRY SSS SVI TRR TR TRRY VIA WHRC Private carriers AMMC ARND BLRC CFRR CPNl GWWD QNSX TSH VAEX WABL WLRS Class II and III Railways Class II and class III railways of Canada Current ( operating ) regional railways AMT CMQ CSXT GOT HBRY KLR KRC NS ONT QNSX RMV TSH WCE WPY Former or fallen flag regional railways AC BCOL CDAC C&K C&PR CAR CAR ( original ) CASO CCR CER CGR CNoR CV CW&LER DAR E&NAR GTPR GTR H&SW HBR ICR / IRC K&P MEC MC MR MMA NR NTR NYC NS&T NAR N&PJ NRC NSR OA&PS O&QRR PC PEIR PSCR SLQ T&NR TT VR Current ( operating ) short line railways ANR APR APRE ARND ARM BRR BCRY BFDC BLRC CBNS CEMR CFC CFL SFG CFO CFQG CFRS CR CRM CTRW CWRL ENR ETR FSSR / EKRC GEXR GHRP GFR GJD PAR GWWD GWR HCRR HCRY HCWR HPHV IRRS KFR KHR KPR KVSR LWR L&PS MNRY NBSR OKAN OBRY OSR OVR OVO PDCR PCHR POM PSTR QGRY RLHH RLK RMRS S&HR SCR SLQ SOR SRCL SRY SSR SSS STCR STER SVI TRRY VAEX VDHR WABL WLRS WSJR / WCR WCRA WHRC WLRC YDHR Former or fallen flag short line railways ANY B&HER BCER BQ BW&NW BR CBC CFMG C&K C&SL CVR CVR CW&LER DH DVR DWP EIR G&LS GFCR GRNR GVR H&BIR H&DR H&NWR HER HG&BER HGR HIR HRE HSR H&SW IRM K&P K&S KLR KVR L&LER L&MSR LEN LB&PR MVRR M&MR / M&M MKNR MSRT NBEC N&NR N&NWR N&S NN&RW NGR NSR NSR NYR O&Q OCRR OLO O&RRR / ORRR PAD&WR / PADW QC QSR S&L SAR SOO STLH SW&AR TI T&MER T&SER TG&B TCR THB TNR TRC TS&MJR TSt. R TSR T&YRR WI WAR WCR WE&LSR WESR WG&B WTV&IR See also : List of Canadian railways Northeast Corridor services Inter-city Amtrak Acela Express Northeast Regional New Haven -- Springfield Shuttle Cardinal Carolinian Crescent Keystone Palmetto Pennsylvanian Silver Meteor Silver Star Vermonter Commuter MBTA Providence / Stoughton Line CDOT Shore Line East Metro - North New Haven Line NJ Transit Northeast Corridor Line North Jersey Coast Line SEPTA Trenton Line Wilmington / Newark Line MARC Penn Line Freight Norfolk Southern Railway CSX Transportation Providence and Worcester Railroad Conrail GND : 4604537 - 5 LCCN : no91013308 VIAF : 146335931 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CSX_Transportation&oldid=856654269 '' Categories : CSX Transportation Companies based in Jacksonville, Florida Alabama railroads Connecticut railroads Delaware railroads Washington, D.C. railroads Florida railroads Georgia ( U.S. state ) railroads Indiana railroads Kentucky railroads Louisiana railroads Maryland railroads Massachusetts railroads Michigan railroads Mississippi railroads Missouri railroads New Jersey railroads New York ( state ) railroads North Carolina railroads Ohio railroads Ontario railways Pennsylvania railroads Quebec railways South Carolina railroads Tennessee railroads Virginia railroads West Virginia railroads Railroads in the Chicago Switching District Companies operating former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad lines Companies operating former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad lines Companies operating former Grand Trunk Railway lines Companies operating former Central Railroad of New Jersey lines Companies operating former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway lines Companies operating former Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad lines Companies operating former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad lines Companies operating former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad lines Companies operating former Erie Railroad lines Companies operating former Georgia Railroad lines Companies operating former Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad lines Companies operating former Illinois Central Railroad lines Companies operating former Lehigh Valley Railroad lines Companies operating former Louisville and Nashville Railroad lines Companies operating former Monon Railroad lines Companies operating former New York Central Railroad lines Companies operating former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad lines Companies operating former Pennsylvania Railroad lines Companies operating former Pennsylvania - Reading Seashore Lines lines Companies operating former Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad lines Companies operating former Reading Company lines Companies operating former Seaboard Air Line Railroad lines Companies operating former Western Maryland Railway lines Economy of the Eastern United States Class I railroads in North America Railway companies established in 1986 American companies established in 1986 Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from January 2018 Articles with unsourced statements from October 2014 Articles with unsourced statements from November 2015 All articles lacking reliable references Articles lacking reliable references from January 2018 Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Dansk Deutsch Español Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Magyar Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Português Русский Slovenščina Suomi 中文 7 more Edit links This page was last edited on 26 August 2018, at 19 : 07 ( UTC ). 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Question: how many miles of track does csx have
Answer: 21,000 route miles