AAR: Petroleum Carloads Fall 10.1% on Week
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter
SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported
Wednesday (11/26) that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,587
in the week ending November 22, down by 10.1% from the same week a year earlier.
Year to date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 486,485,
down by 1.6% from the corresponding period of the prior year, AAR data showed.
Total U.S. weekly rail traffic at 516,110 carloads and intermodal units in
the week profiled was down 0.9% when compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week-ended November 22 reached 234,592, up 2%
compared to the same week last year, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was
281,518 containers and trailers, a 3.2% decrease from the previous year.
For the first 47 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of
10,462,354 carloads, higher by 1.8% compared to the same period of last year,
and 12,763,575 intermodal units, up 2.1% from the prior year.
Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 47 weeks of 2025 was 23,225,929
carloads and intermodal units, reflecting a 2% increase compared to last year
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