AAR: Weekly US Petroleum, Product Carloads Up vs Yr Ago


   
    

    

   OAKHURST, N.J. (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads data show 
petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,782 in the week-ended Sept. 
28, 6.1% above the same week in 2023.

   Year to date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 406,496, 
10.4% above the corresponding period in 2023.

   AAR reports total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 507,537 carloads and 
intermodal units in the week profiled, up 1.6% compared with the same week last 
year.

   Total carloads for the week-ended Sept. 28 were 227,046 carloads, down 3.5% 
compared with the same week in 2023 while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 
280,491 containers and trailers, up 6.2% compared to 2023.

   For the first 39 weeks of 2024, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 
8,472,040 carloads, down 3.3% from the same point last year; and 10,211,605 
intermodal units, up 9.5% from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the 
first 39 weeks of 2024 was 18,683,645 carloads and intermodal units, an 
increase of 3.3% compared to last year.

   North American rail volume on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican 
railroads totaled 338,087 carloads for the week ended Sept. 28, down 3.6% 
compared to the same week last year, and 362,754 intermodal units, up 4.2% 
compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America 
was 700,841 carloads and intermodal units in the week under review, up 0.3%. 
North American rail volume for the first 39 weeks of 2024 was 25,999,318 
carloads and intermodal units, up 2.5% compared with 2023.




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