North American rail volume sees slight decrease

Total carloads for the week ending 10 February were 220 362 carloads, down 2.5% compared with the same week in 2023, while US weekly intermodal volume was 264 478 containers and trailers, up 11.1% compared to 2023.

Five of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2023. They included chemicals, up 1854 carloads, to 33 109; motor vehicles and parts, up 1769 carloads, to 15 028; and grain, up 1687 carloads, to 21 551. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2023 included coal, down 7264 carloads, to 61 908; nonmetallic minerals, down 3111 carloads, to 26 637; and miscellaneous carloads, down 1066 carloads, to 8123.

For the first six weeks of 2024, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 1 245 530 carloads, down 6.4% from the same point in 2023; and 1 470 492 intermodal units, up 6.5% from 2023. Total combined US traffic for the first six weeks of 2024 was 2 716 022 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 0.2% compared to 2023.

North American rail volume for the week ending 10 February 2024, on 12 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railroads totalled 329 758 carloads, down 1.4% compared with the same week in 2023, and 345 065 intermodal units, up 8.9% compared with 2023. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 674 823 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.6%. North American rail volume for the first six weeks of 2024 was 3 775 396 carloads and intermodal units, down 0.8% compared with 2023.

Canadian railroads reported 92 811 carloads for the week, down 0.5%, and 69 516 intermodal units, up 2.9% compared with the same week in 2023. For the first six weeks of 2024, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 905 968 carloads, containers and trailers, down 4.7%.

Mexican railroads reported 16 585 carloads for the week, up 9.1% compared with the same week in 2023, and 11 071 intermodal units, down 2.3%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first six weeks of 2024 was 153 406 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 5.9% from the same point in 2023.

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