HUNTINGTON, W.Va. CSX Chief Operating Officer Cindy Sanborn is expected to make an announcement at the railroads Huntington Division offices Tuesday, Dec. 8 to discuss the realignment of its coal-dominant Huntington Division.
Sources close to the railroad tell Trains News Wire that the announcements may affect job positions in management, train dispatching, and clerk positions. The Huntington Division covers from southern Tennessee to central Ohio and all the way to coastal Virginia, including all coal-dominant branch lines in eastern Kentucky and West Virginia.
More than 100 people are employed in various positions at the Huntington Division, including top division management, a regional vice president, directors and supervisors of train operations, more than 65 train dispatchers, 20 yardmasters, among others.
The division, subdivided as the Huntington West and Huntington East divisions cover more than 45 subdivisions from Etowah, Tenn., to Cincinnati, Ohio, and all 650 miles east to Newport News, Va., on the entire length of the original Chesapeake & Ohio mainline. The division also manages the entire 275-mile length of the former Clinchfield Railroad mainline to Spartanburg, S.C., a route that was drastically downsized in October. Coal branches from eastern Kentucky to southern West Virginia are also included in the division and account for an additional 200 miles of railroad.
A CSX representative contacted by News Wire says the company does not have announcement as of Monday afternoon.
"CSX constantly evaluates its resources to match its workforce and network with business demand in order to keep the company strong and competitive while delivering reliable, safe service for our customers," says railroad spokeswoman Melanie Cost.
