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Rail freight traffic up in most recent week

(The AAR issued the following news release on March 10.) WASHINGTON — All three measures of rail freight traffic for U.S. railroads showed increases during the week ended March 5 in comparison with the corresponding week a year ago, the Association of American...

Rail traffic up in February

(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on March 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Loadings of both carload and intermodal freight on U.S. railroads showed healthy gains during February 2005 in comparison with last year, the Association of...

Rail freight traffic registers strong gain

(The Association of American Railroads posted the following report on its website on February 24.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Freight traffic on U.S. railroads during the week ended February 19 registered a strong gain in comparison with the corresponding week a year...

Strong week for rail freight traffic

(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on February 17.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. freight railroads registered a strong week in terms of volume during the week ended February 12 in comparison with the corresponding week a year...

U.S. rail traffic mixed in January

(The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on February 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. rail carload traffic fell 0.7 percent (9,576 carloads) while U.S. rail intermodal traffic rose 7.4 percent (57,796 trailers and containers) in...

West Coast storms affect rail freight volume

(The Association of American Railroads posted the following news release on its website on January 19.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wintry weather and mudslides in the western United States helped turn the second week of 2005 into a down week in terms of rail freight...

Iowa Interstate becomes full AAR member

(The AAR issued the following on January 18.) WASHINGTON — Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) has become the newest full member of the Association of American Railroads (AAR). IAIS (www.iasrrr.com) was previously an associate member, which entitled it to...