(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, May 15, 2024)
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending May 11, 2024.
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 468,748 carloads and intermodal units, up 0.6 percent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending May 11 were 209,319 carloads, down 7.0 percent compared with the same week in 2023, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 259,429 containers and trailers, up 7.7 percent compared to 2023.
Six of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2023. They included chemicals, up 1,668 carloads, to 33,045; petroleum and petroleum products, up 1,505 carloads, to 10,996; and miscellaneous carloads, up 1,132 carloads, to 8,639. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2023 included coal, down 16,549 carloads, to 46,715; nonmetallic minerals, down 2,291 carloads, to 31,457; and grain, down 1,610 carloads, to 17,226.
For the first 19 weeks of 2024, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 4,045,438 carloads, down 4.9 percent from the same point last year; and 4,796,341 intermodal units, up 8.7 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 19 weeks of 2024 was 8,841,779 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 2.0 percent compared to last year.
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