Total carloads for the week ending November 23 were 230 036 carloads, up 17.6% compared with the same week in 2023, while US weekly intermodal volume was 290 762 containers and trailers, up 32.8% compared to 2023.
Nine of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2023. They included non-metallic minerals, up 8383 carloads, to 29 904; chemicals, up 6228 carloads, to 33 785; and grain, up 5705 carloads, to 23 647. One commodity group posted a decrease compared with the same week in 2023: coal, down 2934 carloads, to 58 189.
For the first 47 weeks of 2024, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 10 278 482 carloads, down 2.7% from the same point last year; and 12 500 070 intermodal units, up 9.5% from last year. Total combined US traffic for the first 47 weeks of 2024 was 22 778 552 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 3.6% compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending 23 November 2024, on 9 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railroads totalled 338 963 carloads, up 13.2% compared with the same week last year, and 372 927 intermodal units, up 25.1% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 711 890 carloads and intermodal units, up 19.1%. North American rail volume for the first 47 weeks of 2024 was 31 571 661 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.5% compared with 2023.
Canadian railroads reported 94 750 carloads for the week, up 3.7%, and 69 364 intermodal units, up 0.2% compared with the same week in 2023. For the first 47 weeks of 2024, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 7 448 620 carloads, containers and trailers, down 0.7%.
Mexican railroads reported 14 177 carloads for the week, up 13.5% compared with the same week last year, and 12 801 intermodal units, up 28.8%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 47 weeks of 2024 was 1 344 489 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 2.9% from the same point last year.
