What does CSX stand for?

As far as I know it stands for (C)onrail (S)eabord E(X)panded.What companies make up CSX?I am absolutely clueless about the mergers in the Northeast...there's the Chessie System, Penn Central, Conrail? I have no idea who is or was a part of who?------------------------------------------------------------I'll never let go of the railroad that inspired me to be involved with trains, the Union Pacific!

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its chessie seaboard i forgot what the x means

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That was a hell of a fast reply... I knew exactly you would be the first person to reply! lolI heard the Conrail Seaboard Expanded (or it could have been Chessie instead of Conrail) at the Baltimore & Ohio railroad museum in (where else?) Baltimore, Maryland.------------------------------------------------------------I'll never let go of the railroad that inspired me to be involved with trains, the Union Pacific!

John Ekhoff
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From what I understand it: Chessis System & Seaboard System multiplied(x). I guess thats where the X comes from. The Chessie System was the B&O, C&O, Western Maryland. The Seaboard System was the L&N, ACL,
and the SCL. And now the Conrail, well aprt of it was absorbed in which inluded the PC & NYC if im not mistaken. I may be missing some, but thats what I do know.

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Thanks for that info, but I thought Penn Central was the NYC and Pennsylvania RR merged... oh whatever. I saw on CNN that Penn Central was the fifth worst bankruptcy in the history of the U.S. economy. (Enron of course being #1)------------------------------------------------------------I'll never let go of the railroad that inspired me to be involved with trains, the Union Pacific!

John Ekhoff
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LAST EDITED ON Sep-02-02 AT 07:49 PM (EDT)

Conrail
>>>>>>>Penn Central
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>New York Central System
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pennsylvania Railroad
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Long Island Railroad
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad
>>>>>>>Erie Lackawanna
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Erie Railroad
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Delaware Lackawanna and Western
>>>>>>>Central Railroad of New Jersey
>>>>>>>Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines
>>>>>>>Reading
>>>>>>>Lehigh Valley
>>>>>>>Lehigh and New EnglandCSX, Metro North, and Amtrak gained the New York Central
Metro North, Amtrak, Housatonic, and P&W gained the New Haven
NS, Amtrak, NJ Transit, and SEPTA gained the Pennsy
NJ Transit and Conrail Shared Assets gained the CNJ
NJ Transit and NS gained the Erie Lackawanna
NJ Transit gained PRSL
The Metropolitan Commuter Transit Authority gained the Long Island Railroad, established Metro North, and merged with the New York City Transit Authority to become the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or MTA.I'm not sure about the others railroads though.

John

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Chessie Seaboard as u said - the x represents the merger of the 2 companies. without the x - the company would be CS - which also stands for Chessie System - which caused complecations in the reporting markings. therefore the X was added.

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The (x) means many more. I know this because I one a book about the Chessie System. The book is called “The Chessie Era”. The Chessie System is my FAVORITE railroad.13 yr old Train Sim fan from Americus, GA:):):):)

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Consolidated Shipping ExpressIts the merger of the B&O, C&O, Seaboard Coastlines,the Family Lines and Conrail, serving from Florida to Pennsylvania, all the way out to Ohio and Illinois. That's a rough estimate



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a quote from the CSX website:
"What does "CSX" stand for? CSX was formed in 1980 by the acquisition of the Chessie System Railway and the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad--thus the "C" and the "S". These two entities brought with them subsidiaries that were not transportation related, i.e., resort, video production, mineral company, etc.--thus the "X", which stands for "and all others"."

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You all came close, Very close, but "IcyFire" hit the nail square on the head and "Got it Right!"
It's "C=Chessie S=Seaboard X=and all others"
My son is a CSX Freight Conductor, and had to learn that in training school two years ago.
Interesting question, and pretty darn good answers
Hope I was of some help..Daniel

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Chessie (C) Seaboard (S) Transportation (X - don't ask how that works!)X is apparently shorthand for transportation (witness TTX - Trailer Train Transportation; GATX, FURX, etc...)Conrail was divied up between CSX and NS. Conrail itself was pieces of Erie-Lackawanna, PC and a couple other NE bankrupt railroads.GH

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I e-mailed CSX Transportation about this one. CS means Chessie Seaboard and then the X is like a variable in Algebra. They have to use CSXT for some reason that I forget but they can't end their name with CSX for certain things so say they haul cars. It would mean Chessie Seaboard Automobile Transportation and the X would just be a variable for all the stuff that they haul.Adam-------------------------------On 9-11-01 President George W. Bush said "Freedom was attacked, Freedom will be defended!"
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LAST EDITED ON Jul-07-02 AT 06:01 PM (EDT)

The "X" does not stand for transportation. An "X" as the last letter in reporting marks like TTX - TTAX - GATX - FURX - ACFX stands for private company. Any freight car with a reporting mark with an X at the end is owned by a private company and not a railroad. The confusion here is the reporting mark for CSX is CSXT and I believe the full name of the railroad is CSX Transportation. Also this is why their reporting mark does not end with an X. They are a railroad and not a private car owner/company.PatchCrew

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Crash, Spill, and eXplode......

