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.
Canadian carload volume for the week ending May 18th was down 1.3 percent, however intermodal volume was up 4.6 percent compared to the same week last year. Both Canadian carload and intermodal volume was up for the first 20 weeks of 2013 compared to the same time period last year, carload was up 1.8 percent and intermodal was up 3.6 percent.
Mexican carload volume for the week was up 14.8 percent compared to the same week in 2012, while intermodal volume down 6 percent. For the first 20 weeks of 2012 Mexican carload volume was up 8.7 percent from last year, however intermodal volume was down 0.1 percent.
Total North American carload volume was down 0.6 percent compared with the same point last year, while intermodal was up 4 percent.
