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		[{"id":766,"link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/the-unexpected-ouster-of-csxs-transformative-ceo\/","name":"the-unexpected-ouster-of-csxs-transformative-ceo","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/create-a-highly-detailed-high-resolution-image-of-a-railway-scene-1-e1759712083454.png","alt":"The money changers at Ancora want to treat CSX like a cash cow!"},"title":"The Unexpected Ouster of CSX's Transformative CEO","author":{"name":"SEAtkinson","link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/author\/seatkinson\/"},"date":"Sep 30, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-30 04:48:15","modifiedDate":"2025-09-30 04:55:47","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-30 04:55:47","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/ancora-activist-investor-go-away\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ancora Activist Investor GO AWAY!<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/csx-shareholders\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSX Shareholders<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/ancora-activist-investor-go-away\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ancora Activist Investor GO AWAY!<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/csx-shareholders\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSX Shareholders<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/ancora\/' rel='post_tag'>Ancora<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/csx-corporation\/' rel='post_tag'>CSX Corporation<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/csx-joe\/' rel='post_tag'>CSX JOE<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/mergers\/' rel='post_tag'>mergers<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/onecsx\/' rel='post_tag'>OneCSX<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":4},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The sudden and unexpected sacking of CEO Joe Hinrichs follows an Ancora request to send Joe out because he did not to join the transcon madness.  CSX's Board of Directors ae a cowardly bunch who surrendered the good and great future Joe was building for CSX to an unknown person who just might snuggle up to Ancora."},{"id":730,"link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/bnsf-csx-partnership-how-the-future-moves\/","name":"bnsf-csx-partnership-how-the-future-moves","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BNSF_CSX_Int1.jpeg","alt":"BNSF and CSX: A partnership in serving America!"},"title":"BNSF-CSX Partnership - How the Future Moves.","author":{"name":"SEAtkinson","link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/author\/seatkinson\/"},"date":"Sep 29, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-29 18:56:21","modifiedDate":"2025-10-05 21:16:42","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-10-05 21:16:42","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/bnsf-csx-alliance\/\" rel=\"category tag\">BNSF - CSX alliance<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/bnsf-csx-alliance\/\" rel=\"category tag\">BNSF - CSX alliance<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/bnsf-csx\/' rel='post_tag'>BNSF-CSX<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/collaboration\/' rel='post_tag'>collaboration<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/consolidation\/' rel='post_tag'>consolidation<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/mergers\/' rel='post_tag'>mergers<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/railroads\/' rel='post_tag'>railroads<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/transcontinental\/' rel='post_tag'>transcontinental<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":27},"status":"publish","excerpt":"On August 22, 2025, BNSF and CSX announced a partnership that will provide seamless, efficient, coast to coast intermodal service.  It's an interesting partnership and collaboration that could be far better than that long and grinding road of merger and consolidation."},{"id":711,"link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/ancora-thinks-csx-shareholders-are-stupid\/","name":"ancora-thinks-csx-shareholders-are-stupid","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"Ancora thinks CSX shareholders are stupid?!","author":{"name":"SEAtkinson","link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/author\/seatkinson\/"},"date":"Sep 2, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-02 12:27:59","modifiedDate":"2025-09-02 12:29:30","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-02 12:29:30","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/csx-shareholders\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSX Shareholders<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/csx-shareholders\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSX Shareholders<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/history\/' rel='post_tag'>history<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/mergers\/' rel='post_tag'>mergers<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":20},"status":"publish","excerpt":""},{"id":705,"link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/friends-of-csx-statement-on-ancora\/","name":"friends-of-csx-statement-on-ancora","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_0320-1-scaled.jpg","alt":"March spring day at Willow Creek Diamond, Portage, IN."},"title":"Friends of CSX Statement on Ancora.","author":{"name":"SEAtkinson","link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/author\/seatkinson\/"},"date":"Aug 23, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-08-23 14:42:51","modifiedDate":"2025-08-23 14:51:56","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-08-23 14:51:56","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/ancora-activist-investor-go-away\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ancora Activist Investor GO AWAY!<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/webmasters-commentary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Webmaster's commentary<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/ancora-activist-investor-go-away\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ancora Activist Investor GO AWAY!<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/webmasters-commentary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Webmaster's commentary<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/ancora-pirates-and-fools\/' rel='post_tag'>Ancora pirates and fools<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/building-business\/' rel='post_tag'>Building business<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/csx-history\/' rel='post_tag'>CSX history<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/mergers\/' rel='post_tag'>mergers<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/tom-capital\/' rel='post_tag'>Tom Capital<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":20},"status":"publish","excerpt":"A gang of pirates from an \"activist investor\" called Ancora is now targeting CSX.  If you remember this bunch from Ancora and their childish antics against Norfolk Southern last year.  The involvement of this bunch of pirates and another called \"Tom Capital\" have apparently been drawn to the glitter and prestige of the transcontinental railroad dream.  