For week ending January 11, 2014 there was a decrease in U.S. rail traffic. The AAR reported that carload volume was down 8.2 percent compared with the same week last year, and intermodal volume was down 6.7 percent in the Weekly Rail Traffic Summary released January 16, 2014. Total U.S. rail traffic for the week was down 7.5 percent from last year.
U.S. carload volume for the first two weeks of 2014 was down 3.4 percent from the same point in 2013, and intermodal volume was down 1.9 percent. For the first two weeks of 2014 total U.S. rail traffic was down 2.8 percent from the same point last year.
Canadian carload volume for the week ending January 11th was down 11.8 percent compared with the same week last year, and intermodal volume was down 10.2 percent. For the first two weeks of 2014 Canadian carload volume was down 9.7 percent from the same point in 2013, and intermodal volume was down 5.5 percent.
Both Mexican carload and intermodal volume were up 5.0 percent for the week compared with the same week last year. For the first two weeks of 2014 Mexican carload volume was up 4.3 percent from the same point last year, while intermodal volume was down 1.8 percent.
Total North American carload volume for the first two weeks of 2014 was down 4.5 percent compared with the same point in 2013, and intermodal volume was down 2.6 percent.
