CSX and Florida

CSX Operations

  • Operates and maintains more than 2,800 miles of track*
  • Maintains more than 3,000 public and private grade crossings in Florida
  • Handled more than 1,057,000 carloads of freight in Florida during 2011
  • At the end of 2011, CSX employed more than 4,900 people in Florida
  • Throughout 2011, CSX reported nearly $615 million in compensation for employees** in Florida
  • In 2011, CSX invested more than $105 million in its Florida network. In addition, the company invested more than $948 million in freight cars and other rolling assets to serve customers through its rail system
  • CSX carries a variety of commodities important to our economy and way of life, including consumer products, automobiles, food and agriculture products, coal and chemicals. Products shipped in Florida include intermodal containers, phosphates, orange juice, coal, aggregates, automobiles and light trucks

CSX Facilities

  • Corporate headquarters in Jacksonville
  • Major rail yards in Jacksonville (Moncrief), Tampa and Orlando
  • Intermodal terminals in Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa
  • TRANSFLO terminals in Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Sanford and Tampa
  • Automotive distribution centers in Jacksonville (Blount Island, Talleyrand and Westside), Orlando, Jupiter (Palm Center) and Tampa

Environmental Advantages of Rail

  • CSX achieved its voluntary 8% greenhouse gas emissions intensity reduction goal one year ahead of schedule. This achievement reduced emissions by more than 1.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gas – equivalent to consuming more than 3.5 million fewer barrels of oil.
  • Since 1980, CSX has improved its fuel efficiency by more than 90%, and with constant innovation, freight rail becomes more efficient every day.
  • In the past 10 years, CSX has invested more than $1.75 billion to upgrade its fleet of fuel-efficient locomotives.
  • CSX introduced a carbon calculator on www.CSX.com that makes it easy for customers and consumers to understand the emissions savings that freight rail delivers.
  • On average, railroads are three or more times more fuel efficient than highway transportation.
  • Shifting 10% of long-haul freight from the highway to the railway would reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by more than 12 million tons and would increase fuel savings by nearly one billion gallons each year.

CSX and the Community

  • In partnership with state and local economic development agencies in Florida, businesses invested more than $165 million in new or expanded rail-served facilities on CSX or its connecting regional and short lines in 2011. These investments will generate an estimated 180 new jobs at those businesses.
  • CSX is a City Year site sponsor for a youth service corps in Miami. CSX sponsored six City Year service days across Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando and Tampa. Through its partnership, CSX brings its focus on safety and excellence to City Year with an emphasis on directly impacting communities across the country.
  • CSX sponsored a Trees for Tracks tree planting initiative with City Year and the Alliance for Community Trees – planting over 125 trees across Florida. Trees for Tracks is part of the company’s larger commitment to sustainability and the environment; working toward a promise to plant 21,000 trees (one for every mile of track in the railway’s system) over the next five years.
  • In 2011, CSX contributed more than $1 million to national organizations and those in Florida, including National Safe Place, Alliance for Community Trees, the Nature Conservancy, National FFA Foundation, Audubon Society, United Way of Northeast Florida, Habitat for Humanity, American Red Cross, local schools and community organizations.
  • CSX is proud of its 150-year history of service to America’s military. One in five CSX employees has served in the armed forces.

Passenger and Commuter Rail Operations

  • Tri-Rail commuter trains operate daily on CSX-maintained tracks in Florida.
  • Amtrak operates approximately 64 trains per day over 34% of CSX’s railroad.

SunRail (Orlando)

  • SunRail, the planned commuter rail system in Central Florida, will run 61 miles along the A-Line. CSX sold this segment of track to the State of Florida; however, it retains the ability to make limited freight movements to serve customers along the corridor. CSX will invest its entire proceeds from the SunRail transaction - $432 million – in freight infrastructure within the state of Florida.

Ports

  • CSX connects to 70 ocean, river and lake ports across its network, which helps connect U.S. manufacturing to global markets.  In Florida, CSX serves 12 ports, including the Everglades, Fernandina Beach, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Palm Beach, Fort Pierce, Panama City, Pensacola, Port Manatee, Port St Joe, and Tampa.

Improving Public Safety

  • CSX works with community partners year-round to improve track and grade crossings and close crossings where possible. These initiatives greatly improve safety across the CSX network.


* Miles of track includes single main track, other main track, yard tracks and sidings as of December 31, 2011.
** This figure includes current and former employees.

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