(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on February 17, 2011.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported gains in weekly rail traffic for the week ending Feb. 12, 2011, with U.S. railroads originating 274,043 carloads, up 6.2 percent compared with the same week last year. Intermodal volume for the week was also up, totaling 228,035 trailers and containers, up 18.5 percent compared with the same week in 2010.
Weekly carload volume on Eastern railroads was up 21.8 percent compared with last year. In the West, weekly carload volume was down 2.5 percent compared with the same week in 2010.
For the first six weeks of 2011, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 1,684,457 carloads, up 6.4 percent from last year, and 1,290,347 trailers and containers, up 7.8 percent from the same point in 2010.
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