In the Weekly Rail Traffic report the AAR reported U.S. carload volume for the week ending July 12, 2014 was up 4.8 percent compared to last year, and intermodal volume was up 3.2 percent. Total U.s. rail traffic for the week was up 4 percent compared to the same week last year.
U.S. carload volume for the first 28 weeks of 2014 was up 3.4 percent compared with the same point in 2013, and intermodal volume was up 6 percent. For the first 28 weeks of 2014 total U.S. rail traffic was up 4.6 percent from the same point last year.
Canadian carload volume for the week ending July 12th was up 10.1 percent compared to the same week last year, and intermodal volume was up 9.5 percent. For the first 28 weeks of 2014 Canadian carload volume was up 0.6 percent from the same point in 2013, and intermodal volume was up 6.4 percent.
Both Mexican carload and intermodal volume were up for the week compared to the same week last year, up 10.7 percent and 9.6 percent respectively. Mexican carload volume for the first 28 weeks of 2014 was up 1.9 percent from the same point last year, and intermodal volume was up 3.5 percent.
For the first 28 weeks of 2014 North American carload volume was up 2.8 percent compared with the same point last year, and intermodal volume was up 6 percent.
