U.S. rail carload and intermodal units are down for week ending May 25, reports AAR
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Rail carloads, at 259,953, fell 5%, trailing the wee ending May 18 at 267,006 and topping the week ending May 11 at 258,641.
And three of the ten carload commodities tracked by the AAR saw annual gains, including: petroleum and petroleum products, up 2,567 carloads, to 13,275; miscellaneous carloads, up 688 carloads, to 10,241; and motor vehicles and parts, up 145 carloads, to 17,042. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2018 included coal, down 7,770 carloads, to 76,971; grain, down 3,299 carloads, to 22,495; and metallic ores and metals, down 2,527 carloads, to 23,533.
Intermodal container and trailers, at 268,013, were down 8.3%, trailing the week ending May 18 at 269,352 and the week ending May 11 at 270,622.
Through the first 21 weeks of 2019, U.S. rail carloads are down 2.3% annually to 5,291,312, and intermodal units, at 5,607,120, are off 2.2%.
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