AAR: US Petroleum, Product Carloads Down 6.9% in Latest Week


   
Miguel E. Andujar
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   DAVENPORT, FL (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) data show 
petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,559 in the week ending May 
24, down 6.9% from the same week in 2024. 
Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads were not broken out 
separately in cumulative data. 
AAR reports total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 488,709 carloads and intermodal 
units in the week profiled, up 0.7% compared with the same week last year. 
Total carloads for the week ending May 24 reached 226,091, up 3.8% compared to 
the same week a year earlier, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 262,618 
containers and trailers, a 1.8% decrease from 2024. 
For the first 21 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 
4,580,934 carloads, up 2.3% compared to the same point last year, and 5,699,709 
intermodal units, up 7.0% year-over-year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the 
first 21 weeks of 2025 was 10,280,643 carloads and intermodal units, reflecting 
a 4.9% increase compared to last year. 




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