The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending August 6, 2022. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 496,526 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.6 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending August 6 were 230,573 carloads, down 1.6 percent compared with the same week in 2021, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 265,953 containers and trailers, down 3.4 percent compared to 2021.

Four of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2021. They included grain, up 1,809 carloads, to 19,916; nonmetallic minerals, up 633 carloads, to 34,409; and farm products excl. grain, and food, up 378 carloads, to 15,618. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2021 included miscellaneous carloads, down 2,260 carloads, to 7,901; chemicals, down 1,385 carloads, to 32,287; and coal, down 1,076 carloads, to 65,812.

For the first 31 weeks of 2022, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 7,131,393 carloads, down 0.1 percent from the same point last year; and 8,178,585 intermodal units, down 5.7 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 31 weeks of 2022 was 15,309,978 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 3.2 percent compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending August 6, 2022, on 12 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 327,633 carloads, down 0.1 percent compared with the same week last year, and 354,967 intermodal units, down 1.2 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 682,600 carloads and intermodal units, down 0.7 percent. North American rail volume for the first 31 weeks of 2022 was 20,917,514 carloads and intermodal units, down 3 percent compared with 2021.

Canadian railroads reported 74,899 carloads for the week, up 3.2 percent, and 73,082 intermodal units, up 6.7 percent compared with the same week in 2021. For the first 31 weeks of 2022, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 4,447,124 carloads, containers and trailers, down 3.5 percent.

Mexican railroads reported 22,161 carloads for the week, up 4.8 percent compared with the same week last year, and 15,932 intermodal units, up 2.7 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 31 weeks of 2022 was 1,160,412 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 1.3 percent from the same point last year.

-via Press Release