WASHINGTON — U.S. rail traffic remains ahead of the pandemic-depressed levels of 2020, while the most recent week’s traffic shows a slight decline from the preceding seven-day period.
Statistics from the Association of American Railroads show U.S. railroads moved a total of 514,112 carloads and intermodal units in the week ending June 19, a 12.5% increase over the same week in 2020. Those figures represent a 2.9% drop from the previous week, when the carload-intermodal total was 529,635 units.
The latest figures include 232,144 carloads, a 15.1% increase over the corresponding week in 2020, and 281,968 trailers and containers, a 10.4% increase. Through 24 weeks of 2021, carload traffic is up 8.6% over the same period in 2020, while intermodal traffic is up 18.2%, for a total volume increase of 13.7%
North American totals, based on reports from 12 U.S., Canadian, and Mexican railroads, include 329,907 carloads, up 11.3% from the corresponding week in 2020, and 369,258 intermodal units, up 10%, for a total of 699,165 carloads and intermodal units, a 10.6% increase. Total North American traffic is up 12.1% for the year to date.
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