Weekly Rail Traffic for the Week Ending August 10, 2024

Total carloads for the week ending August 10 were 222 039 carloads, down 0.9% compared with the same week in 2023, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 274 470 containers and trailers, up 10.6% compared to 2023.

Six of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2023. They included grain, up 3,866 carloads, to 18 402; chemicals, up 2969 carloads, to 32 959; and farm products excl. grain, and food, up 546 carloads, to 16,193. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2023 included coal, down 7633 carloads, to 61 031; nonmetallic minerals, down 1295 carloads, to 31 849; and metallic ores and metals, down 906 carloads, to 19 432.

For the first 32 weeks of 2024, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 6 864 604 carloads, down 4.0 % from the same point last year; and 8 237 398 intermodal units, up 8.7% from last year. Total combined US traffic for the first 32 weeks of 2024 was 15 102 002 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 2.5% compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending August 10, 2024, on 10 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 326 804 carloads, down 0.2% compared with the same week last year, and 353 768 intermodal units, up 7.7% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 680 572 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.7%. North American rail volume for the first 32 weeks of 2024 was 21 143 021 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.3% compared with 2023.

Canadian railroads reported 89 620 carloads for the week, up 2.5%, and 66 976 intermodal units, down 5.5% compared with the same week in 2023. For the first 32 weeks of 2024, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 5 114 967 carloads, containers and trailers, up 1.4%.

Mexican railroads reported 15 145 carloads for the week, down 6.2% compared with the same week last year, and 12 322 intermodal units, up 27.9%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 32 weeks of 2024 was 926 052 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 3.3% from the same point last year.

Information originally sourced from the Association Of American Railroads

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