(Source: Railway Age, November 2, 2023)
Total year-over-year carload and intermodal volumes for U.S. railroads rose for the second consecutive month in October 2023. U.S. Class I railroads hauled a total of 1,997,322 carloads and intermodal units in October 2023, up 1.0%, or 20,280 carloads and intermodal units, compared with the same month in 2022, according to AAR’s latest rail traffic report covering October and the week ending Oct. 28, 2023. This comprises 921,591 carloads — down 0.3%, or 2,921 carloads, from the year-earlier period — and 1,075,731 containers and trailers — up 2.2%, or 23,201 units, from last year.
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