AAR: Weekly US Petroleum, Product Carloads Up vs Yr Ago


   
    

    

   OAKHURST, N.J. (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads data show 
petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,639 in the week-ended Oct. 
12, 0.6% above the same week in 2023.

   Year to date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 427,949, 
10.0% above the corresponding period in 2023.

   AAR reports total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 505,033 carloads and 
intermodal units in the week profiled, up 2.6% compared with the same week last 
year.

   Total carloads for the week-ended Oct. 12 were 222,003 carloads, down 1.3% 
compared with the same week in 2023 while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 
283,030 containers and trailers, up 5.9% compared to 2023.

   For the first 41 weeks of 2024, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 
8,919,323 carloads, down 3.2% from the same point last year; and 10,755,542 
intermodal units, up 9.1% from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the 
first 41 weeks of 2024 was 19,674,865 carloads and intermodal units, an 
increase of 3.1% compared to last year.

   North American rail volume on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican 
railroads totaled 332,200 carloads for the week ended Oct. 12, down 1.2% 
compared to the same week last year, and 364,671 intermodal units, up 4.5% 
compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America 
was 696,871 carloads and intermodal units in the week under review, up 1.7%. 
North American rail volume for the first 41 weeks of 2024 was 27,375,648 
carloads and intermodal units, up 2.4% compared with 2023.




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