For the week ending Jun. 11, 2016, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 513,471 carloads and intermodal units, down 7.5% compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending Jun. 11 were 248,039 carloads, down 8.7% compared with the same week in 2015, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 265,432 containers and trailers, down 6.3% compared to 2015.
Four of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2015. They included miscellaneous carloads, up 16.4% to 11,149 carloads; farm products excl. grain, and food, up 2% to 16,545 carloads; and grain, up 0.6% to 20,300 carloads. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2015 included petroleum and petroleum products, down 23.5% to 10,820 carloads; coal, down 18.3% to 73,279 carloads; and metallic ores and metals, down 9.9% to 22,642 carloads.
For the first 23 weeks of 2016, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 5,522,488 carloads, down 13.5% from the same point last year; and 5,914,283 intermodal units, down 2.3% from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 23 weeks of 2016 was 11,436,771 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 8% compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending Jun. 11, 2016, on 13 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 333,806 carloads, down 7.9% compared with the same week last year, and 335,295 intermodal units, down 6.5% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 669,101 carloads and intermodal units, down 7.2%. North American rail volume for the first 23 weeks of 2016 was 14,996,762 carloads and intermodal units, down 7.7% compared with 2015.
Canadian railroads reported 68,428 carloads for the week, down 7.5%, and 58,207 intermodal units, down 8.4% compared with the same week in 2015. For the first 23 weeks of 2016, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 2,937,706 carloads, containers and trailers, down 7.6%.
Mexican railroads reported 17,339 carloads for the week, up 3.4% compared with the same week last year, and 11,656 intermodal units, up 1%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 23 weeks of 2016 was 622,285 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, remaining flat from the same point last year.