Here is a look at CSX in 2010. Tonnage, routes, trackage. From the well regarded publication "Railroad Maps" by Kalmbach Publishing. Available at B&N or BAM.
As you can see Jacksonville is a key hub in their route plan. If you preuse the issue on the newsstand, you will see that deregulation of the railroads was great for Jacksonville, but lousy for Philly and Norfolk.
(http://cs.trains.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-07-48/2860.Map5.jpg)
Cool map. What's being shipped between Chicago and Buffalo?
Quote from: thelakelander on August 19, 2013, 10:17:24 PM
Cool map. What's being shipped between Chicago and Buffalo?
Ock could probably answer better than me:
East
- Powder River Coal
- Chinese imports via BNSF/UP
- Oil
- Fruit/Perishables
- Auto Racks
West:
- Auto Parts
- Auto Racks
- European Imports via NY/NJ
- Finished and unfinished steel products