AAR reports on latest weekly rail traffic

For the week, total US weekly rail traffic was 474 596 carloads and intermodal units, up 6.7% compared with the same week in 2023.

Total carloads for the week ending 16 March were 219 586 carloads, down 0.6% compared with the same week in 2023, while US weekly intermodal volume was 255 010 containers and trailers, up 13.8% compared to 2023.

Seven of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2023. They included grain, up 3638 carloads, to 21 108; chemicals, up 2186 carloads, to 33 134; and petroleum and petroleum products, up 1836 carloads, to 9954. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2023 were coal, down 12 033 carloads, to 55 990; metallic ores and metals, down 903 carloads, to 18 683; and forest products, down 92 carloads, to 8431.

For the first 11 weeks of 2024, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 2 344 887 carloads, down 4.1% from the same point in 2023; and 2 759 413 intermodal units, up 9.0% from 2023. Total combined US traffic for the first 11 weeks of 2024 was 5 104 300 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 2.5% compared to 2023.

North American rail volume for the week ending 16 March 2024, on 12 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railroads totalled 332 985 carloads, up 1.0% compared with the same week in 2023, and 338 651 intermodal units, up 12.1% compared with 2023. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 671 636 carloads and intermodal units, up 6.3%. North American rail volume for the first 11 weeks of 2024 was 7 138 853 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.8% compared with 2023.

Canadian railroads reported 96 016 carloads for the week, up 6.5%, and 71 109 intermodal units, up 7.6% compared with the same week in 2023. For the first 11 weeks of 2024, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 1 721 727 carloads, containers and trailers, down 1.1%.

Mexican railroads reported 17 383 carloads for the week, down 7.5% compared with the same week in 2023, and 12 532 intermodal units, up 6.6%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 11 weeks of 2024 was 312 826 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 7.7% from the same point in 2023.

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