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(C)hicken (S)h#t e(X)press

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C=Chessie S= Seaboard X= "and much more" or X as the agibraic sign. Anyhow the reason why CSX reporting marks dont end in X is due to the fact leasing/private owners by law must use X in remporting marks. Therefore the T was added (Transportation)

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Looks like everyone has a different story about CSX.Now at the B&O Railraod Museum they had it as(C)HESSIE (S)EABOARD E(X)PANDEDI'm certain of this now (my memory seems to fade every once in a while)------------------------------------------------------------I'll never let go of the railroad that inspired me to be involved with trains, the Union Pacific!

John Ekhoff
14 yr. old Train Sim Reskinner from Abilene, Texas.

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Commerical SLOW Express

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CSX (Chessie and Seaboard Expanded) was formed by the merger of Chessie Systems, Inc., and Seaboard Coast Line Industries (Family Lines) on November 1, 1980, under the holding company CSX. In 1985 Chessie System and Seaboard System were consolodated forming CSX Transportation (CSXT). Cheers!
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hi all
C-Chessie system
S-Seaboard
X-multipalcation symbol
I always that the X stood for exchange lolz
I got a question for all,Is there any other railroad that is devided into 2 parts,CSXT=CSXTransportain,and CSXI=CSXIntermodal.Anybody else have anything to add?

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CSX

Andrew Bane
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"the Road of Freedom"

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i went and read some TRAINS magazines b4 how does companies such as TTX and GATX fit into this? - apparently - the X stands for a non railroad - IE - TTX - there not a railroad - they are owned by all the class 1's - but TTX supply cars to the companies who own TTX. Thats why - (im guessing from here) CSX has reporting marks of CSXT (IE a boxcar) or CSXI (IE - a double stack car)

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BNSF_Dash9:See post #9.PatchCrew
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Chessie Seaboard transportation

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>Chessie Seaboard transportationWrong - see thread #15 - Read it. Dig it.Cheers!
Marc - 3DTrains
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HI;
Sorry for my previous Error! I was Wrong! I made a slight mistake on the correct name of CSX.
My CSX Conductor son told me this morning, that CSX stands for:"C=Chessie S=System (NOT Seaboard) X=and all others."
T=Transportation.He stated that X is sometimes referred to by some employees to mean Extra and also Expanded as some have posted. It is very easy to see why this would cause confusion.Daniel

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>"C=Chessie S=System (NOT Seaboard) X=and all others."Seems to be some conflict, as my info comes from a book published by the C&OHS, which goes into great detail about the transitions and consolidations leading up to, and including, the final mergers of CSX.Cheers!
Marc - 3DTrains
http://www.3dtrains.com

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Hack your wrong!I e-mailed CSX about this a good while ago because I was to interested about what CSX stood for. It means Chessie Seaboard and then X is like a variable for all others. Say CSX hauled minerals, it would be Chessie Seaboard Mineral and since CSX usually goes by CSXT in business it would be Chessie Seaboard Mineral Transportation. The X has nothing to do with other companies.If you don't believe me on this then you all go to www.csx.com and e-mail them about this and you see what they say.Adam-------------------------------On 9-11-01 President George W. Bush said "Freedom was attacked, Freedom will be defended!"
Never Forget 9-11-01
God Bless the United States of America forever
United We Stand

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This is directly from the CSX website. If anybody should know, they should know!What does "CSX" stand for? CSX was formed in 1980 by the acquisition of the Chessie System Railway and the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad--thus the "C" and the "S". These two entities brought with them subsidiaries that were not transportation related, i.e., resort, video production, mineral company, etc.--thus the "X", which stands for "and all others".http://www.csx.com/aboutus/help/qna/index.cfm#50PatchCrew

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PatchCrew, I never said that the X stood for Transportation, I said the T in CSXT stood for Transportation. If you e-mail CSX they will reply and tell you what all of the letters stand for, unlike what you found.Adam-------------------------------On 9-11-01 President George W. Bush said "Freedom was attacked, Freedom will be defended!"
Never Forget 9-11-01
God Bless the United States of America forever
United We Stand

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Adam:Where did I ever say you said the "X" stood for Transportation? If you're talking about my post #9 from 7/7/02 it was a reply to post #7.You also insist the "X" is a "variable for all others". What does the info say at the CSX website? It says "thus the "X", which stands for "and all others"." Why is that info so different from what you are saying? And you're also telling me not to believe the info posted at the CSX website?Adam in all of your posts you say the following:
>My first career goal is to be a employee aboard a train for a U.S.A. Freight RailRoad.Young man if that is your goal then I suggest that you learn to listen and learn from the info given to you. You will have to pass several tests to become a railroad employee and you're not going to be successful if you are going to correct those who 1) are older than you and 2) those who are already railroad employees.Stop, Look, and LEARN!PatchCrew
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CSX or Chessie system, Seaboard system and X (others) was formed in 1980 with the merger of the Chessie System ( itself a merger of the old B&O and C&0, Western Maryland and others) and the Seaboard System ( a company formed with the Seaboard Air Line and Florida Coast Line among others). This merger also included the Clinchfield and others. Hence the name: CSX

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P.S. Conrail plays no part in the naming of CSX. Conrail came into the picture when in the mid 1990's CSX and Conrail wanted to merge. The Norfolk Southern Railway successfully challenged the merger and Conrail was divided up between the two railroads.

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CSX was formed in 1980 by the acquisition of the Chessie System Railway and the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad--thus the "C" and the "S". These two entities brought with them subsidiaries that were not transportation related, i.e., resort, video production, mineral company, etc.--thus the "X", which stands for "and all others". the above paragraph was tooken from the csx web site at:
http://www.csx.com/

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