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Rail Traffic for week ending Feb. 22 down 7.6

[ February 28, 2020   //   ]

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports that for the week ending February 22, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 482,690 carloads and intermodal units, down 7.6% compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending February 22 were 232,869 carloads, down 9.3% compared with the same week in 2019, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 249,821 containers and trailers, down 6% compared to 2019.
Four of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2019. They included chemicals, up 2,366 carloads, to 33,284; petroleum and petroleum products, up 1,217 carloads, to 13,401; and motor vehicles and parts, up 1,193 carloads, to 17,898. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2019 included coal, down 23,225 carloads, to 63,540; grain, down 2,785 carloads, to 18,909; and nonmetallic minerals, down 1,628 carloads, to 29,854.
For the first eight weeks of 2020, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 1,858,165 carloads, down 6.5% from the same point last year: and 1,999,804 intermodal units, down 6.2% from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first eight weeks of 2020 was 3,857,969 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 6.4% compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending February 22, 2020, on 12 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 329,343 carloads, down 6.7% compared with the same week last year, and 324,723 intermodal units, down 7.3% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 654,066 carloads and intermodal units, down 7%. North American rail volume for the first eight weeks of 2020 was 5,278,276 carloads and intermodal units, down 4.7% compared with 2019.
Canadian railroads reported 76,331 carloads for the week, up 1.9%, and 56,299 intermodal units, down 14.9% compared with the same week in 2019. For the first eight weeks of 2020, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 1,121,322 carloads, containers and trailers, down 1.7%.
Mexican railroads reported 20,143 carloads for the week, down 6.4% compared with the same week last year, and 18,603 intermodal units, up 1.1%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first eight weeks of 2020 was 298,985 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 8.9% from the same point last year.

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