March 11, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Trains Magazine analysis by Chase Gunnoe, March 11, 2022) NEW YORK — East Coast ports are handling a record number of containers due to ongoing supply chain issues in California and the West, but railroads aren’t seeing this equate to more intermodal volume...
March 10, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, March 9, 2022) NEW YORK — For the week ending March 5, 2022, U.S. rail traffic came in at 505,177 carloads and intermodal units, dipping 1.9% from the same week last year, based on 238,870 carloads—up 2.8% from 2021—and intermodal volume of...
February 25, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, February 23, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 19, 2022. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was...
February 24, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, February 23, 2022) NEW YORK — U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Feb. 19, 2022, came in at 497,822 carloads and intermodal units, rising 31.7% from the same week last year, based on 237,256 carloads — up 38.2% from 2021 — and intermodal volume...
February 22, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 17, 2022) The Port of Long Beach (POLB) last week reported its busiest January ever with more than 800,000 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) handled. Full story: Progressive Railroading
February 18, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, February 16, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 12, 2022. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was...
February 17, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, February 16, 2022) NEW YORK — For the week ending Feb. 12, 2022, U.S. rail traffic was up 5% over the same week last year; total carloads came in 11.9% higher while intermodal volume continued its downward trend, dipping 0.4%, according to the...
February 11, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, February 9, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 5, 2022. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 458,152...
February 10, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, February 9, 2022) NEW YORK — For the first five weeks of 2022, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 1,120,551 carloads, dipping 3.1% from the same point last year; and 1,241,309 intermodal units, dropping 14% from 2021. Total combined...
February 7, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 4, 2022) U.S. freight railroads’ traffic was down 9.5% in January, with decreases reported in both carload and intermodal categories compared with the same month last year, according to Association of American Railroads (AAR)...
