AAR: January Rail Carloads up 1.7% YoY, Intermodal Up 0.5% YoY

From the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Rail Time Indicators . Graphs and excerpts reprinted with permission . Total U.S. rail carloads were up 1.7% , or 21,054 carloads, in January 2019 over January 2018, while U.S. intermodal volume was up 0.5% , or 6,008 containers and trailers. You can split the five weeks of January 2019 into two parts. In weeks 1-3, total carloads were up 8.1% over last year and intermodal was up 5.7%. In weeks 4-5, though, carloads were down 6.6% (including an 8.4% decline in week 5) and intermodal was down 6.5% (including a 9.6% decline in week 5). Clearly,......(read more)

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