AAR: Petroleum Carloads Fall 10.1% on Week

SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) — The Association of American Railroads (AAR)  reported  Wednesday (11/26) that  petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,587 in the week ending November 22, down by 10.1% from the same week a year earlier.

Year to date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 486,485, down by 1.6% from the corresponding period of the prior year, AAR data showed.

Total U.S. weekly rail traffic at 516,110 carloads and intermodal units in the week profiled was down 0.9% when compared with the same week last year.

Total carloads for the week-ended November 22 reached 234,592, up 2% compared to the same week last year, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 281,518 containers and trailers, a 3.2% decrease from the previous year.

For the first 47 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 10,462,354 carloads, higher by 1.8% compared to the same period of last year, and 12,763,575 intermodal units, up 2.1% from the prior year.

Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 47 weeks of 2025 was 23,225,929 carloads and intermodal units, reflecting a 2% increase compared to last year