October 30, 2019 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, October 29, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — In September, the U.S. operations of the Class I railroads employed the fewest number of workers in years, according to data from the Surface Transportation Board. The railroads had 136,865 employees on...
October 25, 2019 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, October 24, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — North American rail volumes are still slumping amid expectations that fourth-quarter rail traffic will remain subdued through the end of the year. Year-to-date U.S. rail volumes, which represent 73% of...
October 25, 2019 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, October 23, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending October 19, 2019. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 507,381...
October 24, 2019 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, October 23, 2019) NEW YORK — No news is good news—or at least that’s how it seems when the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports on U.S. rail traffic. But according to some industry analysts, the U.S. Class I freight rail industry is in...
October 18, 2019 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, October 17, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Year-to-date U.S. rail volumes continue to be lower compared with the same period in 2018 amid persistent economic uncertainty. For the week ending October 12, the U.S. operations of the Class I railroads...
October 18, 2019 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, October 16, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending October 12, 2019. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 510,820...
October 14, 2019 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, October 9, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending October 5, 2019. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 515,061...
October 10, 2019 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, October 9, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Carloads on the railroads remained under water in the first week of the fourth quarter 2019, which ended on October 5. Total traffic on U.S. railroads declined 7.1% to 515,061 carloads compared to the same...
October 4, 2019 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, October 2, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending September 28, 2019, as well as volumes for September 2019. U.S. railroads...
October 3, 2019 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, October 2, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Rail volumes continued their declines in the latest week according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR). Week 39 of 2019 was no better than the ones that preceded it as a number of demand...
