On January 6, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported another increase in weekly rail traffic, this time for the post-holiday week ending Jan. 1, 2011.
U.S. freight railroads originated 240,073 carloads, up 5.6 percent compared with the same week of 2009.
For the full year of 2010, rail traffic was up from 2009, but down when compared to 2008.
“For the full 52 weeks of 2010, U.S. railroads originated 14,820,128 carloads, up 7.3 percent from last year, but down 10 percent from 2008. Cumulative intermodal traffic totaled 11,282,336 trailers and containers, up 14.2 percent from 2009, but down 1.9 percent when compared with 2008,” the AAR reported.
For the full report, please visit the AAR website.