AAR releases weekly rail traffic update

Total carloads for the week ending 8 October were 232 930 carloads, down 2.8% compared with the same week in 2021, while US weekly intermodal volume was 261 483 containers and trailers, down 2% compared to 2021.

Three of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2021. They were motor vehicles and parts, up 908 carloads, to 13 955; farm products excuding grain, and food, up 817 carloads, to 16 909; and petroleum and petroleum products, up 592 carloads, to 9993. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2021 included chemicals, down 2750 carloads, to 30 187; miscellaneous carloads, down 1496 carloads, to 9425; and metallic ores and metals, down 1395 carloads, to 20 995.

For the first 40 weeks of 2022, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 9 252 232 carloads, up 0% from the same point last year; and 10 521 037 intermodal units, down 5% from last year. Total combined US traffic for the first 40 weeks of 2022 was 19 773 269 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 2.7% compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending 8 October 2022, on 12 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railroads totalled 336 086 carloads, down 0.5% compared with the same week last year, and 354 116 intermodal units, down 0.8% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 690 202 carloads and intermodal units, down 0.6%. North American rail volume for the first 40 weeks of 2022 was 27 092 123 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.2% compared with 2021.

Canadian railroads reported 80 924 carloads for the week, up 5%, and 74 678 intermodal units, up 1.9% compared with the same week in 2021. For the first 40 weeks of 2022, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 5 812 676 carloads, containers and trailers, down 2.1%.

Mexican railroads reported 22 232 carloads for the week, up 5.7% compared with the same week last year, and 17 955 intermodal units, up 6.7%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 40 weeks of 2022 was 1 506 178 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 4% from the same point last year.

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