AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 14.7% for Week Ended Feb. 28


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports 
that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 11,932 during the week 
ended February 28, up by 14.7% from the same week a year ago.

   Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 88,073, up 
7.1% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published 
on Wednesday (3/4) showed.

   Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 516,729, up 1.6% from the same 
week a year ago.

   Total carloads for the week ended February 28 reached 238,131, higher by 
6.9% from the same week of last year.

   Weekly intermodal volume was 278,598 containers and trailers, down 2.5% from 
the corresponding week of the prior year.

   Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 1,762,504, up 5.5% on the 
year.

   Cumulative intermodal units were 2,191,101, down 1.0% from a year ago.

   Total rail traffic for the first seven weeks of the year was 3,953,605 
carloads and intermodal units, up 1.8% on the year.




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