AAR: May Rail Carloads down 27.7% YoY, Intermodal Down 13.0% YoY

From the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Rail Time Indicators . Graphs and excerpts reprinted with permission . Huge swaths of the U.S. and global economies remained shut in May and the impact on rail traffic was predictable. Total U.S. carloads fell 27.7% in May 2020 from May 2019, the biggest year-over- year decline for any month on record (our year-over-year comparisons begin in 1989) and worse than the 25.2% decline in April. For intermodal, things were bad but not as bad: originations were down 13.0% in May , better than the 17.2% decline in April. emphasis added Click on graph......(read more)

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