The Association of American Railroads reported mixed traffic for the week ending April 20, 2013, with carload volume down 2 percent but intermodal volume up 0.6 percent compared with the same week last year. Total U.S. rail traffic for the week was down 0.8 percent compared with the same week in 2012.
Carload volume was down 2.3 percent for the first 16 weeks of 2013, however intermodal was up 4.6 percent when compared with the same time period last year. The AAR reported that for the first 16 weeks of 2013 total rail traffic was up 0.7 percent from last year.
Both Canadian carload and intermodal volume were up for week ending April 20th. Carload volume was up 1.2 percent compared with the same week last year, and intermodal volume was up 2 percent. For the first 16 weeks of 2013 Canadian carload volume was up 2.5 percent and intermodal volume was up 4 percent from the same point last year
Mexican carload volume for the week was up 2.5 percent, but intermodal volume was down 5.2 percent compared with the same week in 2012. Carload volume for the first 16 weeks of 2013 was up 9.2 percent from the same point last year, and intermodal volume was up 1.8 percent.
Combined North American carload volume for the first 16 weeks of 2013 was down 0.9 percent, however intermodal volume was up 4.4 percent compared with the same point in 2012.
