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).
Transportation Technology Center, Inc., President Lisa Stabler has announced her retirement, after more than a decade of service at the wholly owned Association of American Railroads (AAR) subsidiary.
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation has passed its five-year surface transportation bill authorizing $78 billion for rail, freight, safety and research programs; it is a bipartisan measure supported by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA).
For the week ending June 12, 2021, total U.S. carloads were 241,628, up 21.8% from the same week in 2020, and all 10 commodity groups tracked posted an increase, the Association of American Railroads reported on June 16.
Starting July 1, all tank car pressure relief valves (PRV) being qualified (built or rebuilt) by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) must be entered into the Railinc Component Tracking program; Siemens has launched a “Where the Jobs Are 2021” series to highlight the company’s training and career opportunities across the U.S.; TRAINFO Corp. is one of three companies in Manitoba to receive funding from the Canadian government through Western Economic Diversification Canada’s (WD) Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSP) program; and consulting firm HDR has acquired WKE, a multi-modal transportation engineering company based in Santa Ana, Calif.
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has released a bipartisan five-year surface transportation bill authorizing $78 billion for rail, freight, safety and research programs; it is a companion to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works’ (EPW) recently advanced, and also bipartisan, $303.5 billion Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021.