November 30, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, November 24, 2021) NEW YORK — For the week ending Nov. 20, 2021, U.S. Class I railroads hauled 237,244 carloads, up 1.6% from the same point last year, but the 271,065 intermodal containers and trailers they moved fell 10% from 2020, the...
November 19, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, November 17, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending November 13, 2021. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was...
November 18, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, November 17, 2021) NEW YORK — U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Nov. 13, 2021 continued to suffer, as a near-10% drop in intermodal loadings canceled out a small carload gain, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Nov. 17....
November 12, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, November 10, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending November 6, 2021. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 504,111...
November 11, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, November 10, 2021) NEW YORK — For the week ending Nov. 6, 2021, total U.S. weekly rail traffic came in at 504,111 carloads and intermodal units, down 3.5% compared with the same week in 2020, AAR reported on Nov. 10. U.S. Class I railroads moved...
November 11, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 10, 2021) The Biden administration yesterday announced a set of immediate and short-term actions aimed at alleviating supply chain problems at U.S. ports, waterways and freight networks. Full story: Progressive...
November 5, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, November 3, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending October 30, 2021, as well as volumes for October 2021. U.S. railroads...
November 4, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, November 3, 2021) NEW YORK — “The shortages of dray trucks, drivers and warehouse space [at terminals] are significant constraints that drove intermodal volumes down in October,” AAR Senior Vice President John T. Gray noted in the association’s...
October 29, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, October 27, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending October 23, 2021. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 510,762...
October 28, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, October 27, 2021) NEW YORK — For the week ending Oct. 23, 2021, total U.S. rail traffic was down 2.3% from the same point last year, as carload gains were cut by intermodal losses, the Association of American Railroads’ reported on Oct. 20....
