CSX and the District of Columbia

CSX Operations

  • Operates and maintains nearly 70 miles of track*
  • Maintains nearly 80 public and private grade crossings in the District of Columbia
  • Handled more than 369,000 carloads of freight in the District of Columbia in 2011
  • At the end of 2011, CSX employed more than 50 people in the District of Columbia
  • Throughout 2011, CSX reported more than $4 million in compensation for employees** in the District of Columbia
  • In 2011, CSX invested more than $10 million in its District of Columbia 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 the District of Columbia include iron

CSX Facilities

  • Rail yard in Washington, D.C. (Benning Yard)

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

  • 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. In the District of Columbia CSX sponsors two City Year teams, one that performs a monthly service project in DC and the other that establishes and participates in a mentoring program at a local public elementary school.
  • CSX is a sponsor of the Anacostia Watershed Society and continues to participate in clean ups in and along the Anacostia River in Bladensburg, MD and throughout the District of Columbia. CSX also sponsored Earth Conservation Corps, a District of Columbia-based AmeriCorps program empowering endangered youth to reclaim the Anacostia River, their communities and their lives.
  • In 2011, CSX contributed nearly $410,000 to national organizations and those in the District of Columbia, including National Safe Place, Alliance for Community Trees, the Nature Conservancy, National FFA Foundation, the American National 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

  • More than 90 commuter trains operate on CSX tracks through the District of Columbia daily, including 24 Amtrak trains, 32 Virginia Railway Express (VRE) trains, and 38 Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) trains.
  • 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. 

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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