Ancora is a known actor to this Author and we can expect childish antics. In the end, these \"big investors\" have NO idea what they are doing and just want a quick buck! They've lost already!"},{"id":547,"link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/november-1-1980-in-csx-history\/","name":"november-1-1980-in-csx-history","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PSX_20241022_092302.png","alt":""},"title":"CSX Merger History: Key Dates You Didn't Know","author":{"name":"SEAtkinson","link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/author\/seatkinson\/"},"date":"Apr 30, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-04-30 13:31:55","modifiedDate":"2025-05-05 01:34:44","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-05-05 01:34:44","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/csx-history-and-heritage\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSX history and heritage<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/csx-history-and-heritage\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSX history and heritage<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/chessie-seaboard-merger\/' rel='post_tag'>Chessie Seaboard Merger<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/csx\/' rel='post_tag'>CSX<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/csx-corporation\/' rel='post_tag'>CSX Corporation<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/csx-founding\/' rel='post_tag'>CSX founding<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/history\/' rel='post_tag'>history<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/mergers\/' rel='post_tag'>mergers<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":6,"sec":27},"status":"publish","excerpt":"November 1, 1980.  What you may know about this date in CSX history may be misleading and even wrong.  The slow merger manner of Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line into CSX Corporation took two years.  It didn't all happen on November 1, 1980!"},{"id":507,"link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/junk-science-for-the-closing-curtis-bay-piers\/","name":"junk-science-for-the-closing-curtis-bay-piers","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PSX_20240615_105209-1.png","alt":"Coal for Curtis Bay!"},"title":"Junk science for the closing Curtis Bay Piers","author":{"name":"SEAtkinson","link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/author\/seatkinson\/"},"date":"Mar 1, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-03-01 07:16:36","modifiedDate":"2025-03-30 16:20:04","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-03-30 16:20:04","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/csx-and-coal\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSX and Coal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/curtis-bay\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Curtis Bay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/webmasters-commentary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Webmaster's commentary<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/csx-and-coal\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSX and Coal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/curtis-bay\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Curtis Bay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/webmasters-commentary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Webmaster's commentary<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/coal\/' rel='post_tag'>Coal<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/coal-particles\/' rel='post_tag'>coal particles<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/coal-trains\/' rel='post_tag'>coal trains<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/community-health\/' rel='post_tag'>community health<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/csx\/' rel='post_tag'>CSX<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/curtis-bay-piers\/' rel='post_tag'>Curtis Bay Piers<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/diesel-particulate-matter\/' rel='post_tag'>diesel particulate matter<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/john-hopkins\/' rel='post_tag'>John Hopkins<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/junk-science\/' rel='post_tag'>Junk Science<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/national-security\/' rel='post_tag'>national security<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/south-baltimore\/' rel='post_tag'>South Baltimore<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":57},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Back in November (2024) those folks that want to close Curtis Bay Piers came out with a new \"student study,\"  given an air of credibility with the John Hopkins' U name. The only purpose of this study was to just find coal particles. The other particles they found be damned.  Why not care about all pollution sources in South Baltimore?  Will somebody responsible please speak up in South Baltimore?!"},{"id":473,"link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/curtis-bay-piers-and-its-national-security-role\/","name":"curtis-bay-piers-and-its-national-security-role","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DSCF0260-scaled.jpg","alt":"A sloe coal car sits at the N900 road crossing in Chesterton, Indiana on Feb. 14, 2025"},"title":"Curtis Bay Piers and its National Security Role","author":{"name":"SEAtkinson","link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/author\/seatkinson\/"},"date":"Feb 28, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-02-28 17:42:49","modifiedDate":"2025-02-28 17:48:35","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-02-28 17:48:35","commentCount":"1","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/csx-and-coal\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSX and Coal<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/csx-and-coal\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSX and Coal<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/baltimore-bridge-collapse\/' rel='post_tag'>Baltimore bridge collapse<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/coal-and-us-security\/' rel='post_tag'>Coal and US Security<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/coal-exports-and-national-security\/' rel='post_tag'>coal exports and national security<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/csx-coal\/' rel='post_tag'>CSX coal<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/csx-coal-trains\/' rel='post_tag'>CSX coal trains<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/csx-curtis-bay-piers\/' rel='post_tag'>CSX Curtis Bay Piers<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/developed-nations\/' rel='post_tag'>developed nations<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/energy-security\/' rel='post_tag'>energy security<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/european-energy-security\/' rel='post_tag'>European Energy Security<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":28},"status":"publish","excerpt":"CSX and its Curtis Bay Piers play an important role in the shipments of coal to our friends and allies seeking energy security. Coal also plays a part in the development of nations that are working on their economies.  