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Weekly US Rail Traffic for the Week Ending 24 August, 2024

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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported US rail traffic for the week ending August 24, 2024.

For this week, total US weekly rail traffic was 516 807 carloads and intermodal units, up 9.5% compared with the same week last year.

Total carloads for the week ending August 24 were 228 858 carloads, up 1.2% compared with the same week in 2023, while US weekly intermodal volume was 287,949 containers and trailers, up 17.1% compared to 2023.

Seven of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2023. They included grain, up 5519 carloads, to 18 914; petroleum and petroleum products, up 951 carloads, to 10 867; and miscellaneous carloads, up 602 carloads, to 9360. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2023 were coal, down 5785 carloads, to 62 543; nonmetallic minerals, down 329 carloads, to 32 891; and metallic ores and metals, down 212 carloads, to 21 812.

For the first 34 weeks of 2024, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 7 324 543 carloads, down 3.7% from the same point last year; and 8 811 085 intermodal units, up 9.1% from last year. Total combined US traffic for the first 34 weeks of 2024 was 16 135 628 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 2.9% compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending August 24, 2024, on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 310 429 carloads, down 4.5% compared with the same week last year, and 350 204 intermodal units, up 7.1% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 660 633 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.3%. North American rail volume for the first 34 weeks of 2024 was 22,504,112 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.3% compared with 2023.

Canadian railroads reported 65 550 carloads for the week, down 22.0%, and 49 890 intermodal units, down 28.0% compared with the same week in 2023. For the first 34 weeks of 2024, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 5 385 867 carloads, containers and trailers, up 0.5%.

Mexican railroads reported 16 021 carloads for the week, up 6.8 percent compared with the same week last year, and 12 365 intermodal units, up 5.7%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 34 weeks of 2024 was 982 617 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 3.8% from the same point last year.

Information provided by the Association of American Railroads (AAR)


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