NORTH American rail volume for the week ending February 19 on 12 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railways totalled 237,256 carloads, up 38.2 per cent compared with the same week in 2021, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR).
For this week, total US weekly rail traffic was 497,822 carloads and intermodal units, up 31.7 per cent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending February 19 were 237,256 carloads, up 38.2 per cent compared with the same week in 2021, compared with the same week in 2021, compared to 2021.
All of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2021. They included coal, up 22,547 carloads, to 71,293; nonmetallic minerals, up 12,464 carloads, to 28,554; and chemicals, up 11,451 carloads, to 35,305.
For the first seven weeks of 2022, US railways reported cumulative volume of 1,594,264 carloads, up 3.6 per cent from the same point last year; and 1,769,900 intermodal units, down 7.7 per cent from last year.
Total combined US traffic for the first seven weeks of 2022 was 3,364,164 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 2.7 per cent compared to last year.
Canadian railways reported 74,320 carloads for the week, up 9.2 per cent, and 64,704 intermodal units, up 1.3 per cent compared with the same week in 2021. For the first seven weeks of 2022, Canadian railways reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 932,095 carloads, containers and trailers, down 10 per cent.
Mexican railways reported 21,419 carloads for the week, up 19.4 per cent compared with the same week last year, and 16,246 intermodal units, down 0.5 per cent.
Cumulative volume on Mexican railways for the first seven weeks of 2022 was 257,972 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 0.9 per cent from the same point last year.