AAR: Petroleum Products Rail Volume Up 7.7% YoY Last Week

    

   OAKHURST, N.J. (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads data released 
this afternoon shows petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 12,717 
for the week-ended Oct. 12, up 7.7% versus the same week in 2018.

   Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 518,409 
15.9% above the corresponding period in 2018.

   For the week profiled, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 510,820 carloads 
and intermodal units, down 7% compared with the same week last year.

   Total carloads for the week ending Oct. 12 were 243,807 carloads, down 7.5% 
compared with the same week in 2018 while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 
267,013 containers and trailers, down 6.6% compared to the same week last year.

   For the first 41 weeks of 2019, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 
10,355,081 carloads, down 4% from the same point last year; and 10,924,972 
intermodal units, down 4.2% from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the 
first 41 weeks of 2019 was 21,280,053 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease 
of 4.1% compared to last year.

   (c) 2019 DTN. All rights reserved.