AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 10.3% for Week Ended April 11


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports 
that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,771 during the week 
ended April 11, up by 10.3% from the same week a year ago.

   Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 152,544, up 
7.9% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published 
on Wednesday (4/15) showed.

   Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 500,040, up 1.7% from the same 
week a year ago.

   Total carloads for the week ended April 11 reached 228,666, up by 5.1% from 
the same week of last year.

   Weekly intermodal volume was 271,374 containers and trailers, down 1.1% from 
the corresponding week of the prior year.

   Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 3,142,017, up 4.0% on the 
year.

   Cumulative intermodal units were 3,854,862, down 0.3% from a year ago.

   Total rail traffic for the first 14 weeks of the year was 6,996,879 carloads 
and intermodal units, up 1.6% on the year.




(c) Copyright 2026 DTN, LLC. All rights reserved.