NORTH American rail volume for the week ending June 25, on 12 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railways totalled 24,963 carloads, down 3.8 per cent, and 348,426 intermodal units, down 5.4 per cent, according to Association of American Railroads (R).
Total combined weekly rail traffic in north America was 673,389 carloads and intermodal units, down 4.6 per cent. North American rail volume for the first 25 weeks of 2022 was 16,872,272 carloads and intermodal units, down 3.7 per cent compared with 2021.
For the US, total. weekly rail traffic was 493,374 carloads and intermodal units, down 4.4 per cent compared with the same week last year.
Four of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2021. They included chemicals, up 1,103 carloads, to 32,742; farm products excluding grain and food, up 655 carloads, to 16,396; and nonmetallic minerals, up 500 carloads to 33,631.
Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2021 included coal, down 4,554 carloads to 62,041; metallic ores and metals, down 1,999 carloads to 21,907 and miscellaneous carloads, down 1,885 carloads to 8,928.
For the first 25 weeks of 2022, US railways reported cumulative volume of 5,759,356 carloads, down 0.1 per cent from the same point last year and 6,613,002 intermodal units, down 6.3 per cent from last year.
Total combined US traffic for the first 25 weeks of 2022 was 12,372,358 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 3.5 per cent compared to last year.
Canadian railways reported 75,447 carloads for the week, down 3.3 per cent, and 70,496 intermodal units, down 1.8 per cent compared with the same week in 2021.
Mexican railways reported 19,659 carloads for the week, down 12.9 per cent compared with the same week last year, and 14,413 intermodal units, down 17.9 per cent.
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Total combined weekly rail traffic in north America was 673,389 carloads and intermodal units, down 4.6 per cent. North American rail volume for the first 25 weeks of 2022 was 16,872,272 carloads and intermodal units, down 3.7 per cent compared with 2021.
For the US, total. weekly rail traffic was 493,374 carloads and intermodal units, down 4.4 per cent compared with the same week last year.
Four of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2021. They included chemicals, up 1,103 carloads, to 32,742; farm products excluding grain and food, up 655 carloads, to 16,396; and nonmetallic minerals, up 500 carloads to 33,631.
Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2021 included coal, down 4,554 carloads to 62,041; metallic ores and metals, down 1,999 carloads to 21,907 and miscellaneous carloads, down 1,885 carloads to 8,928.
For the first 25 weeks of 2022, US railways reported cumulative volume of 5,759,356 carloads, down 0.1 per cent from the same point last year and 6,613,002 intermodal units, down 6.3 per cent from last year.
Total combined US traffic for the first 25 weeks of 2022 was 12,372,358 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 3.5 per cent compared to last year.
Canadian railways reported 75,447 carloads for the week, down 3.3 per cent, and 70,496 intermodal units, down 1.8 per cent compared with the same week in 2021.
Mexican railways reported 19,659 carloads for the week, down 12.9 per cent compared with the same week last year, and 14,413 intermodal units, down 17.9 per cent.
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