Conductors are train service employees in charge of line-of-road train movements, yard switching and train make-up.

• All locomotive engineers start their railroad careers as conductors
• 90% of yardmasters began their railroad careers as conductors
• 95% of front line supervisors began their railroad careers as conductors

To become a conductor, you must:

• Complete a six-week freight conductor program at the CSX Railroad Education & Development Institute (REDI) in Atlanta
• Complete an average of 16 weeks of on-the-job training

The REDI is a state-of-the-art facility that welcomes about 3,500 students annually who are learning to become locomotive engineers and conductors, track and signal technicians, mechanics and yardmasters.


If you live and desire to work in one of the following areas, apply for a position using our online application.

• Alabama - Dothan, Montgomery, Birmingham, Mobile


• Florida - Hialeah, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Pensacola, Sanford, Tallahassee, Tampa, Wildwood


• Georgia - Atlanta, Augusta, Fitzgerald, Gainesville, Manchester, Savannah, Thomasville, Waycross


• Illinois - Chicago, Danville, Decatur, Ottawa, Rose Lake


• Indiana - Evansville, Garrett, Lafayette, Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Washington


• Kentucky - Corbin, Hazard, Louisville, Loyal, Ravenna


• Louisiana - New Orleans


• Maryland - Baltimore, Brunswick, Cumberland, Hagerstown


• Massachusetts - Boston, Framingham, Middleboro, Readville, Walpole, West Springfield, Worcester


• Michigan - Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Midland, Saginaw


• New Jersey - S. Kearney


• New York - Massena, New York City, Rochester, Selkirk, Syracuse, Watertown


• North Carolina - Charlotte, Hamlet, Rocky Mount, Wilmington


• Ohio - Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Crestline, Lima, Marion, Marysville, Toledo, Walbridge, Willard


• Pennsylvania - Connellsville, Erie, New Castle, Newell, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh


• South Carolina - Andrews, Charleston, Florence, Greenville, Greenwood, Spartanburg


• Tennessee - Etowah to Corbin


• Virginia - Clifton Forge, Covington, Lynchburg, Richmond


• Washington D.C./Benning Yard


• West Virginia - Benwood, Brooklyn Junction, Burnsville, Charleston, Cowen, Danville, Elk Run, Grafton, Hinton, Huntington, Parkersburg, Peach Creek