CSX OVERVIEW Freight Rail Handbook CSX CORPORATION, BASED IN JACKSONVILLE, FLA., IS A LEADING TRANSPORTATION COMPANY PROVIDING RAIL, INTERMODAL AND RAIL-TO-TRUCK TRANSLOAD SERVICES. Over a 21,000-mile rail network, CSX serves: • Eastern markets, where nearly two-thirds of Americans live, who account for the majority of the nation’s consumption of goods • Every major population center east of the Mississippi River, including the New York, Philadelphia and Boston markets in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic; the Southeast markets of Atlanta, Miami and New Orleans; and the Midwestern cities of St. Louis, Memphis and Chicago • More than 70 ocean, river and lake ports along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, the Mississippi River, the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway • Thousands of production and distribution facilities through track connections to more than 240 short line and regional railroads Major Networks and Markets CSX’s train operations focus around four major transportation networks. These major networks are the Coal Network, the Southeastern Corridor, the Interstate 90 Corridor and the Interstate 95 Corridor. The company’s business is concentrated around three major transportation markets: coal, merchandise and intermodal transportation. • The coal market comprises shipments of coal, coke and iron ore. • The merchandise market represents shipments of chemicals, phosphate and fertilizers, automotive, emerging markets, agricultural products, forest products, metals and food and consumer products. • Intermodal links customers to railroads via trucks and terminals. Containers and trailers are loaded and unloaded from trains, and trucks provide the link between intermodal terminals and the customer. Regardless of where the company operates or what goods or commodities it is transporting, CSX is committed to operating safely, in an environmentally responsible manner with the highest level of customer service. C