(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, October 26, 2022)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending October 22, 2022.
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 505,322 carloads and intermodal units, down 1.1 percent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending October 22 were 237,456 carloads, down 0.7 percent compared with the same week in 2021, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 267,866 containers and trailers, down 1.4 percent compared to 2021.
Five of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2021. They included coal, up 3,282 carloads, to 68,889; motor vehicles and parts, up 1,271 carloads, to 14,671; and nonmetallic minerals, up 1,078 carloads, to 32,565. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2021 included metallic ores and metals, down 3,510 carloads, to 19,673; grain, down 1,853 carloads, to 24,053; and miscellaneous carloads, down 1,535 carloads, to 9,502.
For the first 42 weeks of 2022, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 9,726,951 carloads, up 0.1 percent from the same point last year; and 11,051,944 intermodal units, down 4.9 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 42 weeks of 2022 was 20,778,895 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 2.6 percent compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending October 22, 2022, on 12 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 345,255 carloads, up 1.5 percent compared with the same week last year, and 354,282 intermodal units, down 1.3 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 699,537 carloads and intermodal units, up 0 percent. North American rail volume for the first 42 weeks of 2022 was 28,486,912 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.1 percent compared with 2021.
Canadian railroads reported 85,842 carloads for the week, up 8.3 percent, and 69,101 intermodal units, down 2.4 percent compared with the same week in 2021. For the first 42 weeks of 2022, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 6,122,692 carloads, containers and trailers, down 1.8 percent.
Mexican railroads reported 21,957 carloads for the week, up 0.9 percent compared with the same week last year, and 17,315 intermodal units, up 3.5 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 42 weeks of 2022 was 1,585,325 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 3.9 percent from the same point last year.