The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending November 8, 2025.
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 493,493 carloads and intermodal units, down 4.9 percent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending November 8 were 224,651 carloads, up 0.1 percent compared with the same week in 2024, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 268,842 containers and trailers, down 8.7 percent compared to 2024.
Four of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2024. They included nonmetallic minerals, up 3,753 carloads, to 32,939; grain, up 809 carloads, to 24,291; and miscellaneous carloads, up 659 carloads, to 8,469.
Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2024 included motor vehicles and parts, down 1,436 carloads, to 13,840; metallic ores and metals, down 1,355 carloads, to 19,056; and coal, down 1,207 carloads, to 57,352.
For the first 45 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 10,004,661 carloads, up 1.8 percent from the same point last year; and 12,211,278 intermodal units, up 2.5 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 45 weeks of 2025 was 22,215,939 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 2.2 percent compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending November 8, 2025, on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 327,995 carloads, down 0.8 percent compared with the same week last year, and 351,272 intermodal units, up 0.5 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 679,267 carloads and intermodal units, down 0.1 percent. North American rail volume for the first 45 weeks of 2025 was 30,593,085 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.9 percent compared with 2024.
Canadian railroads reported 91,232 carloads for the week, down 2.6 percent, and 69,344 intermodal units, up 65.4 percent compared with the same week in 2024. For the first 45 weeks of 2025, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 7,293,052 carloads, containers and trailers, up 2.1 percent.
Mexican railroads reported 12,112 carloads for the week, down 4.2 percent compared with the same week last year, and 13,086 intermodal units, down 0.1 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 45 weeks of 2025 was 1,084,094 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 3.7 percent from the same point last year.
