AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 10.2% for Week to Feb. 7

SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,950 during the week ended February 7, up 10.2% from the same week a year ago.

Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 54,171, up 4.5% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published on Wednesday (2/4) showed.

Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 486,854, down 3.2% from the same week a year ago.

Total carloads for the week to February 7 reached 204,408, lower by 4.8% from the same week of last year.

Weekly intermodal volume was 278,446 containers and trailers, down 2% from the corresponding week of the prior year.

Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 1,071,966, up 2.5% on the year.

Cumulative intermodal units were 1,346,799, down 3.2% from a year ago.

Total rail traffic for the first five weeks of the year was 2,418,765 carloads and intermodal units, off by 0.7% on the year.