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CSX President and Chief Executive Officer James Foote has been added to the speakers lineup for the RailTrends 2018 conference in New York City.
Foote was named CEO of CSX in December 2017. He has over 40 years of diverse railroad industry experience in operations, marketing and finance.
Prior to his appointment to the top executive post at CSX, Foote aligned CSX's operations and sales and marketing departments to advance the scheduled railroading transformation begun by the late E. Hunter Harrison.
Before joining CSX, Foote was president and CEO of Bright Rail Energy, a technology company that develops and sells products that allow railroads to switch locomotives to natural gas power.
Foote began his railroad career at the age of 18 in the mechanical department on the Soo Line Railroad in Wisconsin, repairing locomotives and performing a variety of operations jobs.
To learn more about Foote's history, read his bio on the RailTrends website.
And for more information about the RailTrends 2018 agenda, check out this column by Progressive Railroading Editor Pat Foran.
RailTrends 2018 will be held Nov. 29-30 at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City. RailTrends is presented by Progressive Railroading.
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