CSX Transportation, known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
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13 Facts About CSX Transportation
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CSX Transportation operates as the leading subsidiary of CSX Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
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CSX Transportation formally came into existence in 1986, as the successor of Seaboard System Railroad.
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In 1999, CSX Transportation acquired approximately half of Conrail, in a joint purchase with competitor Norfolk Southern Railway.
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CSX Transportation chairmen said it was important for the new name to include neither of those names because it was a partnership.
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CSX Transportation acquired 42 percent of Conrail's assets, and NS received the remaining 58 percent.
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CSX Transportation now serves much of the Eastern United States, with a few routes into nearby Canadian cities.
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In 2017, CSX Transportation announced Hunter Harrison would become its new chief executive officer; a settlement with activist investor Paul Hilal and Mantle Ridge.
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CSX Transportation added five new directors to their board, including Harrison and Mantle Ridge founder Paul Hilal.
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CSX Transportation operated the Juice Train which consisted of Tropicana cars that carried fresh orange juice between Bradenton, Florida, and the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey.
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CSX Transportation has partnered with Wabtec to rebuild GE locomotives at their Fort Worth facility with prime movers upgraded to the FDL Advantage spec and new electronic controls such as the Wabtec Trip Optimizer Zero-to-Zero system.
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CSX Transportation ordered ten SD70ACe-T4s in August 2018, which were delivered in July the following year.
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CSX Transportation has a contract with Wabtec for modernizing their fleet of CW44s.
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