Conrail Shared Assets Operations

Conrail Shared Assets Operations
Map
Map
Overview
HeadquartersMount Laurel, New Jersey, U.S.
Reporting markCRCX
Localethree separate networks, in the Detroit, Philadelphia, and Newark, New Jersey areas
Dates of operationJune 1, 1999–present
PredecessorConrail
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Other
Websitewww.conrail.com

Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CSAO) is the commonly used name for modern-day Conrail (reporting mark CRCX), an American railroad company. It operates three networks, the North Jersey, South Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit Shared Assets Areas,[1] where it serves as a contract local carrier and switching company for its owners, CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. When most of the former Conrail's track was split between these two railroads, the three shared assets areas (a total of about 1,200 miles of track) were kept separate to avoid giving one railroad an advantage in those areas. The company operates using its own employees and infrastructure but owns no equipment outside MOW equipment.

  1. ^ "System Map".