CSX and Pennsylvania

CSX Operations

  • Operates over and maintains nearly 2,000 miles of track*
  • Maintains more than 1,100 public and private grade crossings in Pennsylvania
  • Handled more than 1,789,000 carloads of freight in Pennsylvania during 2011
  • At the end of 2011, CSX employed nearly 970 people in Pennsylvania
  • Throughout 2011, CSX reported nearly $73 million in compensation for employees** in Pennsylvania
  • In 2011, CSX invested nearly $44 million in its Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania include intermodal containers, coal, light trucks, aggregates and passenger cars

CSX Facilities

  • Major rail yards in Philadelphia (Greenwich) and Pittsburgh (Demler)
  • Intermodal terminals in Chambersburg and Philadelphia
  • TRANSFLO terminals in Butler; Chester; Philadelphia (two) and Pittsburgh
  • Automotive distribution center in Aston (Twin Oaks)

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 Pennsylvania, businesses invested $822,000 in new or expanded rail-served facilities on CSX or its connecting regional and short lines in 2011. These investments will generate an estimated five 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. In Philadelphia, CSX sponsors a City Year team. 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 initiatives at Philadelphia and McKees Rocks 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.
  • In 2011, CSX contributed nearly $79,000 to national organizations and those in Pennsylvania, including National Safe Place, Alliance for Community Trees, the Nature Conservancy, National FFA Foundation, the American Cancer Society, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 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 Rail Operations

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

National Gateway

  • The National Gateway is an approximately $850 million, multi-state, public-private infrastructure project to improve the flow of freight between the Mid-Atlantic and the Midwest by clearing key freight corridors for double-stack rail service. The National Gateway has received considerable state and federal funding and construction on this key initiative is well underway. CSX is investing approximately $575 million in the project.

Trenton Subdivision Clearances (Philadelphia)

  • By eliminating 16 clearance impediments, this project will deliver more direct access to Philadelphia for CSX intermodal trains. Construction has begun and is expected to be completed in 2012. The project includes funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, two federal sources and CSX.

Park Junction (Philadelphia)

  • This project will enhance train movements through CP “Park” in Philadelphia. Construction is underway and is scheduled for completion this year. Most of the project was funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with CSX funding the balance.

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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