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Average employeesQuarterly trend · 2025 Q1–2026 Q2
CSX quarterly average employees2025 Q1: 19,523 employees; 2025 Q2: 19,417 employees; 2025 Q3: 19,239 employees; 2025 Q4: 19,067 employees; 2026 Q1: 18,517 employees; 2026 Q2: 18,344 employees. Vertical scale does not start at zero.18,00019,00020,0002025 Q1: 19,523 employees2025 Q2: 19,417 employees2025 Q3: 19,239 employees2025 Q4: 19,067 employees2026 Q1: 18,517 employees2026 Q2: 18,344 employees2025 Q12026 Q2
Calculated from STB job-group totals · employees
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CSX Transportation indexed comparison of employees, operating revenue, and capital expendituresEach measure starts at 100 in 2025 Q1 and shows relative movement through 2026 Q2. Similar movement does not establish causation. Select a quarter to update the exact values and calculated changes below the chart.1002025 Q12025 Q22025 Q32025 Q42026 Q12026 Q2Average employees, 2025 Q1: 100.0 indexAverage employees, 2025 Q2: 99.5 indexAverage employees, 2025 Q3: 98.5 indexAverage employees, 2025 Q4: 97.7 indexAverage employees, 2026 Q1: 94.8 indexAverage employees, 2026 Q2: 94.0 indexOperating revenue, 2025 Q1: 100.0 indexOperating revenue, 2025 Q2: 104.4 indexOperating revenue, 2025 Q3: 105.2 indexOperating revenue, 2025 Q4: 102.9 indexOperating revenue, 2026 Q1: 102.0 indexOperating revenue, 2026 Q2: 115.5 indexCapital expenditures, 2025 Q1: 100.0 indexCapital expenditures, 2025 Q2: 78.3 indexCapital expenditures, 2025 Q3: 177.7 indexCapital expenditures, 2025 Q4: 160.1 indexCapital expenditures, 2026 Q1: 94.8 indexCapital expenditures, 2026 Q2: 82.7 index
Relative movement, not a comparison of scale or proof of causation. All three quarterly measures start at 100 in the same period. Source values are preserved below; the chart does not combine them into a score.

2026 Q2 · CSX

Percentage change from 2025 Q1, the starting quarter.

Average employees

18,344−6.0% vs. 2025 Q1

Quarterly average employees · Calculated total

Operating revenue

$3,602,994,984+15.5% vs. 2025 Q1

Quarter-only · U.S. dollars · Calculated total

Capital expenditures

$427,217,887−17.3% vs. 2025 Q1

Quarter-only · U.S. dollars · Calculated total

Totals, percentage changes, and indices are RailStats.org calculations from official STB filings. Average employees sum the occupational groups; revenue sums reported revenue components; capital expenditures combine road and equipment spending.

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Weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual measures retain their own reporting periods. Gaps and conflicting values are explained; a shared chart does not establish that reporting methods are equivalent or that one measure causes another.

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Weekly CP and KCS histories remain separate from combined CPKC. Coverage and comparison eligibility vary by railroad and measure; each explorer explains its limits.

Latest source quarter
2026 Q2
Monthly employment through
August 2026
Weekly railroad service through
September 5–11, 2026
Chicago Gateway history
Weeks from March 19–25, 2017, where available