CSX Adds 21 Rail-Served Sites Across 10 States to Select Site Program
CSX designated 21 rail-served properties in 10 states as CSX Select Sites—one gold, ten silver and ten bronze—out of over 1,110 evaluated, equivalent to 6% of its network. The program has already drawn an Owens Corning investment creating 100 manufacturing jobs at a Prattville, Alabama silver-level site.
1. Program Expansion
CSX has added 21 rail-served properties across 10 states to its Select Site program, which evaluates site infrastructure, connectivity and community readiness. With more than 1,110 sites served by CSX and only 6% earning designation, the latest additions bolster the program’s industrial footprint.
2. Site Rating Breakdown
Of the 21 new designations, one is gold-level at I-80 Logistics Park in Minooka, Illinois; ten are silver-level in Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia; and ten are bronze-level across Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio and South Carolina.
3. Economic Impact Example
Since the previous round, Owens Corning committed a major investment at the Silver Select Site in Prattville, Alabama’s South Industrial Park, creating 100 skilled manufacturing jobs and reinforcing the program’s role in driving local economic growth.
4. Geographic Distribution
New Select Sites cluster in key logistics hubs such as Florida tradeports, Midwestern agricultural regions and Southeastern manufacturing corridors, enhancing CSX’s connectivity to ports, short-line railroads and major metropolitan markets.