AAR reports annual carload and intermodal gains for week ending October 13
Rail carloads, at 263,787, were up 0.4% compared to the same week a year ago and were below the week ending October 6 at 269,394 and the week ending September 29 at 272,306.
United States rail carloads saw annual volume gains, albeit gains that continue to trend down, for the week ending October 13.
Rail carloads, at 263,787, were up 0.4% compared to the same week a year ago and were below the week ending October 6 at 269,394 and the week ending September 29 at 272,306.
AAR said that six of the ten carload commodity groups it tracks posted annual gains, including: petroleum and petroleum products, up 2,824 carloads, to 11,783; metallic ores and metals, up 815 carloads, to 23,128; and miscellaneous carloads, up 387 carloads, to 10,332. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2017 were nonmetallic minerals, down 2,849 carloads, to 35,721; chemicals, down 514 carloads, to 30,416; and forest products, down 34 carloads, to 9,927.
Intermodal containers and trailers, at 285,970, headed up 3% annually. This topped the week ending October 6 at 284,604 and the week ending September 29 at 299,616.
Through the first 41 weeks of 2018, U.S. rail carloads are up 1.9% at 10,781,980, and intermodal units are up 5.8% at 11,402,578.
