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Which two companies merged to form CSX Corporation in 1980?

  • Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries

  • Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

  • Union Pacific and Southern Pacific

  • Norfolk Southern and Conrail

Answer

CSX Corporation was formed in 1980 from the merger of Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries, two holding companies that controlled several railroads operating in the Eastern United States.
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