WASHINGTON — U.S. rail traffic showed a significant drop for the week ending Nov. 26, a week including the Thanksgiving holiday, according to the latest statistics from the Association of American Railroads.
Overall traffic was 413,305 carloads and intermodal units, a 4.1% drop from the corresponding week in 2021. That included 206,792 carloads, a 1.1% decline, and 206,513 containers, a 6.9% drop.
Year-to-date totals show carloads up 0.2% and intermodal traffic down 4.8%, for a total decline of 2.5%.
North American volume for the week, for 12 reporting U.S., Canadian, and Mexican railroads, included 311,026 carloads, up 4.4%,and 283,6389 intermodal units, up 0.3%. The total of 594,663 carloads and intermodal units represented a 2.4% increase over the same week in 2021. Through 47 weeks of 2022, overall North American volume is down 1.9% from the 2021 total.
Why is a moving average of these numbers not also reported?