Talk:CSX Transportation

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Pending tasks for CSX Transportation:

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  • Expand the history of the railroad, listing primary predecessors
  • Explain how the system grew with the breakup of Conrail.
  • Add a photo or two of CSX trains
  • Add data on the railroad's major facilities (i.e. yards, shops, offices)
  • Expand the list of system presidents
See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Todo

Contents

[edit] CSX external links

After adding it I found it had been previously removed and I was unwittingly reversing that, why was it removed in the first place, leaving only an anti-company website? - Wikiacc 23:41, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Locale, Massachusetts

Why isn't Massachusetts listed in the Locale section? Siliconwafer

Must have been overlooked. It's there now. slambo 12:05, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Division Section

The Divisions are getting a bit large, can we break them down further so that each division is its own section. It will make editing a little easier, and also show areas that we need to work on as well. Rob110178 07:56, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Notes

From 1986 to 1991 CSX Transportation was a holding company for CSX Rail Transport, CSX Distribution Services and CSX Equipment - see Trains November 1991 --SPUI (talk) 21:52, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Can someone place the following wherever it belongs (i.e., prev. top company executives? )

Arnold I. Havens (Arnie) [2/21/06-Currently the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of the Treasury] used to “serve as Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for CSX Corporation (CSX) where, from 1995 until 2003, he was responsible for providing advice and counsel on transportation-related issues and representing the company’s interest before public officials. In that role, he managed federal and state affairs for CSX and its transportation and non-transportation interests including CSX Transportation and its 23-state freight rail network. On October 29, 2003, Mr. Havens was nominated to be General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury by President Bush, confirmed by the Senate on December 9, 2003, and sworn in by Secretary John Snow on December 18, 2003. In addition, Mr. Havens had the privilege of serving as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. Between 1991 and 1993, he represented President George H.W. Bush before the Congress on issues of concern to the President and his Administration with a focus on regulatory reform and transportation. As General Counsel of the Department, Mr. Havens serves as the chief legal advisor and a senior policy adviser to the Secretary of the Treasury.” [taken from U.S. Office of General Counsel of the Treasury: http://www.treas.gov/offices/general-counsel/general-counsel.shtml [Mr. Havens is the attorney who advised and approved of outsourcing 6 United States shipping ports to a foreign owned Dubai company]


[edit] CSX Corporation

Why are CSX Corp. and CSX Transportation different articles?

It's because CSX Corp. is the parent company that owns, among other things, CSX Transportation, CSX Intermodal, Chessie Computer Services, and The Greenbriar. CSX Transportation is a big part, but it's still just a part. Kweston 12:59, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rollback reason

There are too many executives of any railroad to keep lists of all the positions through time. Trains WikiProject standards are to include succession lists of only the Presidents/CEOs of a railroad. Slambo (Speak) 16:05, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Predecessors

Why is List of CSX Transportation predecessor railroads a separate page? It seems reasonable include that information here. It's interesting, is fairly short, and fits with the guidance from Wikiproject Trains.

As to whether CSX Transportion and CSX Corporation should have separate pages, I could argue that they should. One is a railroad and one is the holding company the owns the railroad. Just keep the right content on the right page, and it's all good.

And why is this page associated with Wikiproject Georgia? Seems like a stretch to me. XKL 20:31, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

The list is on a separate page because it's already getting too long to keep in this article, especially if we're working toward getting this up to anywhere near FA level. There are quite a few more predecessor lines that could be added there, and keeping it on a separate page keeps the information without being overly burdensome here. Slambo (Speak) 10:43, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Introduction

The sentence "It also happens to be the BEST railroad to work for EVER!!!!" In the last part of the introduction needs to be cited or removed as it is more opinionated than than is appropriate for encyclopedic purposes. Being new to the Wikipedia community I felt I should leave the comment in pending further review from more experienced users. TribalMoo 03:22, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Neutral?

I live in an area of upstate NY where we've had quite a few CSX crashes, many deadly, some were only not deadly by sheer luck. I want to know if this article is truly "neutral" with no mention of any of CSX's recent failures in the area of safety. Rachaella 00:10, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Reading through the railroad press, it seems to me that CSX has had about an average number of derailments and other accidents when compared to the other Class I railroads currently operating. While some discussion of what CSX is doing to try to improve may be warranted, I don't think they're doing an overly terrible job when compared to the number of accidents that occur on other railroads. CSX wasn't awarded the Silver E.H. Harriman Award this year (and Bronze last year) for nothing, after all. Slambo (Speak) 16:23, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] System Map

Where did the system map come from? I was trying to find/create one for the Heart of Dixie RR Museum page. Modestly Yours, Ferrous 13:58, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] corporate infobox

i added a corporate infobox with key people and company stats. So far only the CEO is covered, but im sure we could add more ppl. Paco8191 02:31, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hump Yard Errors

Three of the entries seem erroneous to me:

CSXT's only yard in East St Louis is Rose Lake Yard, which is not a hump. "East St Louis" Yard is owned by the KCS, formerly GWWR, and has had its hump ripped out. The two humps that are in ESL are owned by the TRRA (Madison) and ALS (Gateway).

The only CSXT Hump near Albany is Selkirk - which is already mentioned in this list.

And I believe Walbridge Yard has had its hump ripped out, leaving only Stanley in Toledo with a hump, and Walbridge is now a base for Autorack sorting?

And the text line "The larger yards are located in:" and title "Major Hump Yards" seem silly to me - this looks like a comprehensive list of CSXT's humps, not just larger ones.

Danny252 (talk) 00:04, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I took Albany off the list at least. I'm guessing people less familiar with the area keep confusing it with Selkirk. n2xjk (talk) 15:59, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Naming

The 150 word paragraph (except the last sentence) on naming could be reduced to a short sentence. Yes, when I came to the article I wanted to know what CSX meant. It's enough to say lawyers picked it with it having any special meaning.

It's not easy to read, and really doesn't say much about the railway. It gets in the way.

Also, the whole paragraph has no citations.

24.130.9.210 (talk) 18:27, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[1] is listed in the references, and appears to support that whole paragraph. --NE2 17:28, 3 May 2008 (UTC)