AAR: Petroleum Carloads Drop 7.1% Week Ending Sept. 6


   
Kristina Davis
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   MIAMI, FL (DTN) --- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) data show 
petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,014 in the week ending 
September 6, down by 7.1% from the same week in 2024.

   Year to date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 360,882, 
down by 0.9% in the corresponding period of the prior year, AAR reported this 
week.

   AAR reports total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 467,880 carloads and 
intermodal units in the week profiled, down by 2.4% compared with the same week 
last year. Total carloads for the week-ended September 6 reached 214,383, down 
by 3.5% compared to the same week last year, while U.S. weekly intermodal 
volume was 253,497 containers and trailers, a 1.4% decrease from 2024.

   For the first 36 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 
7,963,526 carloads, up by 2.4% compared to the same period last year, and 
9,724,964 intermodal units, up by 4.2% compared to last year. Total combined 
U.S. traffic for the first 36 weeks of 2025 was 17,688,490 carloads and 
intermodal units, reflecting a 3.3% increase compared to last year.

    




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