As friends of CSX, we should understand both the importance of what coal means for national security and our energy near-future. You will gain a further appreciation of every CSX coal train after reading this post!"},{"id":271,"link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/what-is-the-meaning-of-one-csx-onecsx\/","name":"what-is-the-meaning-of-one-csx-onecsx","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/The-OneCSX-Team-e1753284287903.png","alt":"The OneCSX Team is pulling and pushing this train!"},"title":"What's the meaning of One CSX? OneCSX empowers CSX!","author":{"name":"SEAtkinson","link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/author\/seatkinson\/"},"date":"Dec 11, 2024","dateGMT":"2024-12-11 16:43:07","modifiedDate":"2024-12-17 16:56:58","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-12-17 16:56:58","commentCount":"1","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/onecsx\/\" rel=\"category tag\">OneCSX<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/onecsx\/\" rel=\"category tag\">OneCSX<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/csx-corporation\/' rel='post_tag'>CSX Corporation<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/csx-employee-relations\/' rel='post_tag'>CSX employee relations<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/employee-relations\/' rel='post_tag'>employee relations<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/onecsx\/' rel='post_tag'>OneCSX<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/railroad-crews\/' rel='post_tag'>railroad crews<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/railroaders\/' rel='post_tag'>railroaders<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/trains\/' rel='post_tag'>trains<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/unions\/' rel='post_tag'>unions<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":6,"sec":3},"status":"publish","excerpt":"OneCSX is a \"cultural journey\" of the entire CSX organization to one of inclusion and value of employees. From the headquarters in Jacksonville down to the people walking the ballasts, there is an excitement spreading over the OneCSX project. OneCSX is building a positive transformation toward ever increasing customer satisfaction and pushing CSX toward becoming the best railroad in the East.  Unity and loyalty in CSX is nothing new, but the OneCSX project is a deeper project of cultural transformation."},{"id":185,"link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/the-southern-pacific-and-the-seaboard-coast-line-failed-merger\/","name":"the-southern-pacific-and-the-seaboard-coast-line-failed-merger","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SCL_SP_merger1.png","alt":"The merger of Chessie and Seaboard also included Southern Pacific"},"title":"The Southern Pacific and the Seaboard Coast Line Failed Merger.","author":{"name":"SEAtkinson","link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/author\/seatkinson\/"},"date":"Nov 12, 2024","dateGMT":"2024-11-12 15:05:44","modifiedDate":"2024-12-18 14:19:43","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-12-18 14:19:43","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/csx-history-and-heritage\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSX history and heritage<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/csx-history-and-heritage\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSX history and heritage<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/chessie-system\/' rel='post_tag'>Chessie System<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/history\/' rel='post_tag'>history<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/seaboard-coast-line\/' rel='post_tag'>Seaboard Coast Line<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/southern-pacific\/' rel='post_tag'>Southern Pacific<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":6,"sec":19},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Southern Pacific was once a part of talks of merger with the Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line. When Southern Pacific became too greedy, Chessie walked away, but Seaboard had to struggle to leave Southern Pacific's hostile take over attempt. The merger of Seaboard to Southern Pacific would have been a merger of unequals. Once the Seaboard -Southern relationship was ended, Watkins and Chessie could work on the merger of equals with Seaboard."},{"id":176,"link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/csx-heritage-locomotives-they-are-beautiful-but-history-should-be-valued-more\/","name":"csx-heritage-locomotives-they-are-beautiful-but-history-should-be-valued-more","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PSX_20241014_091726-e1730597292184.jpg","alt":""},"title":"CSX Heritage Locomotives: They are beautiful, but History should be valued more.","author":{"name":"SEAtkinson","link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/author\/seatkinson\/"},"date":"Nov 2, 2024","dateGMT":"2024-11-02 23:16:35","modifiedDate":"2024-11-11 13:26:04","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-11-11 13:26:04","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/csx-history-and-heritage\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSX history and heritage<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/csx-history-and-heritage\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSX history and heritage<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":29},"status":"publish","excerpt":"CSX heritage locomotive paint jobs are a wonderful tribute to CSX railroad heritage! The CSX way of presenting it\u2019s railroad heritage through paint jobs on modern locomotives is one of uniqueness and a pride in the predecessor railroad. Seeing a heritage locomotive is nice, but knowledge of the real history and heritage is actually more desirable!"},{"id":62,"link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/history-is-heritage-csxs-is-rich-and-deep\/","name":"history-is-heritage-csxs-is-rich-and-deep","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-PSX_20241014_090413.jpg","alt":"Pere Marquette up front"},"title":"History is heritage: CSX's is rich and deep","author":{"name":"SEAtkinson","link":"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/author\/seatkinson\/"},"date":"Oct 11, 2024","dateGMT":"2024-10-11 16:37:45","modifiedDate":"2024-10-17 16:00:31","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-10-17 16:00:31","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/csx-history-and-heritage\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSX history and heritage<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/category\/csx-history-and-heritage\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSX history and heritage<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/chessie-system\/' rel='post_tag'>Chessie System<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/csx\/' rel='post_tag'>CSX<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/history\/' rel='post_tag'>history<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/mergers\/' rel='post_tag'>mergers<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/railroad\/' rel='post_tag'>railroad<\/a><a href='https:\/\/friendsofcsx.com\/tag\/seaboard-coast-line\/' rel='post_tag'>Seaboard Coast Line<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":42},"status":"publish","excerpt":""}]