U.S. rail carload and intermodal units are mixed, for week of August 8, reports AAR
United States rail carload and intermodal volumes were mixed, for the week ending August 8, according to data issued this week by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).
Rail carloads—at 220,343—were down 15.6% annually, topping the weeks ending August 8 and July 25, at 217,961 and 215,171, respectively.
The AAR reported that one of the 10 carload commodity groups it tracks saw an annual gain, with grain, up 773 carloads, to 22,081. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2019 included coal, down 18,113 carloads, to 59,328; nonmetallic minerals, down 11,269 carloads, to 30,706; and metallic ores and metals, down 6,591 carloads, to 15,754.
Intermodal containers and trailers—at 277,054—rose 1.9%, topping the weeks of August 1 and July 25, at 270,277 and 266,160, respectively.
On a year-to-date basis through the first 32 weeks of 2019, U.S. rail carloads—at 6,770,373—were off 16.2% annually, and intermodal units—at 7,764,577—were off 8.8%.
