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Rail operator CSX tops profit estimates on cost-cutting boost

CSX easily topped Wall Street forecasts for first-quarter profit. The No. 3 U.S. railroad operator benefited from a cut-throat efficiency and cost-cutting drive The results sent its shares 5 percent higher on Tuesday. Jodi Gralnick | CNBC A shipping container is loaded onto a flatbed at the CSX Intermodal Terminal in North Baltimore, Ohio. CSX…

UPDATE 2-Rail operator CSX tops profit estimates on cost-cutting boost

(Adds background on turnaround plan, analyst and CEO quotes) April 17 (Reuters) - CSX Corp easily topped Wall Street forecasts for first-quarter profit as the No. 3 U.S. railroad operator benefited from a cut-throat efficiency and cost-cutting drive, sending its shares 5 percent higher on Tuesday. CSX has been cutting jobs and the number of…