Both carload and intermodal volume was up for week ending May 11, 2013 according to the report released by the AAR on May 16th. Carload volume was up 0.6 percent and intermodal volume was up 3.9 percent compared to the same week last year. Total U.S. rail traffic for the week was up 2.1 percent compared to the same week in 2012.
Carload volume was down 1.9 percent for the first 19 weeks of 2013 compared to the same time period last year, while intermodal was up 4.3 percent. For the first 19 weeks of 2013 total U.S. traffic was up 0.9 percent from 2012.
Canadian carload volume was down 1.2 percent for week ending May 11th, however intermodal volume was up 1.8 percent compared to last year. For the first 19 weeks of 2013 Canadian carload volume was up 2 percent from last year and intermodal volume was up 3.6 percent.
Mexican carload volume for the week was up 5.3 percent compared to the same week in 2012, while intermodal was down 1.7 percent. For the first 19 weeks of 2012 carload volume was up 8.4 percent and intermodal volume was up 0.2 percent from the same point last year.
North American carload volume for the first 19 weeks of 2013 was down 0.7 percent compared to the same time period in 2012, while intermodal volume was up 4 percent.
