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Related: About this forumU.S. Rail Traffic Still Falling As Fall Approaches
Grain traffic took a hit.
September 11, 2019 Class I, Freight, Intermodal, News, Short Lines & Regionals
U.S. Rail Traffic Still Falling As Fall Approaches
Written by Andrew Corselli, Managing Editor
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ended September 7, 2019, and, for this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 469,285 carloads and intermodal units, down 6.6% compared with the same week last year.
Manufacturing and goods trading must still be hurtingand the cooler weather certainly hasnt cooled off the dropsas total carloads for the week ended September 7 were 238,988 carloads, down 5.6% compared with the same week in 2018, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 230,297 containers and trailers, down 7.5% compared to 2018.
Three of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2018. They were chemicals, up 1,425 carloads, to 30,888; miscellaneous carloads, up 42 carloads, to 8,674; and petroleum and petroleum products, up 1 carload, to 11,653. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2018 included commodities such as coal, down 5,965 carloads, to 79,446; grain, down 2,589 carloads, to 17,431; and nonmetallic minerals, down 2,524 carloads, to 32,734.
For the first 36 weeks of 2019, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 9,110,692 carloads, down 3.4% from the same point last year; and 9,558,740 intermodal units, down 4% from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 36 weeks of 2019 was 18,669,432 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 3.7% compared to last year.
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U.S. Rail Traffic Still Falling As Fall Approaches
Written by Andrew Corselli, Managing Editor
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ended September 7, 2019, and, for this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 469,285 carloads and intermodal units, down 6.6% compared with the same week last year.
Manufacturing and goods trading must still be hurtingand the cooler weather certainly hasnt cooled off the dropsas total carloads for the week ended September 7 were 238,988 carloads, down 5.6% compared with the same week in 2018, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 230,297 containers and trailers, down 7.5% compared to 2018.
Three of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2018. They were chemicals, up 1,425 carloads, to 30,888; miscellaneous carloads, up 42 carloads, to 8,674; and petroleum and petroleum products, up 1 carload, to 11,653. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2018 included commodities such as coal, down 5,965 carloads, to 79,446; grain, down 2,589 carloads, to 17,431; and nonmetallic minerals, down 2,524 carloads, to 32,734.
For the first 36 weeks of 2019, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 9,110,692 carloads, down 3.4% from the same point last year; and 9,558,740 intermodal units, down 4% from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 36 weeks of 2019 was 18,669,432 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 3.7% compared to last year.
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U.S. Rail Traffic Still Falling As Fall Approaches (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Sep 2019
OP
There used to be a fellow down at Virginia Tech who followed the sale or shipment of pallets. NT
mahatmakanejeeves
Sep 2019
#5
China has stopped buying all US Ag products... this is just the beginning of the BIG downward spin
Thekaspervote
Sep 2019
#4
at140
(6,110 posts)1. Effect of China trade war?
Keep in mind it is a "war".
Only 1 can win.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,843 posts)2. An awful lot of rail traffic consists of agricultural commodities
being shipped to west coast ports for shipment to China, and the delivery of goods from China being transported to points east. Trump's tariffs are going to hurt every single industry in the country.
elleng
(131,107 posts)3. Interesting, and not a good thing (re: economy at large.)
Transport loads have been 'leading indicators.'
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,608 posts)5. There used to be a fellow down at Virginia Tech who followed the sale or shipment of pallets. NT
elleng
(131,107 posts)6. and the guys I worked with at ICC, did the same (informally.)
Thekaspervote
(32,793 posts)4. China has stopped buying all US Ag products... this is just the beginning of the BIG downward spin