The AAR reported that both carload and intermodal volume were up for week ending April 12, 2014 in the Weekly Rail Traffic report. Carload volume was up 7.2 percent compared with the same week last year, and intermodal volume was up 9.3 percent. Total U.S. rail volume for the week was up 8.2 percent compared with the same week in 2013.
U.S. carload volume for the first 15 weeks of 2014 was up 1.6 percent compared with the same point last year, and intermodal volume was up 4.8 percent. For the first 15 weeks of 2014 total U.S. rail volume was up 3.1 percent from the same point in 2013. Read More