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Original logo for the, emphasizing the 'multiplication symbol' XThe name came about during merger talks between Chessie System and SCL, 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. 'CSC' was chosen but belonged to a trucking company in. '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 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.The originator of SCL was the former, which previously merged with the in 1967 to form the. In later years, it merged with the, as well as several smaller subsidiaries such as the, and the. From the late 1960s onward these railroads were known collectively as the Family Lines. In 1982, they were merged into a single railroad, the.The origin of the was the former, which had merged with the, and the.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.
In that year, Seaboard System changed its name to CSX Transportation. On April 30, 1987, the B&O merged into the C&O. With the Western Maryland having already merged into the C&O, this left the C&O as the sole operating railroad under the Chessie System banner. Finally, on August 31, 1987, C&O/Chessie System merged into CSX Transportation, bringing all of the major CSX railroads under one banner.Conrail acquisition On June 23, 1997, CSX and (NS) filed a joint application with the for authority to purchase, divide, and operate the assets of the 11,000-mile (18,000 km), which had been created in 1976 by bringing together several ailing railway systems into a. 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 ).
CSX began operating its trains on its portion of the Conrail network on June 1, 1999. CSX now serves much of the, with a few routes into nearby Canadian cities.Into the 21st century In 2014, 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, but NS declined to do so as well.In 2017, CSX announced would become its new chief executive officer; a settlement with activist investor 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 also operates numerous trains to and from in, which is operated by (CRCX) on its and '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.Unit trains. A long CSX coal train of empty hoppers crosses the as seen fromCSX operates the which consists of cars that carry fresh between, and the section of. The train also runs from Bradenton to, via the.
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.trains run between and, and other places in the, carrying to industries, mainly.CSX also runs daily trash trains Q702 and Q703 from to (via ) and then, where they interchange with NS. These trains consist of 89-foot (27 m) flatcars loaded with four containers of trash. Another pair of trains, Q634 and Q635, operate between and.Another style of unit train is a local trash train, D765, that runs between the Maryland towns of. The train runs daily except on Sundays; on holidays it sometimes runs twice a day.
Trash is carried from 's Shady Grove Transfer Station to a plant located off the lead to 's. 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 GE, though may also be used.Up until May 2019, working with, CSX ran an extended haul perishables train, Q090. Known by railfans as the 'Salad Shooter', the train ran from, to. On the return trip, the train was labeled Q091. CSX modified its Train Handling rule book to allow this train to use more power axles.
In May 2019, the train was abolished. Locomotives Paint and aesthetics. A new CSX in the YN3 paint scheme.The first official paint scheme under the CSX name was a simple gray paint scheme with blue 'CSX Transportation' lettering.
Only 11 units were ever painted into this scheme.The 'Blue Down' paint scheme was introduced about a year after the aforementioned paint scheme in 1987. It is composed with an all-gray body, with a blue underframe and top of the long hood. Blue masked the top of the cab around the windshield.In October 1988, the 'Stealth' scheme was created. It is very similar to Blue Down, but the blue on the top portion of the locomotives was removed.In 1990, the 'YN2', or 'Bright Future' paint scheme was introduced.
The design features a yellow nose, a blue cab, and a gray hood with a blue strip along the bottom extending from the back of the cab. The yellow and blue sections have a 60 degree section slanting down toward the back of the locomotive.In 2002, CSXT No. 8503, an (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. Wrecked 255 in the.In 1995, CSX started a new requirement of $200 million to introduce their official policy, 'no steam on its own wheels', banning the operation of and other antique rail equipment on their trackage due to alleged business, safety concerns, and increased risk.
List of accidents and incidents. 1986 Miamisburg train derailment. 1993. 1996.
2001, 1 minor injury. – Boyles Yard (classification hump closed). – Frontier Yard (classification hump currently closed). – (classification hump closed). – Hamlet Yard (classification hump closed).
– Osborn Yard (for, former CSX president) (classification hump closed). – Stanley Yard (classification hump closed). Apex rail yard (formerly a Seaboard yard). – 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 Terminal.
– Barr Yard. – Rougemere Yard. – McGrew Yard. – Grand Blanc Yard.
– Grand Ledge Yard. – Wyoming Yard. – Waverly Yard. – Ensel Yard. – Plymouth Yard. – St. Clair Yard.
– Wixom Yard. – Garrett Yard. – Howell Yard. – Russell Yard. – Loyall Yard. Casky Yard.
–. – Massey Yard. – DeWitt Yard. – Goodman Street Yard. Niagara Yard.
–. –. – Nevins Yard.
– Wilsmere Yard. – Acca Yard and. – Clifton Forge Terminal. – Pinoca Yard. – Bennett Yard. – Cravens Yard. – Maxwell Yard.
– Cayce Yard. – Southover Yard. – Parsons Yard. – Needmore Yard. – North Excello Yard. – New River Yard.
– Walbridge Yard. – Akron 'Hill' Yard.
– Goodman Yard (Lordstown). – Collinwood Yard and Clark Ave.
– (Closed May, 2019). Port of Baltimore. Bedford Park Yard (Chicago). Seneca Yard (Buffalo). (Harrisburg).
59th Street Yard. Rose Lake Yard. – Fairburn Terminal. – Buckeye Yard/Columbus Van Yard. Louisville (Osborn). Nashville (Radnor). Northwest Ohio Intermodal Container Transfer Facility.
Central Florida. – McKee Rocks., Quebec, Canada – Valleyfield Terminal. –. Central Florida ILC (Orlando). – Worcester TerminalGallery. CSX Transportation, Jacksonville, FL. 2011-01-29 at the Accessed 2012-12-02.
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