May 4, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, STB
(Source: S&P Global Platts, May 1, 2020) HOUSTON — U.S. coal train loadings fell for the fourth straight week to a more than six-year low in the week that ended April 24, despite loadings out of the Illinois Basin and Powder River Basin rising week on week,...
May 1, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, April 29, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 25, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 414,123...
April 30, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, April 30, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Weekly U.S. rail traffic continued to tumble as sheltering-in-place mandates and structural declines for U.S. coal consumption dragged volumes lower. U.S. rail volumes slipped 22.4% to 414,123 carloads and...
April 27, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: S&P Global Platts, April 22, 2020) HOUSTON — U.S. coal carload originations fell to a 10-year low 48,423 in the week that ended April 18, down 7.7% from 52,468 a week earlier and 42.3% lower than the year-ago week, the Association of American Railroads...
April 24, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg, April 24, 2020) NEW YORK — Long before talk of driverless trucks, 3-D printing and drone delivery, old-school economic oracles from Warren Buffett to Alan Greenspan watched the railways for early signs of an oncoming U.S. recession. This freight...
April 24, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, April 22, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 18, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 403,283...
April 24, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, April 22, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — U.S. weekly rail traffic sank nearly 23% last week as COVID-19 pandemic woes put pressure on rail volumes for the second quarter. For the week ending April 18, U.S. rail volumes slipped 23.3% compared with...
April 17, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, April 15, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 11, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 412,503...
April 17, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, April 15, 2020) NEW YORK — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ended April 11, 2020, and it’s clear that the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc: Total carloads for this week were 198,726 carloads,...
April 16, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, April 16, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — U.S. weekly rail volumes tumbled nearly 22% last week as COVID-19 and lower crude oil prices take their toll on carloads. Full story: Freight Waves
