AAR: Weekly US Petroleum, Product Carloads Dropped Last Wk


   
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 10,342 in the week ending May 
10, 6% lower than 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 495,552 carloads and 
intermodal units in the week profiled, up 5.7% compared with the same week last 
year. Total carloads for the week ending May 10 were to 222,238 carloads, up 
6.2% compared to the same week a year earlier, while U.S. weekly intermodal 
volume was 273,314 containers and trailers, up 5.4% compared to 2024. 

   For the first 19 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 
4,125,617 carloads, up 2.0% versus the same point last year, and 5,175,542 
intermodal units, up 7.9% from 2024. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 
19 weeks of 2025 was 9,301,159 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 
5.2% compared to last year. 

   AAR reports North American rail volume on nine reporting U.S., Canadian, and 
Mexican railroads totaled 332,095 for the week ending May 10, up 4.9% compared 
to the same week last year, and 363,279 intermodal units, up 5.9% 
year-over-year. 

   Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 695,374 carloads and 
intermodal units in the week under review, a 5.4% increase on a weekly basis. 
North American rail volume for the first 19 weeks of 2025 reached 12,833,256 
carloads and intermodal units, up 3.5% from the same period last year. 

    




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