The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported on US rail traffic for the week ending 15 June 2024. For the week, total US weekly rail traffic was 493 138 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.4% compared with the same week in 2023.
Total carloads for the week ending 15 June were 222 759 carloads, down 2.5% compared with the same week in 2023, while US weekly intermodal volume was 270 379 containers and trailers, up 8.9% compared to 2023.
Five of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2023. They included chemicals, up 3351 carloads, to 33 137; grain, up 3319 carloads, to 19 150; and petroleum and petroleum products, up 951 carloads, to 11 046. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2023 included coal, down 10 024 carloads, to 56 064; nonmetallic minerals, down 3299 carloads, to 31 197; and metallic ores and metals, down 841 carloads, to 21 227.
For the first 24 weeks of 2024, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 5 124 503 carloads, down 4.9% from the same point in 2023; and 6 110 525 intermodal units, up 8.8% from 2023. Total combined US traffic for the first 24 weeks of 2024 was 11 235 028 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 2.1% compared to 2023.
North American rail volume for the week ending 15 June 2024, on 10 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railroads totalled 329 988 carloads, down 1.1% compared with the same week in 2023, and 357 355 intermodal units, up 6.7% compared with 2023. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 687, 343 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.8%. North American rail volume for the first 24 weeks of 2024 was 15 814 707 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.0% compared with 2023.
Canadian railroads reported 90 460 carloads for the week, up 4.0%, and 74 665 intermodal units, up 2.6% compared with the same week in 2023. For the first 24 weeks of 2024, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 3 870 602 carloads, containers and trailers, up 0.8%.
Mexican railroads reported 16 769 carloads for the week, down 8.9% compared with the same week in 2023, and 12 311 intermodal units, down 10.7%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 24 weeks of 2024 was 709 077 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 7.7% from the same point in 2023.
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