State of the Railroad

IC&E

Update: 12/23/2008 1200

· Our holiday shutdown will start to occur at most terminals about 1200 Wednesday, December 24^th, with operations resuming about 0600 Friday, December 26^th. There will be some minor exceptions to these times based on individual customer needs in some areas. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday.

12/22/2008 0900

· Severe winter weather has interfered with most train operations, both road and local service. We expect to have most operations back to scheduled plan early tomorrow, however some snow clearing operations will still be operated through Tuesday, especially on the corn lines.