EXHIBIT 99.2


                REPORT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



CSXT Trade Receivables Master Trust
c/o The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee


We have  examined  the  twelve  monthly  CSXT  Trade  Receivables  Master  Trust
Certificateholders' Distribution Date Statements filed on Forms 8-K, as amended,
with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  during  the  fiscal  year ended
December  31,  1999 with  respect to the 6.00% Trade  Receivables  Participation
Certificates,  Series 1998-1 (the "Statements")  prepared by CSX Transportation,
Inc. as  Servicer,  in  compliance  with  Section  5.02(a) of the Series  1998-1
Supplement  dated as of June 17,  1998 (the  "Supplement"),  to the  Amended and
Restated  Pooling  and  Servicing  Agreement  dated as of October 27,  1993,  as
amended (the "Agreement"),  among CSX Trade Receivables Corporation, Seller, CSX
Transportation,  Inc., Servicer,  and The Chase Manhattan Bank, Trustee. We have
also examined CSX Transportation, Inc.'s management's assertion, included in its
representation letter dated March 10, 2000 that the servicing has been conducted
in compliance with the terms and conditions as set forth in Article III, Article
IV and Section 8.08 of the Agreement.  CSX Transportation,  Inc.'s management is
responsible  for preparing the  Statements  in  compliance  with the  applicable
section  of the  Supplement  and also  for the  Servicer's  compliance  with the
applicable  requirements of the Agreement.  Our  responsibility is to express an
opinion on the Statements  and on  management's  assertion  about the Servicer's
compliance based on our examination.

Our  examination  was  made in  accordance  with  standards  established  by the
American  Institute of Certified Public Accountants and,  accordingly,  included
examining,  on a test basis,  evidence  about the  Statements and the Servicer's
compliance  with the applicable  requirements  of the Agreement,  and performing
such other  procedures  as we  considered  necessary  in the  circumstances.  We
believe that our examination  provides a reasonable  basis for our opinion.  Our
examination does not provide a legal determination on the Servicer's  compliance
with applicable requirements of the Agreement.

In our opinion,  the Statements  referred to above are presented  fairly, in all
material  respects,  in accordance with Section  5.02(a) of the Supplement,  and
management's  assertion that the servicing has been conducted by the Servicer in
compliance with the terms and conditions as set forth in Article III, Article IV
and Section 8.08 of the Agreement during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999
is fairly stated, in all material respects.

We have also compared the mathematical  calculations of each amount set forth in
the Statements referred to above with the Servicer's computer reports which were
the source of such amounts and found them to be in agreement pursuant to Section
3.07(b) of the Agreement.

This  report  is  intended  solely  for the  information  and  use of CSX  Trade
Receivables  Corporation,  Seller, CSX Transportation,  Inc., Servicer,  and The
Chase Manhattan Bank, Trustee,  and is not intended to be and should not be used
by anyone other than these specified parties.


                                          /s/ ERNST & YOUNG, LLP
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                                          Ernst & Young LLP

March 10, 2000
Jacksonville, Florida


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