Railroad operator CSX Corp (CSX) will raise its quarterly dividend by 16.7 percent to $0.14 per share in 2012. This comes after a 38.4 percent dividend hike by the company last year.

CSX Corporation is a transportation company. It provides rail, intermodal and rail-to-truck transload services and solutions to customers across markets, including energy, industrial, construction, agricultural, and consumer products. CSX’s principal operating subsidiary, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), operates the company's approximately 20,500 route mile rail network, serving states east of the Mississippi River, the District of Columbia and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The company’s intermodal business links customers to railroads via trucks and terminals. CSXT also serves thousands of production and distribution facilities through track connections with other Class I railroads and short-line and regional railroads.