CSX and Illinois
CSX Operations
- Operates over and maintains nearly 1,400 miles of track*
- Maintains more than 1,300 public and private grade crossings in Illinois
- Handled more than 2,154,000 carloads of freight in Illinois during 2011
- At the end of 2011, CSX employed approximately 1,000 people in Illinois
- Throughout 2011, CSX reported more than $67 million in compensation for employees** in Illinois
- In 2011, CSX invested nearly $37 million in the network in Illinois. 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 Illinois include intermodal containers, feed grain, glass MFG chemicals, sweeteners and petroleum products.
CSX Facilities
- Major rail yards in Chicago (Barr) and East St. Louis
- CSX Intermodal terminals in Bedford Park and Chicago (59th Street)
- Division headquarters in Chicago
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 Illinois, businesses invested nearly $4 million in new or expanded rail-served facilities on CSX or its connecting regional and short lines in 2011.
- CSX is a National Leadership Sponsor of City Year, a non-profit organization working to enact positive change in schools and communities throughout the country. CSX executives and other employees routinely donate their time and energy to community outreach programs organized by City Year.
- CSX sponsored a City Year service day in South Holland. Through its partnership, CSX brings its focus on safety and excellence to City Year with an emphasis on directly impacting communities across the country.
- In 2011, CSX contributed nearly $169,000 to national organizations and those in Illinois, including National Safe Place, Alliance for Community Trees, the Nature Conservancy, National FFA Foundation, the American Red Cross, the Civic Federation, 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.
CREATE (Chicago)
- CREATE is a partnership between U.S. DOT, the State of Illinois, City of Chicago, Metra, Amtrak, and the nation’s freight railroads, including CSX. CREATE will reduce train delays and congestion by focusing rail traffic on five rail corridors in Chicago.
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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