US Rail Shipments Down 7% in Last Full Week
Rail traffic on U.S. railroads totaled 487,138 carloads and intermodal units in the last full week of 2025, down 7% compared with the same period a year ago.
Total traffic for the week ending Dec. 20 was 206,674 carloads, according to the Association of American Railroads, down 10.5% y/y. Intermodal units numbered 280,464 containers and trailers, a decrease of 4.3%.
Grain led just two carload gainers, up 5.9%, and motor vehicles and parts, 1.1%.
Coal topped losers, 15.7% weaker y/y, followed by chemicals and forest...
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