November 1, 1980. What you may know about this date in CSX history may be misleading and even wrong. The slow merger manner of Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line into CSX Corporation took two years. It didn’t all happen on November 1, 1980!
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History is heritage: CSX’s is rich and deep
That sucky “railroad” known as CSX has a great history!The “railroad” known as CSX is described as the “least popular” among “railfans.” The “problem with CSX,” especially to young railfans, is the name (“it sucks,” and is “stupid”). The CSX practice of how it paints its “heritage” locomotives also is needlessly controversial. These notions of…