Weekly US rail traffic for the week ending 15 February 2025
Published by Alfred Hamer,
Editorial Assistant
Dry Bulk,
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported US rail traffic for the week ending 15 February 2025. For this week, total US weekly rail traffic was 480 740 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.5% compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending 15 February were 209 216 carloads, down 4.8% compared with the same week in 2024, while US weekly intermodal volume was 271 524 containers and trailers, up 7.0% compared to 2024.
One of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2024. It was petroleum and petroleum products, up 1501 carloads, to 10 948. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2024 included coal, down 4472 carloads, to 54 447; metallic ores and metals, down 2130 carloads, to 17 270; and chemicals, down 1655 carloads, to 32 246.
For the first seven weeks of 2025, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 1 453 273 carloads, down 0.7% from the same point last year; and 1 885 295 intermodal units, up 9.3% from last year. Total combined US traffic for the first seven weeks of 2025 was 3 338 568 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 4.7% compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending 15 February 2025, on 9 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railroads totalled 311 694 carloads, down 5.9% compared with the same week last year, and 349 663 intermodal units, up 3.5% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 661 357 carloads and intermodal units, down 1.2%. North American rail volume for the first seven weeks of 2025 was 4 584 752 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.6% compared with 2024.
Canadian railroads reported 87 034 carloads for the week, down 6.3%, and 65 628 intermodal units, down 7.1% compared with the same week in 2024. For the first seven weeks of 2025, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 1 091 660 carloads, containers and trailers, up 2.0%.
Mexican railroads reported 15 444 carloads for the week, down 17.3% compared with the same week last year, and 12 511 intermodal units, down 7.1%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first seven weeks of 2025 was 154 524 carloads, containers and trailers, down 8.5% from the same point last year.
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