For the week ending June 4, 2016, AAR reports total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 455,346 carloads and intermodal units, down 17.3% compared with the same week last year.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) further reports total carloads for the week ending Jun. 4 were 224,258 carloads, down 16.6% compared with the same week in 2015, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 231,088 containers and trailers, down 17.9% compared to 2015.
Two of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2015. They were grain, up 2.3% to 18,628 carloads; and miscellaneous carloads, up 0.5% to 9,008 carloads. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2015 included petroleum and petroleum products, down 29.1% to 9,706 carloads; coal, down 23.0% to 68,008 carloads; and motor vehicles and parts, down 20.9% to 15,411 carloads.
For the first 22 weeks of 2016, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 5,274,449 carloads, down 13.7% from the same point last year; and 5,648,851 intermodal units, down 2.1% from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 22 weeks of 2016 was 10,923,300 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 8.1% compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending Jun. 4, 2016, on 13 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 307,051 carloads, down 14.8% compared with the same week last year, and 300,037 intermodal units, down 15.8% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 607,088 carloads and intermodal units, down 15.3%. North American rail volume for the first 22 weeks of 2016 was 14,327,661 carloads and intermodal units, down 7.7% compared with 2015.
Canadian railroads reported 66,457 carloads for the week, down 11.3%, and 57,296 intermodal units, down 9.3% compared with the same week in 2015. For the first 22 weeks of 2016, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 2,811,071 carloads, containers and trailers, down 7.6%.
Mexican railroads reported 16,336 carloads for the week, down 1.6% compared with the same week last year, and 11,653 intermodal units, down 0.9%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 22 weeks of 2016 was 593,290 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 0.1% from the same point last year.