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U.S. freight-rail traffic drops 3.9% in Week 44
Rail News Home >> Rail Industry Trends 11/6/2025
Rail News: Rail Industry Trends
U.S. freight-rail traffic drops 3.9% in Week 44
Freight railroads in the United States hauled 496,928 carloads and intermodal units during the week ending Nov. 1, down 3.9% compared with traffic from the same week in 2024, according to Association of American Railroads data. … Carloads for the week totaled 227,209, down 0.7%, while weekly intermodal volume totaled 269,719 containers and trailers, down 6.4%.
Four of the 10 carload commodity groups tracked by the AAR each week posted an increase. They included grain, up 6.4% to 25,171 carloads; metallic ores and metals, up 5.5% to 21,151; and miscellaneous carloads, up 8.9% to 9,517.
Commodity groups that posted decreases included coal, down 3.3% to 55,508 carloads; motor vehicles and parts, down 10.1% to 14,917; and nonmetallic minerals, down 1.7% to 32,563.
Canadian railroads reported 95,112 carloads for the week, down 1.8%, and 71,350 intermodal units, up 1.9%. Mexican railroads posted 11,483 carloads, down 21.3%, and 13,791 intermodal units, up 12.9%.
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Rail News: Rail Industry Trends
U.S. freight-rail traffic drops 3.9% in Week 44
Freight railroads in the United States hauled 496,928 carloads and intermodal units during the week ending Nov. 1, down 3.9% compared with traffic from the same week in 2024, according to Association of American Railroads data. … Carloads for the week totaled 227,209, down 0.7%, while weekly intermodal volume totaled 269,719 containers and trailers, down 6.4%.
Four of the 10 carload commodity groups tracked by the AAR each week posted an increase. They included grain, up 6.4% to 25,171 carloads; metallic ores and metals, up 5.5% to 21,151; and miscellaneous carloads, up 8.9% to 9,517.
Commodity groups that posted decreases included coal, down 3.3% to 55,508 carloads; motor vehicles and parts, down 10.1% to 14,917; and nonmetallic minerals, down 1.7% to 32,563.
Canadian railroads reported 95,112 carloads for the week, down 1.8%, and 71,350 intermodal units, up 1.9%. Mexican railroads posted 11,483 carloads, down 21.3%, and 13,791 intermodal units, up 12.9%.
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Contact Progressive Railroading editorial staff.
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