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.
For the week ending April 12th Canadian carload volume was down 4.5 percent compared with the same week last year, while intermodal volume was up percent volume was up 9.7 percent. For the first 15 weeks on 2014 Canadian carload volume was down 6.8 percent from the same point last year, however intermodal volume was up 2.9 percent.
Mexican carload volume for the week was up 1.5 percent compared with the same week in 2013, while intermodal volume was down 4.1 percent. For the first 15 weeks of 2014 both Mexican carload and intermodal volume were up from the same point last year, up 2 percent and 0.6 percent respectively.
Total North American, U.S., Canadian and Mexican, carload volume for the first 15 weeks of 2014 was down 0.1 percent compared with the same point in 2013, while intermodal volume was up 4.3 percent.
