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Pandemic continues to beat up on rail traffic
May 13, 2020 Class 1, Freight, Intermodal, Railroad News
Pandemic continues to beat up on rail traffic
Written by David C. Lester, Managing Editor
This week’s rail traffic report shows that the industry continues to be hammered by the pandemic and the reduced number of shippers generating carloads and intermodal loads due to plant closings and reduced productivity.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending May 9, 2020
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 412,549 carloads and intermodal units, down 22.1 percent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending May 9 were 185,144 carloads, down 28.4 percent compared with the same week in 2019, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 227,405 containers and trailers, down 16 percent compared to 2019.
None of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2019. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2019 included coal, down 34,111 carloads, to 46,515; motor vehicles and parts, down 14,876 carloads, to 2,108; and metallic ores and metals, down 7,513 carloads, to 13,624.
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Pandemic continues to beat up on rail traffic
Written by David C. Lester, Managing Editor
This week’s rail traffic report shows that the industry continues to be hammered by the pandemic and the reduced number of shippers generating carloads and intermodal loads due to plant closings and reduced productivity.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending May 9, 2020
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 412,549 carloads and intermodal units, down 22.1 percent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending May 9 were 185,144 carloads, down 28.4 percent compared with the same week in 2019, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 227,405 containers and trailers, down 16 percent compared to 2019.
None of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2019. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2019 included coal, down 34,111 carloads, to 46,515; motor vehicles and parts, down 14,876 carloads, to 2,108; and metallic ores and metals, down 7,513 carloads, to 13,624.
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