CSX Adds 21 Rail Served Properties Across 10 States to CSX Select Site Program
CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) added 21 rail-served properties across 10 states to its CSX Select Site program on March 16, 2026, awarding gold, silver, or bronze ratings after evaluating site readiness factors.
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CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) added 21 rail-served properties across 10 states to its CSX Select Site program on March 16, 2026, awarding gold, silver, or bronze ratings after evaluating site readiness factors. Only 6% of CSX's 1,110+ sites hold Select Site designation. The program connects expanding manufacturers with rail-served locations; Owens Corning announced a major investment at a Silver site in Prattville, Alabama, expected to create 100 skilled manufacturing jobs.
Positive
- 21 CSX Select Sites added across 10 states
- Select Sites are just 6% of 1,110+ served sites
- Owens Corning investment to create 100 skilled jobs
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News Market Reaction – CSX
On Mar 16, the day this news came out, CSX closed 1.22% above the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Mar 16 session.
Key Figures
- New Select Sites
- 21 sites
- Latest additions to CSX Select Site program
- States Covered
- 10 states
- Geographic spread of newly designated sites
- Communities Involved
- More than 30 communities
- Communities CSX worked with to identify candidates
- Rail-Served Sites
- More than 1,110 sites
- Total CSX-served sites referenced in article
- Select Site Share
- 6%
- Portion of CSX-served sites designated as Select Sites
- Jobs Created
- 100 skilled manufacturing jobs
- Owens Corning investment at South Industrial Park, Prattville, Alabama
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CSX Corporation (NASDAQ: CSX) today announced its latest group of high-ranking properties to receive CSX Select Site designation under the industrial development program. Twenty-one sites across 10 states have earned a gold, silver, or bronze rating based on an evaluation of a wide range of site characteristics.
CSX worked with more than 30 communities to gather information and identify top candidates for the CSX Select Site program, which connects expanding companies with highly desirable rail-served properties. Of the more than 1,110 sites served by CSX, only six percent are designated as a CSX Select Site.
“Each CSX Select Site highlights the power of preparation and partnership,” said Kellen Riley, CSX Senior Director of Industrial Development. “These sites give manufacturers confidence to move forward while helping communities translate readiness into real economic growth and job creation.”
Demonstrating the continued success of the CSX Select Site program, Owens Corning announced a major investment at South Industrial Park—a Silver CSX Select Site—in Prattville, Alabama, since the last round of candidate site designations in 2025. The project will create 100 skilled manufacturing jobs and strengthen Prattville’s local economy while further expanding CSX’s industrial footprint across the region.
The newly added CSX Select Sites include:
Gold Level
- I-80 Logistics Park – Minooka, Illinois
Silver Level
- Fort Meade Rail Ready Industrial – Fort Meade, Florida
- First Florida Tradeport – Wildwood, Florida
- Wiley Connell Site One – Crawfordsville, Indiana
- Enterprise Industrial Park – Defiance, Ohio
- Franklin Logistics & Development – Letterkenny 29 – Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
- Hwy 321 Greenfield Rail Site – Gaston, South Carolina
- Southbound Road Greenfield Rail Site – Gaston, South Carolina
- Stonecrest Farm Rail Site – Greenwood, South Carolina
- Gibbs Rail Site – Sumter, South Carolina
- Enterprise Center at VA Port Logistics Park – Suffolk, Virginia
Bronze Level
- Pioneer Park – Dade City, Florida
- Georgia Breakbulk Logistics Park – Brunswick, Georgia
- Kingsbury Industrial Complex – La Porte, Indiana
- Washington CSX Industrial Rail Site – Washington, Indiana
- Massachusetts Life Sciences Logistic Park and Transloading Facility – Bellingham, Massachusetts
- CSX-Owned East Brookfield, MA Site – East Brookfield, Massachusetts
- Mshiké Industrial Complex – Holland, Michigan
- Kileville Site – Dublin, Ohio
- Dan Rogers Site – Dillon, South Carolina
- Willoughby Site – Marion, South Carolina
About CSX
CSX, based in Jacksonville, Florida, is a premier transportation company. It provides rail, intermodal and rail-to-truck transload services and solutions to customers across a broad array of markets, including energy, industrial, construction, agricultural and consumer products. For nearly 200 years, CSX has played a critical role in the nation’s economic expansion and industrial development. Its network connects every major metropolitan area in the eastern United States, where nearly two-thirds of the nation’s population resides. It also links more than 240 short-line railroads and more than 70 ocean, river and lake ports with major population centers and farming towns alike. More information about CSX Corporation and its subsidiaries is available at www.csx.com. Like us on Facebook (http://facebook.com/OfficialCSX) and follow us on X, formerly known as Twitter (http://twitter.com/CSX).
Contact:
Matthew Korn, CFA, Investor Relations
904-366-4515
Austin Staton, Corporate Communications
855-955-6397
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