AAR releases weekly rail traffic update

Three of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2021. They were motor vehicles and parts, up 2783 carloads, to 15 251; farm products excluding grain, and food, up 603 carloads, to 16 719; and petroleum and petroleum products, up 181 carloads, to 10 582. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2021 included coal, down 3317 carloads, to 61 577; chemicals, down 2766 carloads, to 31 342; and miscellaneous carloads, down 1948 carloads, to 8512.

For the first 50 weeks of 2022, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 11 603 096 carloads, up 0% from the same point last year; and 13 059 825 intermodal units, down 4.9% from last year. Total combined US traffic for the first 50 weeks of 2022 was 24 662 921 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 2.7% compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending 17 December 2022, on 12 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railroads totalled 330 786 carloads, up 0.2% compared with the same week last year, and 329 112 intermodal units, down 5.7% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 659 898 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.9%. North American rail volume for the first 50 weeks of 2022 was 33 849 073 carloads and intermodal units, down 1.8% compared with 2021.

Canadian railroads reported 81 774 carloads for the week, up 7.2%, and 64 345 intermodal units, down 2.2% compared with the same week in 2021. For the first 50 weeks of 2022, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 7 299 453 carloads, containers and trailers, down 0.4%.

Mexican railroads reported 22 035 carloads for the week, up 13.6% compared with the same week last year, and 15 512 intermodal units, up 10.5%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 50 weeks of 2022 was 1 886 699 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 3.9% from the same point last year.

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