Total carloads for the week ending November 2 were 228 635 carloads, up 1.9% compared with the same week in 2023, while US weekly intermodal volume was 288 108 containers and trailers, up 10.7% compared to 2023.

Nine of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2023. They included chemicals, up 2,326 carloads, to 32 425; grain, up 2229 carloads, to 23 656; and non-metallic minerals, up 1911 carloads, to 33 124. One commodity group posted a decrease compared with the same week in 2023: coal, down 7949 carloads, to 57 314.

For the first 44 weeks of 2024, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 9 600 065 carloads, down 3.0% from the same point last year; and 11 621 688 intermodal units, up 9.0% from last year. Total combined US traffic for the first 44 weeks of 2024 was 21 221 753 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 3.2% compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending November 2, 2024, on 9 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railroads totalled 340 572 carloads, up 1.8% compared with the same week last year, and 371 537 intermodal units, up 9.9% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 712 109 carloads and intermodal units, up 5.9%. North American rail volume for the first 44 weeks of 2024 was 29 507 054 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.4% compared with 2023.

Canadian railroads reported 96 792 carloads for the week, down 0.8%, and 70 113 intermodal units, up 4.2% compared with the same week in 2023. For the first 44 weeks of 2024, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 7 013 025 carloads, containers and trailers, up 0.0%.

Mexican railroads reported 15 145 carloads for the week, up 20.3% compared with the same week last year, and 13 316 intermodal units, up 27.2%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 44 weeks of 2024 was 1 272 276 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 3.0% from the same point last year.

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