AAR: Petroleum Carloads Down 11.3% for Week to Nov. 15


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) data show 
petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,309 in the week ending 
November 15, down by 11.3% from the same week a year ago.

   Year to date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 475,898, 
down by 1.4% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report 
published on Wednesday (11/19) showed.

   Total U.S. weekly rail traffic at 493,880 carloads and intermodal units in 
the week profiled, down 4.5% when compared with the same week last year.

   Total carloads for the week-ended November 15 reached 223,101, down 0.2% 
compared to the same week last year, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 
270,779 containers and trailers, a 7.7% decrease from the previous year.

   For the first 46 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 
10,227,762 carloads, higher by 1.8% compared to the same period of last year, 
and 12,482,057 intermodal units, up 2.2% from the prior year.

   Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 46 weeks of 2025 was 22,709,819 
carloads and intermodal units, reflecting a 2% increase compared to last year.

    




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