Both U.S. carload and intermodal volume were up for week ending May 18, 2013. The AAR reported that carload volume was up 1.9 percent and intermodal volume was up 3.5 percent compared to the same week in 2012. Total U.S. rail traffic for the week was up 2.6 percent compared to the same week last year.
Carload volume for the first 20 weeks of 2013 was down 1.7 percent from the same point last year, while intermodal volume was up 4.3 percent. For the first 20 weeks of 2013 total U.S. rail traffic was up 1 percent from last year.