CSX and New York

CSX Operations

  • Operates over and maintains more than 2,700 miles of track*
  • Maintains nearly 1,800 public and private grade crossings in New York
  • Handled more than 901,000 carloads of freight in New York during 2011
  • At the end of 2011, CSX employed more than 2,360 people in New York
  • Throughout 2011, CSX reported more than $175 million in compensation for employees** in New York
  • In 2011, CSX nearly invested nearly $94 million in its New York 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 New York include intermodal containers, coal, ethanol, wheat, and municipal and construction waste

CSX Facilities

  • Major rail yards in Selkirk, Syracuse, and Bronx (Oak Point)
  • Intermodal terminals in Buffalo, East Syracuse, and Staten Island (Port Ivory on-dock terminal)
  • TRANSFLO terminals in Albany, Buffalo, and Syracuse
  • Automotive distribution center in Selkirk
  • Division headquarters in Albany

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 New York, businesses invested nearly $10 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 63 new jobs at those businesses.
  • 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 Trees for Tracks tree planting initiative in Buffalo with City Year and the Alliance for Community Trees. 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 Rail Operations

  • Amtrak operates approximately 64 trains per day over 34% of CSX’s railroad in every state except Tennessee, New Jersey and, Delaware.

“Oak” and “Market” Improvements (Bronx)

  • This project will upgrade the crossovers, rebuild track and increase clearances at the east and west ends of CSX’s busy Oak Point Yard in the Bronx, improving the yard’s ability to receive and process trains. The project is fully funded by Port Authority of NY/NJ, with funds administered through the New York State DOT.

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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