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'''CSX Transporation, Inc.''' is a [[railway]] in the [[United States]]. The parent company of CSX Transportation is CSX Corporation. CSX was formed in 1987 from a merger of the [[Chessie System]] and [[Seaboard System]]. The Chessie System in turn was formed from the [[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]], the [[Baltimore and Ohio]] and [[Western Maryland Railroad]]. Seaboard System was formed from the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]] (L&N), the [[Seaboard Coast Line Railroad]], [[Clinchfield Railroad]], and some smaller lines.
'''CSX Transporation, Inc.''' is a [[railroad]] in the [[United States]]. The parent company of CSX Transportation is CSX Corporation. CSX was formed in 1987 from a merger of the [[Chessie System]] and [[Seaboard System]]. The Chessie System in turn was formed from the [[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]], the [[Baltimore and Ohio]] and [[Western Maryland Railroad]]. Seaboard System was formed from the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]] (L&N), the [[Seaboard Coast Line Railroad]], [[Clinchfield Railroad]], and some smaller lines.
Today the CSX is one of seven remaining [[Class I Railroad|Class I freight railroads]] in the United States and Canada, along with [[Norfolk Southern]], [[Burlington Northern Santa Fe]], [[Kansas City Southern]], [[Union Pacific]], [[Canadian National Railway]], and [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]. Most of the other well known railroad lines have merged into one of these seven remaining Class I lines.
Today the CSX is one of seven remaining [[Class I Railroad|Class I freight railroads]] in the United States and Canada, along with [[Norfolk Southern]], [[Burlington Northern Santa Fe]], [[Kansas City Southern]], [[Union Pacific]], [[Canadian National Railway]], and [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]. Most of the other well known railroad lines have merged into one of these seven remaining Class I lines.
* [http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/railroad.htm Guide to Railroad History online]
* [http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/railroad.htm Guide to Railroad History online]
[[Category:Rail transport]]
[[Category:Railroads]]