U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes see annual declines, for week of June 11, reports AAR

United States rail carload and intermodal volumes, for the week of June 11, saw annual gains, according to data issued this week by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

Rail carloads—at 234,942—were down 3.6% annually, topping the week ending June 4, at 225,274, and the week ending May 28, at 233,633.

AAR said that three of the 10 carload commodity groups it tracks saw annual gains, including: motor vehicles and parts, up 1,571 carloads, to 13,793; farm products excl. grain, and food, up 1,203 carloads, to 16,340; and nonmetallic minerals, up 618 carloads, to 33,028. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2021 included grain, down 2,912 carloads, to 21,429; coal, down 2,657 carloads, to 66,607; and miscellaneous carloads, down 1,466 carloads, to 9,769.

Intermodal containers and trailers—at 275,353—were down 4.4% annually, topping the week ending June 4, at 250,329, and trailing the week ending May 28, at 280,644.

Through the first 23 weeks of 2022, U.S. rail carloads are flat annually, at 5,296,578, and intermodal units are down 6.4%, to 6,081,199.