U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes are down for week ending June 8, reports AAR
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Rail carloads, at 246,758, fell 9.1% compared to the same week a year ago, topping the week ending June 1 at 237,512 and trailing the week ending May 25 at 259,953.
AAR said that three of the ten carload commodity groups it tracks saw annual gains, including: petroleum and petroleum products, up 2,346 carloads, to 13,351; chemicals, up 679 carloads, to 32,353; and miscellaneous carloads, up 114 carloads, to 10,187. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2018 included coal, down 13,505 carloads, to 71,526; nonmetallic minerals, down 5,669 carloads, to 35,087; and motor vehicles and parts, down 2,243 carloads, to 15,752.
Intermodal containers and trailers, at 266,341, slipped 8% annually, topping the week ending June 1 at 241,167 and trailing the week ending May 25 at 268,013.
Through the first 23 weeks of 2019, U.S. rail carloads, at 5,775,582, are down 2.7% annually, and intermodal units, at 6,114,628, are also down 2.7% for the same period.
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