The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 10, 2022.
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 500,310 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.5 percent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending December 10 were 242,007 carloads, up 1.3 percent compared with the same week in 2021, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 258,303 containers and trailers, down 5.8 percent compared to 2021.
Six of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2021. They included coal, up 5,921 carloads, to 72,541; nonmetallic minerals, up 1,514 carloads, to 32,575; and motor vehicles and parts, up 1,107 carloads, to 15,051. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2021 included chemicals, down 5,042 carloads, to 30,258; grain, down 1,067 carloads, to 23,806; and forest products, down 607 carloads, to 9,296.
For the first 49 weeks of 2022, U.S. railroads reported a cumulative volume of 11,376,119 carloads, up 0.1 percent from the same point last year; and 12,810,570 intermodal units, down 4.9 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 49 weeks of 2022 was 24,186,689 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 2.6 percent compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending December 10, 2022, on 12 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 345,288 carloads, up 4.3 percent compared with the same week last year, and 338,311 intermodal units, down 4.4 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 683,599 carloads and intermodal units, down 0.2 percent. North American rail volume for the first 49 weeks of 2022 was 33,189,175 carloads and intermodal units, down 1.8 percent compared with 2021.
Canadian railroads reported 80,453 carloads for the week, up 11.5 percent, and 63,300 intermodal units, down 1.9 percent compared with the same week in 2021. For the first 49 weeks of 2022, Canadian railroads reported a cumulative rail traffic volume of 7,153,334 carloads, containers, and trailers, down 0.5 percent.
Mexican railroads reported 22,828 carloads for the week, up 13.4 percent compared with the same week last year, and 16,708 intermodal units, up 11.8 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 49 weeks of 2022 was 1,849,152 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 3.8 percent from the same point last year.
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