AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 1% for Week to Dec. 27


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Energy Editor

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) data show 
petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 9,211 in the week ending 
December 27, up by 1% from the same week a year ago.

   Year to date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 538,051, 
down 1.6% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report 
published on Wednesday (12/31) showed.

   Total U.S. weekly rail traffic at 392,295 carloads and intermodal units in 
the week profiled was down 0.7% when compared with the same week last year.

   Total carloads for the week-ended December 27 reached 188,673, up 2.5% 
compared to the same week last year, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 
203,622 containers and trailers, a 1% decrease from the previous year.

   For the full 52 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported a cumulative volume 
of 11,509,099 carloads, up 1.5% on the year. Intermodal units totaled 
14,055,601, also up 1.5% from the prior year.

   Total combined U.S. traffic for the 52 weeks of the year was 25,564,700 
carloads and intermodal units, another 1.5% increase on last year.




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