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US Railcar Traffic: September 2017
US railroads originated 1,044,563 carloads in September 2017, down 2.3 per cent, or -24,106 carloads, from September 2016, said the Association of American Railroads October 4. US railroads also originated 1,080,444 containers and trailers in September 2017, up 3.8 per cent, or 39,482 units, from the same month last year. Combined US carload and intermodal…
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Weekly Rail Traffic, US: Aug 2017
For the week ending August 6, total US weekly rail traffic was 554,822 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.3 per cent compared with the same week last year, said the Association of American Railroads August 9. Total carloads for the week ending August 5 were 273,199 carloads, up 1.9 per cent compared with the same…
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Canada Railway Carloadings: April 2017
The volume of rail freight carried in Canada totalled 31.4 million tonnes in April, up 11.3 per cent from the same month last year, according to Statistics Canada Wednesday. Freight originating in Canada increased 10.6 per cent in April from the same month a year earlier, to 28.3 million tonnes. Non-intermodal freight increased 8.5 per…
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Canada Rail Transportation 2015, Railway Carloadings: January 2017
Operating revenue for the Canadian railway industry edged up 0.6 per cent from 2014 to $14.4 billion in 2015, said Statistics Canada Friday. Freight transportation revenue, which accounted for 91.2 per cent of total revenue, was up 0.3 per cent to $13.1 billion. In 2015, operating expenses fell 5.3 per cent to $10.0 billion. Meanwhile,…
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US Railcar Loadings, Trucking Index: January 2017
The Association of American Railroads Wednesday reported week ending January 14, 2017 total US weekly rail traffic was 516,229 carloads and intermodal units, up 2 per cent from the same week last year. US Railcar Loadings, Trucking Index: January 2017 Total carloads for the week ending January 14 were 253,223 carloads, up 4.4 per cent…
