DOING BUSINESS WITH REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Freight Rail Handbook CSX Select Site Program: The only one of its kind. Unique to any other rail service program, the CSX Select Site program offers our pre-certified, rail-ready sites as a way to quickly establish new rail service. Properties that meet a rigorous list of key criteria are now available to you as a starting point through the Select Site opportunity, allowing you to bypass the demanding evaluation process required for building your own site. To receive the designation of a “certified” rail-served location, sites are measured on the following: · Land control and utility availability · Infrastructure and cultural reviews · Environmental · Wetland delineationand entitlement · Appropriate zoning · Rail serviceability or interstates · Proximity to highways and due diligence criteria · Other location attributes Congratulations, you’ve identified your site for rail service. What’s the next step? Visualizing Your Project: Your project will be presented to CSX service planners, engineers and operations departments. Our engineers can create conceptual sketches of your track and rail car loading/unloading. Your proposed location will be evaluated one final time then will be submitted to a formal review process to check for any rail service conflicts so that you can be confident of the results. The pre-approval process can save you time and effort in a way incomparable to any other rail service offering. Take advantage of the CSX Select Site program, and leave the legwork up to us. · · · Keep in mind, timing for project completion varies greatly. Typically, our review and approval process takes between a few weeks for simple projects and many months for projects more complex. Your Rail Service Checklist: It’s important that we take every factor into consideration while evaluating potential locations and planning new rail service. Here’s a rail service checklist before you get started: 1. Do you want to lease or purchase your new location? 2. Do you require existing rail or are you willing to build a new site? 3. What are your intended origins/destinations for your shipments? 4. What product are you shipping? 5. How many rail car spaces do you need and how long does it take to load/unload your cargo? 6. Do you require service for inbound transportation, outbound transportation, or both? 7. When do you want to start the project? 8. How often will you use your rail service? 9. How much traffic will you create? 10. Will you be working with hazardous material? 11. Are there any special requirements?