CSX and Massachusetts

CSX Operations

  • Operates over and maintains nearly 670 miles of track*
  • Maintains nearly 520 public and private grade crossings in Massachusetts
  • Handled nearly 299,000 carloads of freight in Massachusetts during 2011
  • At the end of 2011, CSX employed more than 290 people in Massachusetts
  • Throughout 2011, CSX reported more than $21 million in compensation for employees** in Massachusetts
  • In 2011, CSX invested more than $67 million in its Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts include intermodal containers, light trucks, passenger cars, alcoholic beverages and salt

CSX Facilities

  • Major rail yard in Boston (Beacon Park)
  • Intermodal terminals in Allston, Springfield, and Worcester
  • TRANSFLO terminal in Boston
  • Automotive distribution center in East Brookfield/Spencer

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 Massachusetts, businesses invested more than $3 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 17 new jobs at those businesses.
  • CSX is working with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on a project to expand commuter rail service and enhance freight rail operations in the state. As part of this effort, CSX is investing more than $100 million to expand its intermodal facility in Worcester and to establish a bulk-commodity transfer facility on the site of a former automotive terminal in Westborough. CSX and the Commonwealth are increasing vertical clearances on CSX’s rail line between Worcester and the New York state line to create New England’s first double-stack cleared rail corridor.
  • 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 is a City Year site sponsor for a service corps in Boston.
  • CSX sponsored a Trees for Tracks service day event in Worcester. CSX plans to sponsor a similar event in the following year. 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.
  • 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

  • Amtrak operates approximately 64 trains per day over 34% of CSX’s railroad in every state except Tennessee, New Jersey and, Delaware.
  • The Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad (MBCR) operates 41 trains per day on track that is dispatched and maintained by CSX between Boston and Worcester.

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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