The AAR reports on US weekly rail traffic

Total carloads for the week ending 4 May were 213 410 carloads, down 5.1% compared with the same week in 2023, while US weekly intermodal volume was 249 696 containers and trailers, up 4.9% compared to 2023.

Seven of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2023. They included petroleum and petroleum products, up 1611 carloads, to 10 628; miscellaneous carloads, up 1610 carloads, to 8184; and grain, up 1193 carloads, to 21 725. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2023 were coal, down 15 611 carloads, to 46 928; nonmetallic minerals, down 1615 carloads, to 32 965; and farm products excl. grain, and food, down 731 carloads, to 15 381.

For the first 18 weeks of 2024, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 3 836 119 carloads, down 4.8% from the same point in 2023; and 4 536 912 intermodal units, up 8.7% from 2023. Total combined US traffic for the first 18 weeks of 2024 was 8 373 031 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 2.1% compared to 2023.

North American rail volume for the week ending 4 May 2024, on 10 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railroads totalled 324 302 carloads, down 0.9% compared with the same week in 2023, and 337 489 intermodal units, up 5.3% compared with 2023. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 661 791 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.2%. North American rail volume for the first 18 weeks of 2024 was 11 813 804 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.1% compared with 2023.

Canadian railroads reported 94 801 carloads for the week, up 7.4%, and 76 026 intermodal units, up 5.7% compared with the same week in 2023. For the first 18 weeks of 2024, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 2 896 564 carloads, containers and trailers, up 0.6%.

Mexican railroads reported 16 091 carloads for the week, up 12.9% compared with the same week in 2023, and 11 767 intermodal units, up 13.4%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 18 weeks of 2024 was 544 209 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 10.5% from the same point in 2023.

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