Total carloads for the week ending 15 October were 237 263 carloads, up 3.2% compared with the same week in 2021, while US weekly intermodal volume was 263 041 containers and trailers, down 1.6% compared to 2021.
Five of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2021. They included coal, up 8961 carloads, to 66 914; motor vehicles and parts, up 1454 carloads, to 14 839; and nonmetallic minerals, up 1240 carloads, to 33 404. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2021 included chemicals, down 1440 carloads, to 31 288; miscellaneous carloads, down 1420 carloads, to 8161; and forest products, down 1107 carloads, to 8786.
For the first 41 weeks of 2022, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 9 489 495 carloads, up 0.1% from the same point last year; and 10 784 078 intermodal units, down 5% from last year. Total combined US traffic for the first 41 weeks of 2022 was 20 273 573 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 2.6% compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending 15 October 2022, on 12 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railroads totalled 344 407 carloads, up 3.9% compared with the same week last year, and 350 845 intermodal units, down 0% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 695 252 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.9%. North American rail volume for the first 41 weeks of 2022 was 27 787 375 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.1% compared with 2021.
Canadian railroads reported 84 165 carloads for the week, up 6.1%, and 70 908 intermodal units, up 6.2% compared with the same week in 2021. For the first 41 weeks of 2022, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 5 967 749 carloads, containers and trailers, down 1.9%.
Mexican railroads reported 22 979 carloads for the week, up 3.6% compared with the same week last year, and 16 896 intermodal units, down 0.3%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 41 weeks of 2022 was 1 546 053 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 4% from the same point last year.