Talk:CSX Transportation

CSX external links

After adding it I found it had been previously removed and I was unwittingly reversing that, why was it removed in the first place, leaving only an anti-company website? - Wikiacc 23:41, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Locale, Massachusetts

Why isn't Massachusetts listed in the Locale section? Siliconwafer

Must have been overlooked. It's there now. slambo 12:05, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)

Division Section

The Divisions are getting a bit large, can we break them down further so that each division is its own section. It will make editing a little easier, and also show areas that we need to work on as well. Rob110178 07:56, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Notes

From 1986 to 1991 CSX Transportation was a holding company for CSX Rail Transport, CSX Distribution Services and CSX Equipment - see Trains November 1991 --SPUI (talk) 21:52, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Can someone place the following wherever it belongs (i.e., prev. top company executives? )

Arnold I. Havens (Arnie) [2/21/06-Currently the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of the Treasury] used to “serve as Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for CSX Corporation (CSX) where, from 1995 until 2003, he was responsible for providing advice and counsel on transportation-related issues and representing the company’s interest before public officials. In that role, he managed federal and state affairs for CSX and its transportation and non-transportation interests including CSX Transportation and its 23-state freight rail network. On October 29, 2003, Mr. Havens was nominated to be General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury by President Bush, confirmed by the Senate on December 9, 2003, and sworn in by Secretary John Snow on December 18, 2003. In addition, Mr. Havens had the privilege of serving as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. Between 1991 and 1993, he represented President George H.W. Bush before the Congress on issues of concern to the President and his Administration with a focus on regulatory reform and transportation. As General Counsel of the Department, Mr. Havens serves as the chief legal advisor and a senior policy adviser to the Secretary of the Treasury.” [taken from U.S. Office of General Counsel of the Treasury: http://www.treas.gov/offices/general-counsel/general-counsel.shtml [Mr. Havens is the attorney who advised and approved of outsourcing 6 United States shipping ports to a foreign owned Dubai company]

CSX Corporation

Why are CSX Corp. and CSX Transportation different articles?

It's because CSX Corp. is the parent company that owns, among other things, CSX Transportation, CSX Intermodal, Chessie Computer Services, and The Greenbriar. CSX Transportation is a big part, but it's still just a part. Kweston 12:59, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Rollback reason

There are too many executives of any railroad to keep lists of all the positions through time. Trains WikiProject standards are to include succession lists of only the Presidents/CEOs of a railroad. Slambo (Speak) 16:05, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Predecessors

Why is List of CSX Transportation predecessor railroads a separate page? It seems reasonable include that information here. It's interesting, is fairly short, and fits with the guidance from Wikiproject Trains.

As to whether CSX Transportion and CSX Corporation should have separate pages, I could argue that they should. One is a railroad and one is the holding company the owns the railroad. Just keep the right content on the right page, and it's all good.

And why is this page associated with Wikiproject Georgia? Seems like a stretch to me. XKL 20:31, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

The list is on a separate page because it's already getting too long to keep in this article, especially if we're working toward getting this up to anywhere near FA level. There are quite a few more predecessor lines that could be added there, and keeping it on a separate page keeps the information without being overly burdensome here. Slambo (Speak) 10:43, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Introduction

The sentence "It also happens to be the BEST railroad to work for EVER!!!!" In the last part of the introduction needs to be cited or removed as it is more opinionated than than is appropriate for encyclopedic purposes. Being new to the Wikipedia community I felt I should leave the comment in pending further review from more experienced users. TribalMoo 03:22, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Neutral?

