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CSX Corp. matched analysts’ profit estimates as the U.S. economic recovery boosted demand for consumer goods moved by rail while crude shipments kept growing amid the global rout in prices.

As shippers of everything from toys to tools enjoy as much as $24 billion in savings from lower diesel surcharges next year, trucking companies see an opening to raise freight rates at a pace not seen in about a decade.