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The railroad's intermodal volume—goods packed in shipping containers and transported by combinations of trains, trucks and seagoing freighters—slumped 5.2% in the quarter, although it came in flat excluding the extra year-ago week.

CSX Posts Higher Profit, Sales Bob Sechler 2012

Activist investor Bill Ackman , who last month disclosed he held a 14.2% stake in Canadian Pacific, has pushed to install Mr. Harrison at the railroad's helm to succeed current CEO Fred Green .

Canadian National Railway Files Case Against Former CEO Ben Dummett 2012

Union Pacific Corp. Chief Financial Officer Rob Knight said Friday that disruptions from the historic Mississippi River flooding likely will reduce the railroad's May freight volume by about 1%, although he expressed confidence in the economic recovery overall.

Union Pacific CFO: Flooding to Trim Volume Bob Sechler 2011

The railroad's board, which backs Mr. Green, and Mr. Ackman have engaged in a heated exchange of public letters.

Canadian National Railway Files Case Against Former CEO Ben Dummett 2012

That train was late 10 times — an average of 13.2 minutes each time, making it one of the railroad's worst performers.

Slow Trains Coming From the 'Burbs Andrew Grossman 2010

Southern Pacific monopoly, climaxing in the Mussel Slough massacre of 1880 in which five farmers were killed when they resisted the railroad's attempts to evict them.

Frank Norris 2010

As installation technicians, they would earn $21.64 an hour, or close to $48,000 a year for the railroad's regular work schedule.

Help Wanted: In Unexpected Twist, Some Skilled Jobs Go Begging Ben Casselman 2011

CSX Corp. reported a 12% rise in third-quarter profit Tuesday as price increases outweighed the railroad's anemic volume growth amid the soft economy.

CSX's Profit Rises 12% Bob Sechler 2011

The strike came just west of a key choke point near Jamaica, through which all of the railroad's train lines pass except for one.

Lightning Strike Knocks Out LIRR's Signal System Lisa Fleisher 2011

Earlier Monday, CP Chairman John Cleghorn said in an open letter to shareholders that the railroad's board fully backs current Chief Executive Fred Green and the entire management team.

Ackman Prepares Canadian Pacific Proxy Fight Ben Dummett 2012