AAR:Petroleum Products Rail Volume Up 0.2% on Year Last Wk

    

   OAKHURST, N.J. (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads data released 
this afternoon shows petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 12,770 
for the week-ended Feb. 8, up 0.2% versus the same week in 2019.

   Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 79,784, up 
0.9% from the corresponding period in 2019.

   For the week profiled, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 485,329 carloads 
and intermodal units, down 6.6% compared with the same week last year.

   Total carloads for the week-ending Feb. 8 were 232,116 carloads, down 4.2% 
compared with the same week in 2019 while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 
253,213 containers and trailers, down 8.8% compared to the same week last year.

   For the first six weeks of 2020, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume 
of 1,397,849 carloads, down 5.6% from the same point last year; and 1,498,293 
intermodal units, down 6% from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the 
first six weeks of 2020 was 2,896,142 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease 
of 5.8% compared to last year.

    

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