Weekly US rail traffic for the week ending 11 January 2025
Published by Alfred Hamer,
Editorial Assistant
Dry Bulk,
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported US rail traffic for the week ending 11 January 2025. For this week, total US weekly rail traffic was 465 390 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.8% compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending January 11 were 199 511 carloads, down 6.4% compared with the same week in 2024, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 265 879 containers and trailers, up 8.9% compared to 2024.
Four of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2024. They included grain, up 2386 carloads, to 21 124; farm products excl. grain, and food, up 1424 carloads, to 17 442; and forest products, up 401 carloads, to 8588. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2024 included coal, down 6241 carloads, to 52 232; motor vehicles and parts, down 3886 carloads, to 9788; and non-metallic minerals, down 3211 carloads, to 22 229.
For the first two weeks of 2025, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 398 011 carloads, down 5.5% from the same point last year; and 488 789 intermodal units, up 7.8% from last year. Total combined US traffic for the first two weeks of 2025 was 886 800 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 1.4% compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending 11 January 2025, on 9 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railroads totalled 305 986 carloads, down 2.7% compared with the same week last year, and 348 125 intermodal units, up 8.9% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 654 111 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.1%. North American rail volume for the first two weeks of 2025 was 1 236 879 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.5% compared with 2024.
Canadian railroads reported 91 438 carloads for the week, up 5.8%, and 71 361 intermodal units, up 11.2% compared with the same week in 2024. For the first two weeks of 2025, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 304 983 carloads, containers and trailers, up 3.1%.
Mexican railroads reported 15 037 carloads for the week, down 0.1% compared with the same week last year, and 10 885 intermodal units, down 4.2%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first two weeks of 2025 was 45 096 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 6.4% from the same point last year.
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