For the week ending March 15, 2014 U.S. carload volume was up 3.1 percent, and intermodal volume was up 11.9 percent compared with the same week last year according to the Weekly Rail Traffic Summary released by the AAR. Total U.S. rail volume for the week was up 7 percent compared with the same week in 2013. For the first 11 weeks of 2014 total U.S. rail volume was up 1.1 percent compared with the same point last year.
Canadian carload volume for the week ending March 15th was down 8 percent compared with the same week last year, while intermodal volume was up 4.9 percent. For the first 11 weeks of 2014 Canadian carload volume was down 8.2 percent, and intermodal volume was down 0.5 percent from the same point last year.
Mexican carload volume for the week was up 1.9 percent compared with the same week in 2013, however intermodal volume was down 1.9 percent. For the first 11 weeks of 2014 Mexican carload volume was up 1.2 percent from the same point last year, while intermodal volume was down 1.3 percent.
For the first 11 weeks of 2014 total North American carload volume was down 1.7 percent compared with the same point last year, while intermodal volume was up 1.7 percent.
