AAR: Carloads up, intermodal down for week ending June 17

(Source: Railway Age, June 21, 2023)

It’s the fourth consecutive week that U.S. carloads rose while intermodal volumes fell, and total rail traffic continued to lag 2022 levels, according to Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) reports. For the week ending June 17, 2023, carloads came in at 228,724—a 1.2% increase from the same week last year—and intermodal volume was 248,402 containers and trailers—a 6.5% decrease from last year, the AAR reported June 21. Total rail traffic was 477,126 carloads and intermodal units, down 3.0% compared with the prior-year period.

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