Videos

Trees for Tracks: Intro Video

This video introduces Trees for Tracks to visitors unfamiliar to the program.

How to Plant a Tree in a Yard Setting

In this video, Mindy Maslin of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society demonstrates how to plant a container-grown tree.

Intermodal: Understanding Green Shipping

Ever wonder where the things we buy come from… and how they get to our homes?

Trees for Tracks Service Day at the Legacy Trail

11/5/2011 at 8:00am EDT in Lexington, KY —

Legacy Trail is a 12-mile multi-use trail beginning in the east end of downtown Lexington and running to the Kentucky Horse Park. On Saturday, November 5, 2011, volunteers from CSX, Lexmark and the community planted trees in an 11-acre open field adjacent to the trail.

Trains by the Numbers

Discover the surprising facts about rail transportation and the environment.

Trees for Tracks Service Day in Worcester

6/11/2011 at 8:30am EDT in Worcester, MA —

June's planting in Worcester marked the third time the “Trees for Tracks” program has come to the city to help reverse some of the damage caused by an invasive insect. This June’s planting in Dodge Park included Fir, Beech, Dogwood, Gingko, Spruce, Larch, and Locust species.

Trees for Tracks Service Day in Philadelphia

5/21/2011 at 9:00am EDT in Philadelphia, PA —

The “Trees for Tracks” program teamed up with 60+ volunteers from PHS Tree Tenders, City Year, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and the Alliance for Community Trees to plant a variety of trees at the Daniel Boyle Memorial Recreation Center.

CSX-City Year Service Day & Earth Day Celebration at the Bladensburg Waterfront Park

4/9/2011 at 8:30am EDT in Bladensburg, MD —

With the help of City Year and the Anacostia Watershed Society, CSX celebrated Earth Day by helping clean up the Anacostia River and an adjacent waterfront park.

Trees for Tracks Service Day in North Charleston, SC

2/26/2011 at 8:30am EST —

Partnering with City Year and the Alliance for Community Trees, CSX organized 30 employee and community volunteers to plant 50 trees along East Montague Avenue near the Ferndale Community Center.

The Railroad Osprey

Tampa Bay, FL —

Volunteers work to safely move an osprey nest from a railroad crossing signal to a new nest tower.

Trees for Tracks Service Day in Nashville

9/18/2010 at 8:30am CDT in Nashville, TN —

Volunteers planted trees in the Radnor Glen parcel of Nashville's Radnor Lake State Natural Area.

Trees for Tracks Service Day in Jacksonville

6/3/2010 at 1:00pm EDT in Jacksonville, FL —

In partnership with Greenscape of Jacksonville, volunteers planted 75 trees at the Henry J. Klutho Park.

Trees for Tracks Service Day in Worcester

5/1/2010 at 9:30am EDT in Worcester, MA —

CSX returned to Worcester to plant 101 trees in an area once known for its tree-lined streets that have been severely thinned by the Asian longhorned beetle.