The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending October 11, 2025.
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 498,462 carloads and intermodal units, down 1.3 percent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending October 11 were 224,562 carloads, up 1.2 percent compared with the same week in 2024, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 273,900 containers and trailers, down 3.3 percent compared to 2024.
Five of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2024. They included nonmetallic minerals, up 1,985 carloads, to 32,448; coal, up 605 carloads, to 58,858; and chemicals, up 548 carloads, to 31,048. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2024 included metallic ores and metals, down 816 carloads, to 18,456; miscellaneous carloads, down 324 carloads, to 8,923; and grain, down 85 carloads, to 23,434.
For the first 41 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 9,101,809 carloads, up 2.1 percent from the same point last year; and 11,126,167 intermodal units, up 3.4 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 41 weeks of 2025 was 20,227,976 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 2.8 percent compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending October 11, 2025, on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 333,005 carloads, up 1.5 percent compared with the same week last year, and 359,462 intermodal units, down 0.8 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 692,467 carloads and intermodal units, up 0.3 percent. North American rail volume for the first 41 weeks of 2025 was 27,844,550 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.3 percent compared with 2024.
Canadian railroads reported 94,937 carloads for the week, down 3.2 percent, and 70,657 intermodal units, up 0.8 percent compared with the same week in 2024. For the first 41 weeks of 2025, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 6,639,159 carloads, containers and trailers, up 1.9 percent.
Mexican railroads reported 13,506 carloads for the week, up 70.7 percent compared with the same week last year, and 14,905 intermodal units, up 60.5 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 41 weeks of 2025 was 977,415 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 5.0 percent from the same point last year.
