Joe Hinrichs, former president of global operations for Ford Motor Company, has been named chief executive of CSX.  In this Sept. 27, 2018, photo, Hinrichs speaks during the Rouge 100 celebration of 100 years of production at the Ford Rouge plant in Dearborn.

Joe Hinrichs named CEO of CSX Railroad as rail strike negotiations wrap up

Joe Hinrichs, a former Ford Motor Co. executive, will take the helm Sept. 26 as chief executive of CSX, the third-largest railroad in the United States with 23,000 miles of track that hauls everything from automobiles to construction, agriculture, consumption and energy products. Hinrichs, reached by the Free Press on Thursday hours after the announcement, …

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