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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) |  |  |  | 1 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Mar. 24, 2023 defendant | Mar. 02, 2023 mi | Jun. 01, 2021 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2018 defendant | Mar. 31, 2016 party mi | May 31, 2007 entity claim | Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) mi | Mar. 02, 2022 party
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Casualty and catastrophic property deductible |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 100,000,000 |
Casualty and non catastrophic property deductible |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 75,000,000 |
Environmental |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of miles subject to remediation | mi |  |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |
Number of upper miles under study | mi |  | 9 |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of parties participating in allocation process under study | party |  |  |  |  | 80 |  |  |
Number of parties liable | party |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8
Number of parties | defendant | 37 |  |  | 110 |  |  |  |
Pending Litigation | Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Class action lawsuits filed against U.S.-based Class I railroads, excluding CSXT (number of entities) | entity |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |
Number of consolidated class action lawsuits | claim |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |
Pending Litigation | Environmental |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of miles pertaining to Passaic River tidal reach required to be studied by EPA | mi |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17 |
Minimum | Pending Litigation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Possible loss for certain legal proceedings |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 3,000,000 |
Maximum | Pending Litigation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Possible loss for certain legal proceedings |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16,000,000 |
Total Casualty |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Self-insured retention amount, per occurrence (up to) |  |  | $ 100,000,000 |  |  |  | $ 100,000,000 |

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