The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending November 22, 2025.  For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 516,110 carloads and intermodal units, down 0.9 percent compared with the same week last year.

Total carloads for the week ending November 22 were 234,592 carloads, up 2.0 percent compared with the same week in 2024, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 281,518 containers and trailers, down 3.2 percent compared to 2024.

Four of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2024. They included coal, up 4,795 carloads, to 62,956; nonmetallic minerals, up 2,379 carloads, to 32,282; and grain, up 2,253 carloads, to 25,893. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2024 included petroleum and petroleum products, down 1,187 carloads, to 10,587; chemicals, down 1,092 carloads, to 32,699; and miscellaneous carloads, down 1,068 carloads, to 8,875.

For the first 47 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 10,462,354 carloads, up 1.8 percent from the same point last year; and 12,763,575 intermodal units, up 2.1 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 47 weeks of 2025 was 23,225,929 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 2.0 percent compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending November 22, 2025, on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 343,457 carloads, up 1.9 percent compared with the same week last year, and 365,425 intermodal units, down 2.0 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 708,882 carloads and intermodal units, down 0.1 percent. North American rail volume for the first 47 weeks of 2025 was 31,955,940 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.8 percent compared with 2024.

Canadian railroads reported 96,121 carloads for the week, up 1.5 percent, and 70,202 intermodal units, up 1.5 percent compared with the same week in 2024. For the first 47 weeks of 2025, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 7,619,166 carloads, containers and trailers, up 2.3 percent.

Mexican railroads reported 12,744 carloads for the week, up 1.5 percent compared with the same week last year, and 13,705 intermodal units, up 7.4 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 47 weeks of 2025 was 1,110,845 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 5.6 percent from the same point last year.

-via Press Release