Weekly US Rail Traffic for the Week Ending September 28, 2024

Total carloads for the week ending September 28 were 227 046 carloads, down 3.5% compared with the same week in 2023, while US weekly intermodal volume was 280 491 containers and trailers, up 6.2% compared to 2023.

Four of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2023. They included grain, up 2435 carloads, to 20 941; motor vehicles and parts, up 732 carloads, to 16 705; and petroleum and petroleum products, up 617 carloads, to 10 782. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2023 included coal, down 6955 carloads, to 60 885; nonmetallic minerals, down 3168 carloads, to 30 583; and metallic ores and metals, down 1863 carloads, to 21 213.

For the first 39 weeks of 2024, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 8 472 040 carloads, down 3.3% from the same point last year; and 10 211 605 intermodal units, up 9.5% from last year. Total combined US traffic for the first 39 weeks of 2024 was 18 683 645 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 3.3% compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending September 28, 2024, on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 338 087 carloads, down 3.6% compared with the same week last year, and 362 754 intermodal units, up 4.2% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 700,841 carloads and intermodal units, up 0.3%. North American rail volume for the first 39 weeks of 2024 was 25 999 318 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.5% compared with 2023.

Canadian railroads reported 96 658 carloads for the week, down 1.6%, and 70 390 intermodal units, down 0.3% compared with the same week in 2023. For the first 39 weeks of 2024, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 6 183 042 carloads, containers and trailers, up 0.1%.

Mexican railroads reported 14 383 carloads for the week, down 17.0% compared with the same week last year, and 11 873 intermodal units, down 11.4%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 39 weeks of 2024 was 1 132 631 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 3.9% from the same point last year.

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