CSX e-Business Customer Workshop Coming in September
Classes offered at the
Workshop include:
1. Track and Trace
2. Shipping Instructions
3. Transit Times
4. Plant Switch (Short lines receive
training on rail partner tools)
5. Car Order
6. Account Invoices
7. Customer Service
8. ShipCSX: How tomorrow moves
9. Freight Claims
Invitations to the event were sent to
all ShipCSX users with valid email
addresses. Short line employees who did
not receive an invitation to this training
session can register on ShipCSX for a
User ID. Once complete, registration
materials will be made available by
Registration is on a first come-first
served basis, so short line employees
are encouraged to sign up soon to
ensure a spot is available. Questions
can be directed to the E-Business
Customer Workshop email address at
CSX short line representative.
CSX will
host the 2012 E-Business
Customer Workshop at the
Charleston Marriott in Charleston,
S.C., on Sept. 24-26.
Progress in PTC at CSX
Major activities under way can be grouped
in two broad categories: Development and
Implementation. Development activities
include all the design and specification
of the components (both hardware and
software) and the testing of components
in the laboratory and in the field. Although
performance varies from supplier to supplier,
overall we can say that delivery dates have
slipped, sometimes significantly. We are
at least 8-12 months away from having all
components in production-ready status.
Because of this, CSX has redirected its field
test strategy to begin in 2013 with earlier
versions of software using simulators as
substitutes for missing components, and
then re-test incremental releases until the
production-ready releases are available. This
will allow us to continue to move forward and
partially mitigate the impact of the supplier
delays.
Implementation activities include equipping
locomotives, signal systems, communication
systems and dark territory switches for PTC.
More than 1,300 locomotives have been
"provisioned" � installed with necessary
cables, brackets, mounts and antennae for
PTC. CSX is beginning full PTC installations
this year, and that schedule will ramp up in
the second half of the program.
Major work is being done to the signal
system in PTC territory. PTC requires
us to completely replace more than 5,000
miles of existing signaling equipment.
We have set aggressive goals for our
signal systems equipment upgrades and
installations in 2012. The second Notice of
Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) from the FRA
is due sometime during the third quarter
2012. We are hopeful that it will address
rules for unequipped yard moves, PTC
enroute failures and expanded de minimus
exceptions.
As an input to the de minimus calculation,
short lines operating on CSX via trackage/
operating rights to (1) interchange with CSX,
or (2) connect with other railroads will be
sent a letter to request how much PIH-TIH is
being handled on their trains. The FRA has
mandated that CSX collect this information
from our short line partners each year as part
of the record-keeping process involved with
PTC. All information obtained from the short
lines will be kept strictly confidential.
These are only some of the efforts under way.
The entire railroad is being mapped to a high
degree of precision, installation crews are
being trained and training materials prepared
for our train crews to support the rollout of
the system. Over the next few years, these
activities will accelerate as PTC becomes
part of the operating system of the railroad.
CSX's efforts to equip its network with PTC have been under
way for four years. although there was discussion of a timetable
extension at the Congressional level earlier this year, the PTC
deadline remains for late 2015.
Short Line Standings through July
SWITCH:
Incremental
Volume (Carloads) SWITCH:
Percentage
Increase
ISG - South Chicago & Indiana Harbor Railway (SCIH)
2,684
Eastern Illinois Railroad (EIRC)
292%
MG Rail, Inc. (MGRI)
2,083
Newburgh & South Shore Railroad (NSR)
184%
Golden Isles Terminal Railroad (GITM)
2,078
Chicago Rail Link, L.L.C. (CRL)
156%
Terminal Railway, Alabama State Docks (TASD)
1,699
Knoxville and Holton River Railroad (KXHR)
127%
Chicago Rail Link, L.L.C. (CRL)
1,578
Pennsylvania Southern Railroad (PSCC)
103%
INTERLINE OR JUNCTION:
Incremental
Volume (Carloads) INTERLINE OR JUNCTION:
Percentage
Increase
Alabama & Tennessee River Railway (ATN)
1,565
Grafton & Upton Railroad (GU)
192%
Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad (CSS)
1,562
Central Railroad of Indiana (CIND)
67%
Columbus & Greenville Railway (CAGY)
1,542
Columbus & Greenville Railway (CAGY)
57%
Pan Am (ST)
1,515
Chattahoochee Bay Railroad (CHAT)
57%
Bay Line Railroad (BAYL)
1,499
Chesapeake & Indiana Railroad (CKIN)
39%
Commemorative plaques will be
awarded to the interline or junction
settlement roads and switch carriers
that grow the most in their volumes
with CSX (in volume and percentage).
Winners of the awards will be
announced at the March 2013
Short Line Workshop.
Congratulations once again to last year's winners!
For interline, the WTNN and INRD and for switch,
the ETRY and SCIH each won in their respective
categories.
Currently the top short lines in each category
are listed below.
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Annual Short Line Awards
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