AAR: Petroleum Carloads Down 1.6% for Week to Nov. 1


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) data show 
petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,830 in the week ending 
November 1, down by 1.6% from the same week a year ago.

   Year to date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 454,746, 
down by 1.1% from the corresponding period of the prior year, AAR reported this 
week.

   AAR reports total U.S. weekly rail traffic at 496,928 carloads and 
intermodal units in the week profiled, down 3.9% when compared with the same 
week last year.

   Total carloads for the week-ended November 1 reached 227,209, down 0.7% 
compared to the same week last year, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 
269,719 containers and trailers, a 6.4% decrease from the previous year.

   For the first 44 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 
9,780,010 carloads, higher by 1.9% compared to the same period of last year, 
and 11,942,436 intermodal units, up 2.8% from the prior year.

   Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 44 weeks of 2025 was 21,722,446 
carloads and intermodal units, reflecting a 2.4% increase compared to last year.

    

    

    




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