The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on January 27 that weekly rail traffic saw modest year-over-year gains for the week ending Jan. 22, 2011 with U.S. railroads originating 282,837 carloads, up 1.5 percent compared with the same week in 2010. Intermodal volume for the week totaled 213,206 trailers and containers, up 6.2 percent compared with the same week in 2010, with container volume up 6.8 percent and trailer volume up 2.8 percent.
Weekly carload volume on Eastern railroads was down 2 percent compared with last year. In the West, weekly carload volume was up 4 percent compared with the same week in 2010.
For the first three weeks of 2011, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 851,146 carloads, up 9.2 percent from last year, and 640,357 trailers and containers, up 6.8 percent from the comparison week in 2010.
The full article is available on the AAR website.