Total U.S. rail traffic of 504,810 carloads and intermodal units for the week ending Aug. 14, 2021, kept pace with the same week last year, rising 0.9%, based on carload gains, according to the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) Aug. 18 report.
In responding to Surface Transportation Board Chair Marty Oberman’s July 22 letter to the Class I railroads requesting information on the extent of congestion at key U.S. container terminals and on their railroads’
Total U.S. weekly rail traffic for the week ending Aug. 7, 2021 was 509,607 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.4% from the same point last year, as intermodal losses offset carload gains, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on Aug. 11.
While U.S. rail traffic in July 2021 was up from July 2020, the percentage increase was “significantly lower” than in other recent months, AAR Senior Vice President John T. Gray reported on Aug. 4.
For the week ending July 24, 2021, total U.S. rail traffic came in at 503,219 carloads and intermodal units, growing 4.6% from the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on July 28.
Total U.S. weekly rail traffic for the week ending July 17, 2021, reached 513,255 carloads and intermodal units, a 6.6% boost from the prior-year period, according to a July 21 Association of American Railroads (AAR) report.
For the week ending July 10, 2021, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 451,825 carloads and intermodal units, up 0.6% compared with the same week last year, as intermodal losses offset carload gains, the Association of American Railroads reported on July 14.
U.S. rail volumes in second-quarter 2021 “reflect an economy that is in much better shape than it was but still has room to grow,” AAR Senior Vice President John T. Gray reported on July 7.
For the week ending June 26, 2021, total U.S. rail traffic was 516,167 carloads and intermodal units, increasing 12.4% from the prior-year period, the Association of American Railroads reported on June 30. That included 237,117 carloads (up 17.7% vs. 2020) and 279,050 containers and trailers (up 8.2% vs. 2020).
U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 19, 2021, came in at 514,112 carloads and intermodal units, rising 12.5% from the same point last year, the Association of American Railroads reported on June 23. That represents 232,144 carloads (up 15.1% vs. 2020) and 281,968 intermodal containers and trailers (up 10.4% vs. 2020).