NORTH American rail volume for the week ending September 24 on 12 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railways totalled 333,265 carloads, down 1.3 per cent compared with the same week last year, and 342,019 intermodal units, down 4.3 per cent compared with last year, according to Association of American Railroads (R).
Total combined weekly rail traffic in north America was 675,284 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.8 per cent. North American rail volume for the first 38 weeks of 2022 was 25,700, 318 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.4 per cent compared with 2021.
For this week, total US weekly rail traffic was 489,111 carloads and intermodal units, down 4.4 per cent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending September 24 were 231,258 carloads, down 3.2 per cent compared with the same week in 2021, while US weekly intermodal volume was 257,853 containers and trailers, down 5.4 per cent compared to 2021.
Three of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2021. They were motor vehicles and parts, up 1,610 carloads to 13,165; coal up 819 carloads to 70,697 and nonmetallic minerals up 372 carloads to 34,436.
Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2021 included metallic ores and metals, down 3,405 carloads to 20,708; grain down 2,276 carloads to 19,540 and chemicals, down 1,758 carloads to 30,261.
For the first 38 weeks of 2022, US railways reported cumulative volume of 8,784,882 carloads, up 0.2 per cent from the same point last year and 9,998,106 intermodal units, down 5.1 per cent from last year.
Total combined US traffic for the first 38 weeks of 2022 was 18,782,988 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 2.7 per cent compared to last year.
Canadian railways reported 79,152 carloads for the week, down 1.2 per cent, and 68,448 intermodal units, down 3.6 per cent compared with the same week in 2021.
For the first 38 weeks of 2022, Canadian railways reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 5,499,480 carloads, containers and trailers, down 2.4 per cent.
Mexican railways reported 22,855 carloads for the week, up 22.4 per cent compared with the same week last year, and 15,718 intermodal units, up 15.3 per cent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railways for the first 38 weeks of 2022 was 1,417,850 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 2.5 per cent from the same point last year.
