West Virginia

CSX and West Virginia

CSX Operations

Operates over and maintains more than 2,000 miles of track*
Maintains nearly 2,260 public and private grade crossings in West Virginia
Handled more than 1,554,000 carloads of freight in West Virginia during 2011
At the end of 2011, CSX employed nearly 1,760 people in West Virginia
Throughout 2011, CSX reported nearly $137 million in compensation for employees in West Virginia
In 2011, CSX invested nearly $74 million in its West Virginia 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 West Virginia include coal, aggregates, textile chemicals, plastics and petroleum products

CSX Facilities

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 West Virginia, businesses invested $515 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 77 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.
In 2011, CSX contributed more than $143,000 to national organizations and those in West Virginia, including National Safe Place, Alliance for Community Trees, the Nature Conservancy, National FFA Foundation, Big Brothers & Big Sisters, the Ronald McDonald House, Charities for the Tri-State, Inc., 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.

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.

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