The AAR reported in its Weekly Rail Traffic Summary that U.S. carload volume for the week ending January 25, 2014 was up 5.6 percent compared with the same week last year, and intermodal volume was up 3 percent. Total U.S. rail traffic for the week was up 4.4 percent compared with the same week in 2013.
U.S. carload volume for the first four weeks of 2014 was up 0.9 percent from the same point last year, and intermodal volume was up 1.8 percent. For the first four weeks of the year total U.S. rail traffic was up 1.3 percent from the same point last year.
Canadian carload volume for the week ending January 25th was down 1.6 percent compared with the same week last year, while intermodal volume was up 1.7 percent. For the first four weeks of 2014 Canadian carload volume was down 5.3 percent, and intermodal volume was down 1.5 percent from the same point in 2013.
Mexican carload volume for the week was up 8.9 percent compared with the same week last year, and intermodal volume was up 6.7 percent. For the first four weeks of 2014 Mexican carload volume was up 6.1 percent for the same point in 2013, and intermodal volume was up 3.2 percent.
The combined North American, U.S., Canada and Mexico, carload volume for the first four weeks of 2014 was down 0.2 percent compared with the same point last year, while intermodal volume was up 1.3 percent.
