The AAR reported another week of mixed weekly rail traffic for the week ending July 20, 2013. Carload volume for the week was down 3 percent compared with the same week last year, however intermodal volume was up 2.8 percent. Total U.S. rail traffic for the week was down 0.3 percent compared with the same week in 2012.
U.S. carload volume for the first 29 weeks of 2013 was down 1.5 percent, while intermodal volume was up 3.4 percent from the same point last year. For the first 29 weeks of 2013 total U.S. rail traffic was up 0.7 percent from last year.
Canadian carload volume for the week ending July 20th was down 3.2 percent compared with the same week in 2012, while intermodal volume was up 5.5 percent. For the first 29 weeks of 2013 both Canadian carload and intermodal volume was up compared with the same point last year, carload volume was up 1.3 percent and intermodal volume was up 4.3 percent.
Both Mexican carload and intermodal volume was up for the week. Carload volume was up 5.3 percent compared with the same week last year, and intermodal volume was up 5 percent. Mexican carload volume for the first 29 weeks of 2013 was up 9.2 percent from the same point in 2012, while intermodal volume was down 0.1 percent.
For the first 29 weeks of 2013 North American carload volume was down 0.5 percent, while intermodal volume was up 3.5 percent compared with the same point last year.
