(The Association of American Railroads issued the following press release on February 24, 2011.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported freight traffic continues to register gains with U.S. railroads originating 296,980 carloads, up 8.2 percent compared with the same week last year, for the week ending Feb. 19, 2011. Intermodal volume for the week was also up, totaling 233,993 trailers and containers, up 16.9 percent compared with the same week in 2010.
Weekly carload volume on Eastern railroads was up 12.7 percent compared with last year. In the West, weekly carload volume was up 5.4 percent compared with the same week in 2010.
For the first seven weeks of 2011, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 1,981,437 carloads, up 6.7 percent from last year, and 1,524,340 trailers and containers, up 9.1 percent from the same point in 2010.
The full story appears at www.aar.org.