AAR: Petroleum Carloads Rise 2.4%% Week Ending Oct. 11
10/15 3:19 PM
AAR: Petroleum Carloads Rise 2.4% Week Ending Oct. 11 Barani Krishnan DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) data show petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,884 in the week ending October 11, up by 2.4% from the same week a year ago. Year to date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 423,181, down by 1.1% from the corresponding period of the prior year, AAR reported this week. AAR reports total U.S. weekly rail traffic at 498,462 carloads and intermodal units in the week profiled, down by 1.3% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week-ended October 11 reached 224,562, up by 1.2% compared to the same week last year, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 273,900 containers and trailers, a 3.3% decrease from the previous year. For the first 41 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 9,101,809 carloads, up by 2.1% compared to the same period of last year, and 11,126,167 intermodal units, up 3.4% from the prior year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 41 weeks of 2025 was 20,227,976 carloads and intermodal units, reflecting a 2.8% increase compared to last year. (c) Copyright 2025 DTN, LLC. All rights reserved.