U.S. rail carloads and intermodal units are up, for week ending June 5, reports AAR
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Rail carloads—at 227,497—saw an 18.1% annual increase, said AAR. This trailed the weeks ending May 29 and May 22, at 243,304 and 242,227, respectively.
AAR said that nine of the 10 carload commodity groups it tracks saw annual gains, including: coal, up 16,326 carloads, to 65,101; metallic ores and metals, up 9,915 carloads, to 23,332; and chemicals, up 4,711 carloads, to 32,602. One commodity group posted a decrease compared with the same week in 2020: nonmetallic minerals, down 892 carloads, to 29,220.
Intermodal containers and trailers—at 261,647—were up 8.1% annually and trailed the weeks ending May 29 and May 22, at 286,921 and 286,547, respectively.
Through the first 22 weeks of 2021, AAR reported that rail carloads are up 7.8% annually, to 5,054,790, and intermodal units are up 18.7% annually, to 6,206,969.
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