I live in an area of upstate NY where we've had quite a few CSX crashes, many deadly, some were only not deadly by sheer luck. I want to know if this article is truly "neutral" with no mention of any of CSX's recent failures in the area of safety. Rachaella 00:10, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Reading through the railroad press, it seems to me that CSX has had about an average number of derailments and other accidents when compared to the other Class I railroads currently operating. While some discussion of what CSX is doing to try to improve may be warranted, I don't think they're doing an overly terrible job when compared to the number of accidents that occur on other railroads. CSX wasn't awarded the Silver E.H. Harriman Award this year (and Bronze last year) for nothing, after all. Slambo (Speak) 16:23, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

System Map

Where did the system map come from? I was trying to find/create one for the Heart of Dixie RR Museum page. Modestly Yours, Ferrous 13:58, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

corporate infobox

i added a corporate infobox with key people and company stats. So far only the CEO is covered, but im sure we could add more ppl. Paco8191 02:31, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Hump Yard Errors

Three of the entries seem erroneous to me:

CSXT's only yard in East St Louis is Rose Lake Yard, which is not a hump. "East St Louis" Yard is owned by the KCS, formerly GWWR, and has had its hump ripped out. The two humps that are in ESL are owned by the TRRA (Madison) and ALS (Gateway).

The only CSXT Hump near Albany is Selkirk - which is already mentioned in this list.

And I believe Walbridge Yard has had its hump ripped out, leaving only Stanley in Toledo with a hump, and Walbridge is now a base for Autorack sorting?

And the text line "The larger yards are located in:" and title "Major Hump Yards" seem silly to me - this looks like a comprehensive list of CSXT's humps, not just larger ones.

Danny252 (talk) 00:04, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I took Albany off the list at least. I'm guessing people less familiar with the area keep confusing it with Selkirk. n2xjk (talk) 15:59, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Naming

The 150 word paragraph (except the last sentence) on naming could be reduced to a short sentence. Yes, when I came to the article I wanted to know what CSX meant. It's enough to say lawyers picked it with it having any special meaning.

It's not easy to read, and really doesn't say much about the railway. It gets in the way.

Also, the whole paragraph has no citations.

24.130.9.210 (talk) 18:27, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[1] is listed in the references, and appears to support that whole paragraph. --NE2 17:28, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Nov 2008, New Info

The Bethlehem Branch is like a spec on the CSX yard map. Probably the least known of thier branches, since everyone thinks the location is NS territory. There is a local CSX Locomotive #B738 a GP40-2 Ref. Video at YouTube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTJ12FILen0 Have a Better Day. UBUIBIOK (talk) 06:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

CFN/CSX Fiber Networks

There was one link to this under the 'See Also' section, that linked to an outside site. As far as I can tell CFN is no longer associated with CSX, and for that link to be put under 'See Also', there would have to be a reference to it in the article, right?

-K² —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaseman519 (talk • contribs) 21:17, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

trains can move a ton of freight 436 miles on a single gallon of fuel

CSX brags about this claim on their website and NPR and I want to know if it is true and how it is true before I put it in the CFX article. After all, this is better than a hybrid.

The fact is, our trains can move a ton of freight 436 miles on a single gallon of fuel. Can you beat that?

Septagram (talk) 04:20, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

I still have not found the facts behind this claim. Does anyone else know the facts behind the claim?Septagram (talk) 03:17, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

I wouldn't be surprised if the ES40/44s could. GE's brochure says that they are extremely fuel efficient. Coasterlover1994^{Leave your mark!} 04:15, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

I hope that is sarcasm because their efficiency claims are. . . fantastic and should be looked into to make sure CSX is not being overly modest.Septagram (talk) 18:19, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

On 09/15/10, NPR CSX now claims "our trains can move a ton of freight nearly 500 miles on a single gallon of fuel". Wow! How do they do this?Septagram (talk) 03:30, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Attribution

Mgrē@sŏn 20:07, 1 December 2010 (UTC

Incorrect Information

This statement from the lead paragraph, "CSX operates one of the three Class I railroads serving most of the East Coast, the other two being the Norfolk Southern Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway," leaves the impression that CSX owns CPR. This is definitely not the case. 74.14.180.220 (talk) 15:33, 8 November 2011 (UTC)