August 14, 2014
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U.S. freight traffic maintains momentum

U.S. freight rail traffic continued gaining substantially during the first full week of August, ending Aug. 9, 2014, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday, Aug. 14.

August 07, 2014
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AAR: Good week, month of July, for U.S. rail traffic

U.S. rail traffic gained ground in the week ending Aug. 2, 2014, effectively wrapping up a solid month of gains, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday, Aug. 7.

August 07, 2014
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NS aids CBR safety training effort

Norfolk Southern Corp. said Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 it recently sponsored a crude-by-rail (CBR) emergency response class at the Association of American Railroads’ Security and Emergency Response Training Center (SERTC) in Pueblo, Colo. The class drew 40 responders from nine states.

August 01, 2014
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Railroad Ten-Year Trends available from the AAR

Now available from the Association of American Railroads is the latest edition of Railroad Ten-Year Trends, which contains a variety of railroad-related data for the years 2003-2012. More than 60 pages of the publication also have preliminary data for 2013.

July 31, 2014
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Rail freight traffic continues to grow

The Association of American Railroads reported continued growth in U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 26, 2014, with 306,988 total carloads, up 4.3% compared with the same week last year. Total U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 264,809 units, up 3.3% compared with the same week last year. Total combined U.S. weekly rail traffic was 571,797 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.8% compared with the same week last year.

July 24, 2014
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U.S. freight traffic gains again in latest week

U.S. freight rail traffic for the week ending July 19, 2014 advanced yet again, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday, July 24, with Canadian rail traffic and Mexican carload traffic also increasing, and only Mexican intermodal failing to gain ground.

July 10, 2014
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For U.S. freight traffic, gains keep accumulating

U.S. freight rail traffic continued growing in the week ending July 5, 2014, measured against the comparable week in 2013, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday, July 10, 2014.

July 03, 2014
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U.S. freight traffic wraps up good June

U.S. freight traffic scored gains in the final full week of June ending June 28, 2014, capping off a full month of advances, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday, July 3.

June 27, 2014
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AAR to STB: Market forces aid grain shippers

In a 24-page submission to the Surface Transportation Board dated Thursday, June 26, 2014, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) responded to STB’s request “seeking input on the Board’s rate reasonableness complaint procedures related to the transportation of grain by rail.”

June 26, 2014
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Intermodal volume boosts U.S. freight traffic

U.S. freight traffic scored another advance during the week ending June 21, 2014, aided by intermodal volume the Association of American Railroads described Thursday, June 26, as “the highest week in history … topping the previous record set last week.”