AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 7.7% for Week Ended April 25

SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,479 during the week ended April 25, up by 7.7% from the same week a year ago.

Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 174,181, up 8.3% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published on Wednesday (4/29) showed.

Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 511,616, up 1.9% from the same week a year ago.

Total carloads for the week ended April 25 reached 229,828, down by 1.5% from the same week of last year.

Weekly intermodal volume was 281,788 containers and trailers, up 4.9% from the corresponding week of the prior year.

Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 3,602,594, up 3.5% on the year.

Cumulative intermodal units were 4,414,204, up 0.2% from a year ago.

Total rail traffic for the first 16 weeks of the year was 8,016,798 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.7% on the year.