The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Wednesday that US traffic in November totalled 1,041,605 carloads, down 10.4 per cent, or 120,259 carloads, from November 2014.ย US railroads also originated 1,024,162 containers and trailers in November 2015, down 1 per cent, or 10,828 units, from the same month last year.ย For November 2015, combined US carload and intermodal originations were 2,065,767, down 6 per cent, or 131,087 carloads and intermodal units, from November 2014.
US Freight Traffic: November 2015
Excluding coal, carloads were down 5.8 per cent or 41,461 carloads in November 2015 from November 2014.
Total US carload traffic for the first 11 months of 2015 was 13,046,761 carloads, down 5.1 per cent or 699,664 carloads, while intermodal containers and trailers were 12,530,739 units, up 1.8 per cent or 223,272 containers and trailers when compared to the same period in 2014. For the first eleven months of 2015, total rail traffic volume in the United States was 25,577,500 carloads and intermodal units, down 1.8 per cent or 476,392 carloads and intermodal units from the same point last year.