United States rail carload and intermodal volumes each saw annual gains for the week ending August 25, theAssociation of American Railroads (AAR)reported this week.
Carloads, at 275,334, were up 1.8% annually, which trailed the week ending August 18 at 278,701 and topped the week ending August 11 at 271,718.
AAR说七的十载的货物商品groups it tracks saw annual gains, including: petroleum and petroleum products, up 3,212 carloads, to 11,897; grain, up 2,690 carloads, to 21,770; and metallic ores and metals, up 1,367 carloads, to 23,817. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2017 were coal, down 3,937 carloads, to 90,645; nonmetallic minerals, down 1,084 carloads, to 38,287; and miscellaneous carloads, down 227 carloads, to 9,403.
Intermodal containers and trailers for the week ending August 25, at 290,372, rose 6% annually which was ahead of the week ending August 18 at 278,701 and the week ending August 11 at 285,169.
On a year-to-date basis through the first 34 weeks of 2018, AAR reported that U.S. carloads were up 1.7% at 8,901,367, and intermodal units are up 6% at 9,417,104.