The National Gateway Preparing for Tomorrow September 2009

1. The National Gateway Preparing for TomorrowSeptember 2009 1

2. CSX alone includes: 34,000 employees 21,000 route miles 1,200+ trains/day 5 million+ carloads 4,500+ locomotives 120,000+ freight cars Serves 70 ocean, lake and river ports Spends nearly 18% of revenue each year just to maintain current infrastructure . Newport News . Wilmington . . Charleston . . Savannah . . Mobile Brunswick Pascagoula Gulfport . Port Manatee CSX connects the nation and the globe

3. Transportation demand is on the rise and congestion is getting worse CSX Territory Today Today 2020 Source: USDOT FHWA Freight Analysis Framework

4. CSX is working to meet these challenges • Increased need for supply chain flexibility • Shifting global supply chains • Globalization, Panama Canal expansion favor diversification to East Coast ports • Intermodal freight transport increasingly critical to meeting nation’s transportation needs • Combined efficiency of freight rail and flexibility of highway transportation

5. Boston Chicago New York Baltimore St. Louis Hampton Roads Memphis Wilmington National Gateway Project New Orleans Florida Current and Planned Double Stack Routes National Gateway: Critical to meeting future freight demands • Freight growth is coming • Double stack route with new intermodal facilities • cuts 24-48 hours of wait time for freight moving through Chicago • reduces logistics costs • helps manage freight movement • creates more shipping options • More freight per train • increases efficiency • reduces rail and highway congestion • lessens emissions and saves fuel Pittsburgh NW Ohio Transfer Yard Chambersburg BWI Columbus Charlotte

6. Federal = $258 Million State = $191 Million CSX = $393 Million Total = $842 Million National Gateway costs and funding $12 in public benefits for every $1 of public funds invested

7. National Gateway provides solutions to our nation’s challenges, over $6 billion in public benefits • Stimulates the economy • Over 30 years, creates more than 50,000 jobs, including more than 25,000 jobs in 14 economically distressed areas • Positions U.S. to compete in a global economy • The National Gateway improves the efficiency of our transportation network and provides over $3.5 billion in shipper and logistics cost savings • Triples the market access potential for the Ports of Baltimore, Hampton Roads and Wilmington • Reduces transit times between West Coast ports and major population centers by 24 to 48 hours 2009 TIGER Application

8. The National Gateway reduces costs for road maintenance, improves safety and reduces congestion • The National Gateway reduces highway maintenance costs, congestion and improves safety • replaces older bridges • reduces truck miles traveled by more than 14.3 billion miles • saves nearly $700 million in highway maintenance costs • provides more than $900 million in safety savings • requires no additional public funding for ongoing maintenance of rail infrastructure Cambridge Systematics (2009) – all figures over 10 year period.

9. The National Gateway reduces greenhouse gas emissions and helps improve air quality • Saves nearly 2 billion gallons of fuel • Eliminates over 20 million tons of carbon emissions • Reduces 7,000 tons of nitrogen oxides • Reduces 1,000 tons of particulate matter *Cambridge Systematics (2009) – all figures over 10 year period.

10. Support for the National Gateway is widespread 10

11. It’s a bargain • It’s proven • It’s green • It creates jobs

12. Conclusions • To continue to prosper, America needs a robust and efficient transportation system • Failure to meet our future transportation needs will limit American competitiveness and job creation • Today’s realities—the economy and job creation, increasing congestion, concerns about global warming and dependence on foreign oil--make rail investments smart public policy • Through greater use of public-private partnerships, freight rail can deliver