Beyond Our Rails: CSX and Its Communities

Our obligation to the communities we serve and intersect is much greater than simply connecting people, products and places. We are committed to making life safer, greener, healthier and more rewarding for the cities, towns and neighborhoods throughout our 21,000 miles of track.

BEYOND OUR RAILS

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Building a Field of Dreams for a Neighborhood in Need
For Chris Battaglia, principal of Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove in Baltimore, Maryland, a new athletic facility under construction is an urban field of dreams, a safe, clean gathering space for students and families in a neighborhood plagued by crime and lacking some of the basics.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CSX Promotes Safety Near Railroad Tracks Through ‘Rail Safety Week’
Safety is CSX’s highest priority, and this week the railroad is partnering with the non-profit Operation Lifesaver, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), other freight railroads, Amtrak, commuter rail-service providers, customers and law enforcement agencies across its 23-state network to raise awareness about how to be safe around railroad tracks.

Education

Playing It Safe This Summer: Spotlight on Rail Safety
Safety is and has always been a priority for CSX, guiding every aspect of the company’s operations. CSX works tirelessly to prevent rail-related injuries and accidents at all levels through educational programs and initiatives to help protect employees, the public, and the communities in which we operate.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Conservation Fund Announces Nine Recipients of Healthy Foods Grants in North Carolina
The Conservation Fund today announced the grant recipients for the On Track with Healthy Foods grants program, sponsored by CSX. Nine community- and faith-based groups will receive grants to increase access to healthy foods in vulnerable and underserved communities in the Twin Counties.

Environment

CSX and the Arbor Day Foundation Work Together to Plant the Future

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CSX Partner Spotlight: Operation Lifesaver
Safety has always been CSX’s top priority – and the company’s partnership with Operation Lifesaver is critical to tackling this important issue head-on by promoting public safety around the tracks.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CSX and Action for Healthy Kids Launch Applications for School Grants for Healthy Kids
In 2013, CSX joined forces with Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK), a nationwide nonprofit mobilizing school professionals, families and communities to take steps towards sound nutrition and physical activity. Since then, CSX has helped more than 1,300 schools across the country implement health and wellness initiatives that get students – and teachers and parents – moving outdoors and indoors and eating healthfully.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women at CSX Talk Logistics Careers this Women’s History Month

Social Impact & Volunteering

CSX Employees Volunteer at Baltimore School
As the final stop on the company’s 2016 tour of volunteer events across its network, CSX hosted a day of service at Windsor Hills Elementary School in Baltimore, Md. More than 130 volunteers from CSX, Windsor Hills, and nonprofit organizations City Year and Action for Healthy Kids joined together to improve the school.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CSX Employees Give Back “Beyond Our Rails” at Service Day in Parkersburg, W.Va.
Furthering CSX’s commitment to actively support the communities served by the company, employee volunteers were joined by national service partners City Year, Action for Healthy Kids and Arbor Day Foundation to spend Saturday morning volunteering on school improvement projects at Emerson Elementary School.

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