CSX CEO James M. Foote CSX Corp. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jim Foote-era at CSX Transportation began with a rumble that emphatically signaled his commitment to following through on what the late CEO E. Hunter Harrison began. In a symbolic move, Foote’s first decision after being named chief executive in December was ordering the hump […]
CSX Transportation’s Tod Echler, assistant vice president, engineering, speaks at Saturday’s session of the NRC conference in Los Angeles. TRAINS: David Lassen LOS ANGELES — It has been a year of change at CSX Transportation, with the arrival of CEO Hunter Harrison in March, his death in December, and the selection of James M. Foote […]
CSX CEO E. Hunter Harrison R.G. Edmonson JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX Transportation CEO E. Hunter Harrison, the influential and innovative railroader who was respected, sought after, feared, and loathed in equal measures, died today. He was 73. Harrison worked his way up through the ranks after beginning his rail career as a carman for the […]
Westbound CSX train Q261 climbs the Sand Patch grade at Foley Overlook, near Fairhope, Pa., on Oct. 9, 2011. Three photos, Alex Mayes Trying to come up with just 10 favorite train-watching spots posed a challenge for me, as I have a lot of favorite spots, all of which have their particular characteristics. For this […]
A southbound CSX intermodal train skirts the Hudson River at Bear Mountain, N.Y., on May 12, 2011. Three photos, Matt Van Hattem Every region has fascinating places to watch trains, and working at Trains brought me to locations I had always longed to visit as well as great spots I might not have otherwise come […]
CSX Chief Financial Officer Frank A. Lonegro CSX Corp. NEW YORK — CSX Transportation CEO E. Hunter Harrison continues to evaluate every aspect of the railroad’s business, including intermodal operations and potential line sales, as he begins to work with his hand-picked management team. That’s the status update from Chief Financial Officer Frank Lonegro, whose […]
Kathryn McQuade JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The management changes at CSX Transportation — which include the pending departures of Chief Operating Officer Cindy Sanborn and Executive Vice President of Law Ellen Fitzsimmons – will leave just four women in top executive positions at Class I railroads. Both highly regarded women have been replaced by men, a […]
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Children and railfans waiting along the route of CSX’s Santa Train this year will get an extra treat from Santa Claus — an original Clinchfield Railroad F unit in new paint pulling the trainload of cheer. CSX Transportation unveiled the cosmetically restored Clinchfield F3 No. 800 in yellow and gray at its […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation is increasingly relying on block-swapping intermodal traffic as it prepares to shut down its massive container-sorting hub in North Baltimore, Ohio, which last year handled more than a quarter of the railroad’s intermodal loads. The Northwest Ohio Intermodal Terminal was designed to support CSX’s hub-and-spoke approach to serving smaller intermodal […]
A 2011 CSX Transportation video touting North Baltimore’s place in intermodal strategy. Via YouTube. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The days of CSX Transportation’s hub-and-spoke intermodal strategy are drawing to a close. The railroad aims to end container sorting at its busy intermodal terminal in North Baltimore, Ohio, by Nov. 11. And CSX will not build the […]
CSX Chief Operating Officer James M. Foote CSX Corp. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — New CSX Transportation Chief Operating Officer James Foote took home a $400,000 signing bonus and is earning a higher base salary than either of the executives he is replacing. A veteran of Canadian National, Foote was hired last week to replace Chief Operating […]
WASHINGTON — Maryland’s entire congressional delegation has written to CSX Transportation CEO E. Hunter Harrison, asking him to explain the railroad’s decision to drop out of a partnership to raise clearances in the Howard Street Tunnel. On Nov. 1, in response to media inquiries, CSX confirmed that it no longer considered the long-sought tunnel project […]
