Editing CSX Transportation (section)

=== Early years ===
[[File:CSXJAX15.JPG|thumb|right|[[CSX Transportation Building]] in [[Jacksonville, Florida]]]]

[[File:Csx corp logo.svg|thumb|right|Original logo for the [[CSX Corporation]], emphasizing the "multiplication symbol" X]]
One of the first issues the new railroad grappled with was the choice of name. Chessie and SCLI leadership agreed that, as a merger of equals, neither of the existing names could be used. A call for suggestions went out to employees of both railroads, who responded with a wide variety of initialisms combining C and S in some form. At the same time, the two companies' lawyers needed a name to use as part of their proceedings with the ICC.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Dolinger |first=Milt |date=October 23, 2023 |title=CSX: How this railroad got its name |url=https://www.trains.com/trn/railroads/history/csx-how-this-railroad-got-its-name/ |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]]}}</ref> "CSC" was chosen but belonged to a trucking company in [[Virginia]]. "CSM" (for "Chessie-Seaboard Merger") was also taken. Needing some sort of identifier for the new railroad, the lawyers decided to use "CSX", and the name stuck, despite only being intended as a placeholder.<ref name=":0" /> In the public announcement, it was said that "CSX is singularly appropriate. C can stand for Chessie, S for Seaboard and X, the multiplication symbol, means that together we are so much more."<ref name=":0" /> However, an August 9, 2016, article on the ''Railway Age'' website stated that " ... the 'X' was for 'Consolidated' ".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Vantuono, William |date=2016-09-28 |title=So what does the "X" in "CSX" really mean? |url=http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/blogs/william-vantuono/so-what-does-the-x%E2%80%9D-in-csx%E2%80%9D-really-mean.html?channel=00 |url-status=dead |journal=Railway Age |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903155248/http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/blogs/william-vantuono/so-what-does-the-x%E2%80%9D-in-csx%E2%80%9D-really-mean.html?channel=00 |archive-date=2016-09-03 |access-date=2016-09-28}}</ref> A fourth letter had to be added to CSX when used as a [[reporting mark]] because reporting marks that end in X mean that the car is owned by a leasing company or private car owner.{{Sfn|Solomon|2005|p=69}} Chessie's public relations staff drafted a number of possible logos for the new railroad, but continued to strike out until it was suggested to combine the letters "C" and "S" in the shape of an X.<ref name=":0" />

Despite the merger in 1980, CSX was a [[paper railroad]] (meaning no CSX painted locomotives or rolling stock) until 1986. In that year, Seaboard System changed its name to CSX Transportation. On April 30, 1987, the B&O merged into the C&O. With the Western Maryland having already merged into the C&O, this left the C&O as the sole operating railroad under the Chessie System banner. Finally, on August 31, 1987, C&O/Chessie System merged into CSX Transportation, bringing all of the major CSX railroads under one banner.