AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 6.0% for Week Ended July 11


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads reported that 
petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 11,847 during the week ended 
July 11, up 6.0% from a year ago.

   U.S. Rail Traffic

   Week 27, 2026 -- Ended July 11, 2026

                   This     This Week Year-To-Date: Year-To-Date: Year-To-Date:
Category           Week:    vs 2025   Cumulative    Avg/wk^2      vs 2025
                   Cars
Total Carloads     223,040  -0.4%     6,117,342     226,568       3.1%
Chemicals          32,605   0.01%     915,338       33,901        2.7%
Coal               53,527   -8.1%     1,528,626     56,616        -1.0%
Farm Products
excl. Grain, and   18,093   4.8%      473,494       17,537        3.7%
Food
Forest Products    8,739    6.0%      222,300       8,233         -0.03%
Grain              21,446   -5.3%     649,391       24,052        13.9%
Metallic Ores and  21,857   8.0%      559,009       20,704        6.7%
Metals
Motor Vehicles and 13,129   1.1%      421,017       15,593        0.9%
Parts
Nonmetallic        32,823   4.0%      805,322       29,827        2.2%
Minerals
Petroleum and      11,847   6.0%      296,238       10,972        7.4%
Petroleum Products
Other              8,974    0.9%      246,607       9,134         0.3%
Total Intermodal   280,485  3.0%      7,534,897     279,070       3.6%
Units
Total Traffic      503,525  1.5%      13,652,239





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