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Will seas rise enough to affect ports and intermodal? DOD and CSX planning for the future

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, December 19, 2016 5:37 PM

BaltACD

Signed - a Dispatcher that retired TODAY with 51.5 years with CSX and its predecessors.

 

Congrats! I have about 15 more years left 'till retirement. Are you still doing the race car gig?

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Posted by Norm48327 on Monday, December 19, 2016 5:37 PM

Congratulations Balt. Thumbs Up

Don't forget that your second home is right here.

Norm


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Posted by NorthWest on Monday, December 19, 2016 5:15 PM

Congrats Balt on your retirement!

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Posted by Randy Stahl on Monday, December 19, 2016 5:11 PM

Sincerest best wishes and congrats on your retirement !!!!!

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Posted by BaltACD on Monday, December 19, 2016 5:08 PM

CSX decentralized its Dispatching Center in Jacksonville in 2008.  Jacksonville Division disptaching is still done from the K C Dufford Dispatch Center in Jacksonville.  CSX Dispatching officers are in Jacksonville, Atlanta, Florence, Baltimore, Selkirk, Indianapolis, Nashville, Cincinnati and Chicago.

Climate change was not a factor in the decision.

Signed - a Dispatcher that retired TODAY with 51.5 years with CSX and its predecessors.

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Posted by n012944 on Monday, December 19, 2016 4:49 PM

Brian Schmidt

Can you cite a reliable source that CSX has closed its Jacksonville dispatching center?

 

No, he will not be able to.

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Monday, December 19, 2016 4:28 PM

Can you cite a reliable source that CSX has closed its Jacksonville dispatching center?

Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine

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Will seas rise enough to affect ports and intermodal? DOD and CSX planning for the future
Posted by CandOforprogress2 on Monday, December 19, 2016 12:31 PM

i hear anything from a couple of centimeters to a couple of feet...How will this affect ports like Norfolk VA aka Hamton Roads or the Port of NY/NJ. I beleive that global warming if true would help inland ports like Montreal and the Great Lakes. Its sad to see that Chicago Ship Traffic is a fraction of what it used to be maybe it will come back. BTW CSX moved its dispatch center inland to Selkirk NY from Jax FL. and NS has moved its dispatch center inland as well. Northern Ports like CN Prince Rupert in Canada could become big metro centers someday. see also-

http://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/612710

http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2016/06/republicans-trying-to-stop-pentagon-climate-plan-000149

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