AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 7.7% for Week Ended April 25


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports 
that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,479 during the week 
ended April 25, up by 7.7% from the same week a year ago.

   Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 174,181, up 
8.3% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published 
on Wednesday (4/29) showed.

   Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 511,616, up 1.9% from the same 
week a year ago.

   Total carloads for the week ended April 25 reached 229,828, down by 1.5% 
from the same week of last year.

   Weekly intermodal volume was 281,788 containers and trailers, up 4.9% from 
the corresponding week of the prior year.

   Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 3,602,594, up 3.5% on the 
year.

   Cumulative intermodal units were 4,414,204, up 0.2% from a year ago.

   Total rail traffic for the first 16 weeks of the year was 8,016,798 carloads 
and intermodal units, up 1.7% on the year.




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