North American Rail Traffic Fell 3.3% in Week Ended Sept. 14
September 18 2019 - 12:57PM
Dow Jones News
By Colin Kellaher
North American rail traffic fell 3.3% last week, data from the
Association of American Railroads showed.
Carload volume for the week ended Sept. 14 on 12 reporting U.S.,
Canadian and Mexican railroads fell 5%, while intermodal traffic
slipped 1.7%, the trade group said Wednesday.
North American rail traffic was 6.2% lower in the week ended
Sept. 7. For the first 37 weeks of the year, North American volume
is down 2.6%.
The AAR said U.S. rail traffic fell 4.8% last week after
tumbling 6.6% a week earlier. U.S. carloads fell 6.1% amid declines
in nine of the 10 commodity groups tracked, while the volume of
U.S. intermodal containers and trailers fell 3.5% for the week.
U.S. rail traffic is down 3.7% for the year to date.
The AAR said rail traffic fell 1.2% in Canada last week, as a 3%
drop in carloads more than offset a 0.9% rise in intermodal
units.
Rail traffic jumped 8.8% in Mexico last week, bouncing back from
a 14.1% drop a week earlier, the AAR said, with intermodal units
surging 16.7% and carloads up 1.7%.
Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 18, 2019 12:42 ET (16:42 GMT)
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