Railroad: CSX Transportation Company

CSX was created on September 2, 1987 and acquired the Chesapeake & Ohio railroads in Michigan. This included historic lines which included the Pere Marquette, Manistee & Northeastern and the Port Huron & Detroit. CSX is based in Jacksonville, Florida and continues today.

Chesapeake & Ohio → CSXT Transportation → Continuing Operation

Acquired: 1987 the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Seaboard (non-Michigan) [MRL]

Sold: In 1986 Kinde to Croswell to Huron & Eastern; in 1987 part ot Mid-Michigan; in 1988 part from Saginaw to Bad Axe to Huron & Eastern.

Reference: [MRRC]

Notes

For routes and timetables, see "Pere Marquette" in the History Section of MichiganRailroads.com.

Photo Info: This is CSX's Rougemere yardmaster tower in 1999. [Dale Berry photo]

Time Line

2022. CSX has changed the symbols for their various freight trains. For the last 25 years, they have used the letter Q plus numbers with the Q standing for Quality. Now trains will be identified by the following letters:

• M = Manifest freights
• I = Intermodals
• C or T = Loaded coal trains
• E = Empty coal trains
• B = Bulk commodity trains
• G = Unit grain trains

[MRF-2022-08]