Total U.S. weekly rail traffic down 17.3% for week ending June 4

For the week ending June 4, 2016, AAR reports total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 455,346 carloads and intermodal units, down 17.3% compared with the same week last year.

Rail Insights: AAR on passenger rail and freight

From Chicago, and Railway Age’s Rail Insights Conference and Expo today, June 7:

From Chicago: Rail Insights: Ed Hamberger

From Chicago, and Railway Age’s Rail Insights Conference and Expo today, June 7:

Rail Insights: AAR on FRA’s two-person cab rule

From Chicago, and Railway Age’s Rail Insights Conference and Expo today, June 7:

Carload traffic down 10.3% for May

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) announced its monthly rail freight traffic report for May, and the week ending May 28, 2016. The figures, as expected, haven’t improved.

Rail freight traffic: Same stuff, different week

North American rail freight traffic remains in the doldrums, the Association of American Railroads reported for the week ending May 21, 2016.

U.S. weekly rail traffic down 9.2%

For the week ending May 14, 2016, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 498,379 carloads and intermodal units, down 9.2% compared with the same week last year, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Infrastructure week unveiled

150 non-partisan organizations recognize Infrastructure Week May 16th to 23rd. Business, labor and civic organizations are uniting under the week’s 2016 theme: “Infrastructure Matters.”

Total U.S. weekly rail traffic down 10.6%

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending May 7, 2016: Total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 492,923 carloads and intermodal units, down 10.6% compared with the same week last year.

AAR: Freight traffic slump continues

For April 2016, combined U.S. carload and intermodal originations were 1,972,829, down 11.8% or 264,327 carloads and intermodal units from April 2015, reported the Association of American Railroads on May 4, 2016. Carload traffic in April totaled 944,339 carloads, down 16.1% or 180,598 from April 2015. U.S. railroads also originated 1,028,460 containers and trailers in April 2016, down 7.5% or 83,729 units from the same month last year.

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