CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation ( CSXT ) is an American Class 1 railway company, based in Jacksonville ( Florida) and is part of the CSX Corporation. It is next to the Norfolk Southern Railway the biggest railway company east of the Mississippi.

Structure

The network consisted of 2008 43.055 km. The entire rail network has a length of 60,067 km. The company had approximately 31,000 employees, 4,143 locomotives and 91,350 freight cars. The Company employs a large proportion of locomotives with AC technology. CSX Transportation operates 36 marshalling yards and 56 container terminals.

1,200 trains transported 20,000 truckloads daily. The general freight (stone, sand, metals, chemicals, food, paper ) accounts for 49 % of sales and 37 % of the transport volume. Coal shipments have a sales share of 29% and a transport share of 28 %. The shipments for the automotive industry are responsible for a share of 7% and a transport share of 5 %. The intermodal transport with container account for 13% of sales and 30 % of transport volume.

The route network extends north of Montreal, Buffalo, Detroit and Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico, to New Orleans, Tampa and Miami. From the Atlantic coast (Boston, New York, Savannah, Jacksonville ), the distances ranged to the Mississippi River in St. Louis and Memphis. There are transitions to all other Class 1 railroads. Around 230 Shortline and regional railway companies have a transition to the CSX network.

Most important routes connecting the coal deposits in the Appalachian Mountains to the Atlantic region and the northeastern United States. The southeast corridor connects the cities of Nashville, Birmingham and Atlanta, with Memphis, St. Louis and Chicago.

The Interstate -90 corridor connecting Chicago with New York and the New England states. It also called Water level route along the Lake Erie is used.

The Interstate -95 corridor connects Charleston and Jacksonville with Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York.

History

The company is the result of a merger process in the late 1960s, began in the early 1970s. 1967 merged the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL ) and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL ) for the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL ). By joining SCL with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L & N ) and other products marketed under "Family Lines " societies arose in 1982 Seaboard System Railroad.

The merger of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ( C & O), the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B & O ) and the Western Maryland Railway ( WM), the Chessie System was formed in 1973. The individual rail companies remained independent.

1980 merged the parent or holding companies of both combinations Chessie System and Seaboad Coast Line Industries for CSX Corporation. The name CSX means: "C " = Chessie System, "S" = Seaboard System, "X" = Multiplier (represents the fusion of the two systems ), where the " X " was chosen only as an interim solution during the merger and later the meaning received.

In the period between July 1, 1986 and August 31, 1987 the remaining railway companies were Seaboard System Railroad and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to CSX Transportation merged. At the same time acquired the CSX Corporation, Sea-Land. The goal was the creation of an integrated intermodal transportation system on land and sea. Operationally, the conditions of the predecessor companies have been largely taken over and continued. At the same time CSXT branch lines to shortline and regional railroad companies began to sell.

In 1991, the CSX took over the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. In 1992, through its subsidiary the Three Rivers Railway acquisition of the business assets of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad.

In the years 1996/1997, it came with the Norfolk Southern Railway on a takeover battle for Conrail. Finally, the contractors agreed to a division of the company. CSX took 42% of the Conrail, especially the former routes of the New York Central system. The transfer of operations on June 1, 1999. Takeover of Conrail as well as already existing in-house various problems led to temporary disruption of operations.

Subsidiaries

The CSX Transportation has more than 60 subsidiaries. These include not only railway companies, which only consist usually on paper, several companies that manage real property or provide services for the railroad are available.

The following railway companies are still run as subsidiaries:

  • Allegheny and Western Railway
  • Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
  • Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad
  • Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway
  • Carrollton Railroad
  • Cincinnati Inter- Terminal Railroad
  • Dayton and Michigan Railroad
  • Four Rivers Transportation
  • Gainesville Midland Railroad
  • Georgetown and High Line Railway
  • Home Avenue Railroad
  • Indiana Rail Road
  • Lake Erie and Detroit River Railway
  • Lakefront Dock and Railroad Terminal
  • Mahoning State Line Railroad
  • Neville Iceland Terminal Railway
  • Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway
  • St. Lawrence & Adirondack Railway
  • Staten Iceland Railroad
  • Three Rivers Railway
  • Toledo Ore Railroad
  • Transportation Kentucky Transportation Railroad
  • Tylerdale Connecting Railroad

In addition to the subsidiaries, the CSX has several investments. On the following railway companies, the company owns shares:

  • Albany Port Railroad (50%)
  • Augusta and Summerville Railroad (50%)
  • Belt Railway Company of Chicago ( 25%)
  • Central Railroad Company of South Carolina ( 36.47 %)
  • Central Transfer Railway and Storage Company (50%)
  • Chatham terminal (50%)
  • Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad ( 42.86 %)
  • Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis ( 14.29% )
  • TTX Company ( 19.59 %)
  • Winston -Salem Southbound Railway ( 50%)
  • Woodstock and Blocton Railway ( 50%)
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