Weekly US Rail Traffic for the Week Ending August 31, 2024

Total carloads for the week ending August 31 were 233 278 carloads, up 1% compared with the same week in 2023, while US weekly intermodal volume was 283 354 containers and trailers, up 15.3% compared to 2023.

Seven of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2023. They included grain, up 5492 carloads, to 20 494; petroleum and petroleum products, up 1365 carloads, to 11 412; and motor vehicles and parts, up 1144 carloads, to 17 221. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2023 were coal, down 5495 carloads, to 62 624; metallic ores and metals, down 1487 carloads, to 21 616; and nonmetallic minerals, down 166 carloads, to 32 156.

For the first 35 weeks of 2024, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 7 557 821 carloads, down 3.6% from the same point last year; and 9 094 439 intermodal units, up 9.3% from last year. Total combined US traffic for the first 35 weeks of 2024 was 16 652 260 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 3.1% compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending August 31, 2024, on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 343,419 carloads, up 2.3% compared with the same week last year, and 354 117 intermodal units, up 8.1% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 697 536 carloads and intermodal units, up 5.2%. North American rail volume for the first 35 weeks of 2024 was 23 201 648 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.4%compared with 2023.

Canadian railroads reported 94 106 carloads for the week, up 4.7%, and 58,491 intermodal units, down 18.8% compared with the same week in 2023. For the first 35 weeks of 2024, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 5 538 464 carloads, containers and trailers, up 0.3%.

Mexican railroads reported 16 035 carloads for the week, up 8.9% compared with the same week last year, and 12 272 intermodal units, up 24.8%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 35 weeks of 2024 was 1 010, 924 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 4.1% from the same point last year.

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