CSX

[Iced8383]

Does anyone know what CSX stands for? its been my favorite railroad and i don't know what it stands for!

 

[CSX5220]

...CSX...

Hi,

I belive it stands for Chessie Seaboard eXtention.

best regards,
Mike S.

 

[maxandfeeze]

Actully,It stands for Cessie Seaboard and the X stands for the mulltuplication sign.

 

[K4driver]

Chessie Seaboard X is the power of combination, and T stands for transportation, due the the fact there was a CSX trucking company when CSX was being formed

 

[sethmcs]

Hi,

I belive it stands for Chessie Seaboard eXtention.

best regards,
Mike S.

I thought it stand for Chessie Seaboard eXtinction. Thanks for the clarification.:wave:

 

[titaniclover]

Thats a very interesting question.

The Chessie Seaboard Extension Transportation sound correct and accurate.

I really dont know. I do know Consolidated Rail Corperation was Conrail.
Good question.

Cheers,
Adam

 

[sethmcs]

This is not an easy question to answer.....

CSX - Can't Say eXactly what it stands for either. A quick net search revealed that we are not alone in the quest for the answer:

See Here:http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,959200

 

[titaniclover]

This quoted off RailPictures.Net.

On the CSX website, there used to be an FAQ section, and it was asked what "CSX" stood for.

The answer was C = CHESSIE S = SEABOARD X= All the others.

"All the Others" can be interpreted as all the other subsidiary companies that Chessie and Seaboard brought with them in the merger, and any companies that the absorbed after the merger, such as Conrail or RF&P. The "other" companies may not necessarily be railroad related either.

Dont know if its true or not. I am curious though.
Heres the link for RailPictures.Net:http://forums.railpictures.net/archive/index.php/t-2551.html

Cheers,
Adam

 

[CasyJ]

Chessie Seaboard Multiplier

 

[titaniclover]

How is CSX convert to Chessie Seaboard Multiplier?
I dont see how "X" fits into that. It just doesn't make sense.

The "X" standing for everythign else, from what other railroads merged with make very good sense.

I feel that is the most resionable explination.

Cheers,
Adam

 

[gfisher]

As I recall, CSX was the name they gave the holding company into which they were merging all the other railroads, and it was originally meant to be a temporary name until they could come up with something better for the new system. Then they decided they liked it, one of the dumber corporate decisions in a long history of dumb corporate decisions...almost as bad as changing Burlington Northern Santa Fe into BNSF Corp. They both sound like one of these giant faceless banks we have these days, with no sense of history at all.

There was an article in Trains magazine not too long ago calling on them both to rename themselves something more appropriate.

 

[sethmcs]

As I recall, CSX was the name they gave the holding company into which they were merging all the other railroads, and it was originally meant to be a temporary name until they could come up with something better for the new system. Then they decided they liked it, one of the dumber corporate decisions in a long history of dumb corporate decisions...almost as bad as changing Burlington Northern Santa Fe into BNSF Corp. They both sound like one of these giant faceless banks we have these days, with no sense of history at all.

There was an article in Trains magazine not too long ago calling on them both to rename themselves something more appropriate.

How about "Chessie Seaboard System"? What do you think?

 

[bernhart_lossiemouth]

Or Chessie Seaboard Intelligence Miami.

Bernie

 

[TrainMan12]

CSX is a joke anyways.