WASHINGTON — U.S. railroads experienced their biggest single-week traffic drop of the year, compared to the comparable week in 2022, with overall traffic down 7.6% for the week ending March 11, according to statistics from the Association of American Railroads.
Intermodal traffic — at 229,383 containers and trailers, down 13% from the corresponding week in 2022 — accounted for most of the decline. The 229,246 carloads represented a 1.5% drop. The overall total was 458,629 carloads and intermodal units.
Through 10 weeks of 2023, U.S. carload traffic is down 0.1%, while intermodal traffic is down 9%, for an overall decrease of 4.8% and a weekly average of 462,617 carloads and intermodal units.
North American traffic, for 12 reporting U.S., Canadian, and Mexican railroads, included 330,767 carloads, up 1%, and 303,627 intermodal units, down 12.7%. The combined volume of 634,394 carloads and intermodal units represented a 6.1% decline from the same week in 2022. Year-to-date traffic for North America is down 2.9% from the first 10 weeks of 2022.
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