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CSX hopes to have people in place to handle anticipated volume growth in 2022, particularly in the second half of the year, according to executives speaking on CSX's fourth-quarter 2021 earnings call late Thursday. The eastern U.S. railroad said the lack of available employees due to COVID-19-induced absences stymied CSX's ability to fully market demand in the fourth quarter.
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