U.S. Rail Traffic for the week ending February 12, 2022
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 12, 2022.
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 504,482 carloads and intermodal units, up 5 percent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending February 12 were 236,457 carloads, up 11.9 percent compared with the same week in 2021, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 268,025 containers and trailers, down 0.4 percent compared to 2021.
Seven of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2021. They included coal, up 14,634 carloads, to 69,021; nonmetallic minerals, up 5,315 carloads, to 28,262; and farm products excl. grain, and food, up 2,022 carloads, to 16,911. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2021 were petroleum and petroleum products, down 345 carloads, to 9,673; motor vehicles and parts, down 305 carloads, to 13,659; and miscellaneous carloads, down 282 carloads, to 9,649.
For the first six weeks of 2022, U.S. railroads reported a cumulative volume of 1,357,008 carloads, down 0.8 percent from the same point last year; and 1,509,334 intermodal units, down 11.8 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first six weeks of 2022 was 2,866,342 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 6.9 percent compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending February 12, 2022, on 12 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 329,598 carloads, up 9.3 percent compared with the same week last year, and 350,974 intermodal units, down 0.1 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 680,572 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.3 percent. North American rail volume for the first six weeks of 2022 was 3,879,720 carloads and intermodal units, down 7.8 percent compared with 2021.
Canadian railroads reported 72,963 carloads for the week, up 5.2 percent, and 67,484 intermodal units, up 4.7 percent compared with the same week in 2021. For the first six weeks of 2022, Canadian railroads reported a cumulative rail traffic volume of 793,071 carloads, containers, and trailers, down 12.2 percent.
Mexican railroads reported 20,178 carloads for the week, down 3.6 percent compared with the same week last year, and 15,465 intermodal units, down 12.4 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first six weeks of 2022 was 220,307 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 2.5 percent from the same point last year.
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