In the Weekly Rail Traffic report the AAR reported U.S. carload volume for the week ending July 12, 2014 was up 4.8 percent compared to last year, and intermodal volume was up 3.2 percent. Total U.s. rail traffic for the week was up 4 percent compared to the same week last year.
U.S. carload volume for the first 28 weeks of 2014 was up 3.4 percent compared with the same point in 2013, and intermodal volume was up 6 percent. For the first 28 weeks of 2014 total U.S. rail traffic was up 4.6 percent from the same point last year. Read More