CSX Transportation calendars
Scope and Contents note
CSX Transportation Calendars includes seven calendars dating from 1987 to 1993.
Dates
- Creation: 1987-1993
Conditions Governing Access
No Interlibrary Loan.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for use in the Dougherty Reading Room. An appointment for research is recommended. The Dougherty Reading Room is located on the 4th floor of Belk Library in Special Collections.
Biographical/Historical note
CSX Corporation is the parent company of a number of subsidiaries that provide freight transportation services. CSX Corporation was incorporated after a merger between Seaboard Coast Line Industries Inc. of Jacksonville, FL and Chessie System Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio. CSX corporation's headquarters is Richmond, Virginia, which has the historic association with both Chessie and Seaboard. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, part of the Chessie System Railroads, traced its corporate ancestry to the Louisa Railroad Company which was chartered in Richmond in 1836, and the C and O railway had its headquarters in that city for many years.
Formed in 1980, CSX Transportation operates the eastern United States' largest rail network and is the main business unit of CSX Corporation. CSXT provides rail freight transportation consists of more than 23,000 route miles in 23 states, the District of Columbia and two Canadian provinces. CSXT headquarters are in Jacksonville, Fla.
For more information, please see the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collections' Brief history of several rail companies active in Appalachia.
Extent
3.25 Linear Feet (1 oversize folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
CSX Transportation Calendars includes seven 22" x 34" calendars dating from 1987 to 1993. This collection provides insight into the merchandising practices of the CSX Transportation Railway.
Arrangement
This collection was arranged chronologically.
Missing Title
- CSX Transportation (Firm)
- Railroad
- Calendar
Acquisitions Information
The W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection purchased this collection from Bookworm and Silverfish on 11 July 2005. The accession number is AC.2005.026. The collection was opened on 2005.
Bibliography
- Paul D. SchneiderAppalachian conquest [videorecording], Trains Magazine
Processing Information
Processed by Kathryn Staley, July 2005; Encoded by Kathryn Staley, July 2005.
- Title
- AC.244: CSX Transportation Calendars, 1987 - 1993
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Kathryn Staley; machine-readable finding aid created by: Kathryn Staley
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository
