The AAR reported in its Weekly Rail Traffic Summary that U.S. carload volume for the week ending January 25, 2014 was up 5.6 percent compared with the same week last year, and intermodal volume was up 3 percent. Total U.S. rail traffic for the week was up 4.4 percent compared with the same week in 2013.
U.S. carload volume for the first four weeks of 2014 was up 0.9 percent from the same point last year, and intermodal volume was up 1.8 percent. For the first four weeks of the year total U.S. rail traffic was up 1.3 percent from the same point last year. Read More