Freight transportation company providing rail, intermodal, and rail-to-truck transload services.
CSX Corporation, along with its subsidiaries, specializes in providing rail-based freight transportation services across a broad spectrum of industries. The company's extensive offerings include transporting intermodal containers and trailers, facilitating rail-to-truck transfers, and managing bulk commodity operations. CSX handles a diverse range of freight categories including chemicals, agricultural products, automotive parts, minerals, forest products, fertilizers, and metals. It also plays a crucial role in supplying coal, coke, and iron ore to power plants, steel manufacturers, and industrial facilities, while exporting coal to deep-water ports.
In addition to its core freight services, CSX Corporation operates a robust intermodal transportation network encompassing approximately 30 terminals. This network facilitates the efficient transport of consumer goods in containers and provides drayage services for the pickup and delivery of intermodal shipments. The company serves the automotive sector through specialized distribution centers and storage locations, ensuring seamless connectivity for non-rail served customers by transferring products like plastics and ethanol from rail to trucks.
Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, CSX Corporation manages a vast rail network spanning approximately 19,500 route miles. This network covers major population centers across 23 states east of the Mississippi River, the District of Columbia, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. With a fleet of approximately 3,500 locomotives and strategic track connections to production and distribution facilities, CSX continues to play a pivotal role in the logistics and transportation infrastructure of North America.