Rail carload and intermodal volumes were again mixed for the week ending June 6, according to data issued by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).
U.S. carloads were down 8.1 percent annually at 268,722, which was ahead of the week ending May 30 at 258,373 and below the week ending May 23 at 273,387.
Of the ten commodity categories tracked by the AAR, four saw annual gains compared to the same week last year, with miscellaneous products up 8 percent, motor vehicles and parts up 6.2 percent, and petroleum and grain up 2.6 percent.
Intermodal volume was up 4.3 percent annually at 281,315 containers and trailers, which topped the 247,170 recorded the week of May 30 and the 281,090 the week of May 23.
On a year-to-date basis through the first 22 weeks of the year, AAR said that carloads were down 2.6 percent annually at 5,586,038, while intermodal was up 2 percent at 5,240,710 units.