AAR release weekly rail traffic report

Total carloads for the week ending February 4 were 216 700 carloads, down 0.9% compared with the same week in 2022, while US weekly intermodal volume was 232 886 containers and trailers, down 2.9% compared to 2022.

Six of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2022. They included motor vehicles and parts, up 2725 carloads, to 13 155; petroleum and petroleum products, up 1578 carloads, to 10 727; and nonmetallic minerals, up 1445 carloads, to 25 578. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2022 included coal, down 6723 carloads, to 58 224; grain, down 1236 carloads, to 22 244; and chemicals, down 1182 carloads, to 32 743. For the first five weeks of 2023, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 1 140 396 carloads, up 1.6% from the same point last year; and 1 152 814 intermodal units, down 7.1% from last year. Total combined US traffic for the first five weeks of 2023 was 2 293 210 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 3.0% compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending 4 February 2023, on 12 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railroads totalled 314 555 carloads, up 1.5% compared with the same week last year, and 305 639 intermodal units, down 4.0% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 620 194 carloads and intermodal units, down 1.3%. North American rail volume for the first five weeks of 2023 was 3 171 238 carloads and intermodal units, down 0.9% compared with 2022.

Canadian railroads reported 77 460 carloads for the week, up 11.4%, and 57 745 intermodal units, down 8.7% compared with the same week in 2022. For the first five weeks of 2023, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 693 084 carloads, containers and trailers, up 6.2%. Mexican railroads reported 20 395 carloads for the week, down 5.6% compared with the same week last year, and 15 008 intermodal units, down 1.2%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first five weeks of 2023 was 184 944 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 0.1% from the same point last year.

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