(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, June 10, 2015)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 6, 2015.
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 550,037 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.2 percent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending June 6, 2015 were 268,722 carloads, down 8.1 percent compared with the same week in 2014, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 281,315 containers and trailers, up 4.3 percent compared to 2014.
Four of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2014. They included: miscellaneous carloads, up 8 percent to 8,843 carloads; motor vehicles and parts, up 6.2 percent to 19,484; and grain, up 2.6 percent to 18,046 carloads. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2014 included: coal, down 18.6 percent to 88,346; metallic ores and metals, down 10.5 percent to 24,737 carloads; and nonmetallic minerals, down 4.2 percent to 37,911 carloads.
For the first 22 weeks of 2015, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 6,113,133 carloads, down 3.2 percent from the same point last year; and 5,769,195 intermodal units, up 2.1 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 22 weeks of 2015 was 11,882,328 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 0.7 percent compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending June 6, 2015 on 13 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 359,988 carloads, down 8 percent compared with the same week last year, and 355,553 intermodal units, up 4.3 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America, was 715,541 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.3 percent. North American rail volume for the first 22 weeks of 2015 was 15,511,207 carloads and intermodal units, up 0.2 percent compared with 2014.
Canadian railroads reported 74,718 carloads for the week, down 9.4 percent, and 63,268 intermodal units, up 5.9 percent compared with the same week in 2014. For the first 22 weeks of 2015, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 3,041,979 carloads, containers and trailers, up 3.5 percent.
Mexican railroads reported 16,548 carloads for the week, up 1.3 percent compared with the same week last year, and 10,970 intermodal units, down 4.1 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 22 weeks of 2015 was 586,900 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 2.7 percent from the same point last year.