replaces seaboard system railroad
The Norfolk ___MASK95___ is a Class I railroad in the United States ; began in 1982 and 1990 . With headquarters in Norfolk , Virginia , the company operates 36 , 200 route miles in 22 eastern states , the District of Columbia , and has rights in Canada from Buffalo to Toronto and over the Albany to Montreal route . NS is responsible for maintaining 29 , 000 miles , with the remainder being operated under trackage rights from other parties responsible for maintenance . The common commodity hauled on the railroad is coal from mines in Indiana , Kentucky , Pennsylvania , Tennessee , Virginia , and West Virginia . The railroad also offers the largest intermodal network in eastern North America . Quebec ( pronounced or ) is the second - most populous ___MASK64___ and the only one to have a predominantly French - speaking population , with French as the sole provincial official language . Ontario , one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada , is located in east - central Canada . It is Canada ' s most populous province by a large margin , accounting for nearly 40 percent of all Canadians , and is the second - largest province in total area . Ontario is fourth - largest in total area when the territories of the ___MASK98___ and Nunavut are included . It is home to the nation ' s capital city , Ottawa , and the nation ' s most populous city , Toronto . The Seaboard System Railroad , Inc . ( reporting mark SBD ) was a short - lived former US Class I railroad that was created after the consolidation of the Family Lines System railroads ( notably the Louisville & Nashville , Seaboard Coast Line , and Clinchfield ) on December 29 , 1982 . Under the Family Lines era , the railroads shared common ownership but used different names when conducting business . On July 1 , 1986 , the Seaboard System renamed itself as the CSX Transportation and absorbed the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway on August 31 , 1987 which ended the CSX Corporation ' s shared ownership of the Seaboard System and Chessie System railroads . Chessie System , Inc . was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway ( C & O ), the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ( B & O ), the ___MASK35___ ( WM ), and several smaller carriers . It was incorporated in Virginia on February 26 , 1973 , and it acquired the C & O ( which controlled the other companies ) on June 15 . C & O had been popularly known as " Chessie System " since the 1930s . CSX Corporation is an American holding company focused on real estate and railways in North America , among other industries . The company was formed in 1980 by the merger of Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries and eventually merged the various railroads owned by those predecessors into a single line that became known as CSX Transportation . CSX Corporation currently has a number of subsidiaries beyond CSX Transportation , including Fruit Growers Express , CSX Technology , CSX de Mexico , and CSX Real Property among others . Based in Richmond , Virginia , USA after the merger , in 2003 the CSX Corporation headquarters moved to Jacksonville , Florida . The chairman and CEO since 2003 is Michael J . Ward , while Clarence Gooden serves as president . CSX Transportation is a Class I railroad in the United States . The main subsidiary of the CSX Corporation , the railroad is headquartered in Jacksonville , Florida , and owns about 21 , 000 route miles ( 34 , 000 km ). CSX operates one of the three Class I railroads serving most of the East Coast , the other two being the Norfolk ___MASK95___ ( NS ) and Canadian Pacific Railway . It also serves the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec . Together CSX and Norfolk ___MASK95___ have a duopoly over all east - west freight rail traffic east of the Mississippi River . As of October 1 , 2014 , CSX ' s total public stock value was slightly over $ 32 billion . The ___MASK35___ was an American Class I railroad ( 1852 - 1983 ) which operated in Maryland , West Virginia , and Pennsylvania . It was primarily a coal hauling and freight railroad , with a small passenger train operation . The WM became a property of the Chessie System holding company in 1973 , although it continued independent operations until May 1975 after which time many of its lines were abandoned in favor of parallel Baltimore and Ohio Railroad lines . In 1983 it was fully merged into the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad , which later was also merged with the former Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad into the Chessie System in 1987 , which is now renamed as CSX Transportation . Seaboard Coast Line Industries , Inc ., incorporated in Delaware on May 9 , 1969 , was a railroad holding company that owned the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad , its subsidiary ___MASK14___ , and several smaller carriers . Its railroad subsidiaries were collectively known as the Family Lines System . Its headquarters were in Jacksonville , Florida in the United States . Through 1979 , the Family Lines network totaled in 13 states . Richmond is the capital of ___MASK17___ of Virginia in the United States . It is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area ( MSA ) and the Greater Richmond Region . It was incorporated in 1742 , and has been an independent city since 1871 .