AAR reports mixed volumes for week ending November 17
November 21, 2018
Rail carloads, at 262,514, slipped 1.1% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 284,027, rose 1.1%.
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U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes eke out slight annual gains for week ending November 10
November 16, 2018
Rail carloads, at 281,675, eked out a 0.1% annual increase, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 285,361, rose 2.6% compared to the same week last year.
AAR reports annual carload and intermodal volume gains for July
August 3, 2018
Rail carloads were up 3.5%, or 35,208 carloads, to 1,048,293, and intermodal trailers and containers rose 6.9%, or 71,782 units, to 1,108,142.
AAR reports gains in U.S. carload and intermodal volumes for week ending May 5
May 11, 2018
Rail carloads increased 6.4% to 265,653, and intermodal containers and trailers headed up 8.5% to 280,374.
A deeper dive on railroad service issues
April 10, 2018
While railroad service issues clearly presented internal challenges for the Class I’s and external issues for rail shipper customers, it is the opinion of one industry observer that having the Class I’s offering up written responses to the STB does not really do a whole lot in terms of the big (service) picture.
AAR reports annual gains in November for U.S. carload and intermodal volumes
December 9, 2016
For the month of November, the AAR reported that U.S. carloads were up 0.4 percent, or 5,406 carloads, at 1,319,008 for its first monthly annual increase in 22 months, going back to January 2015. This is a longer stretch of declines than a 19-month run of downward volumes that occurred during the Great Recession, the AAR said, adding that one factor behind the November increase was easier annual comparisons, coupled with how carloads did not see as much of an October to November decline...
