WASHINGTON — U.S. weekly rail traffic remained ahead of year-earlier levels for the final week of 2024, the Association of American Railroads reported today (Friday, Jan. 3, 2025).
For the week ending Dec. 28, 2024, total volume was 389,700 carloads and intermodal units, a 5.1% increase over the same week in 2023. That included 184,028 carloads, a 1.1% increase, and 205,672 containers and trailers, an increase of 9%.
Through 52 weeks, the total of 11,336,412 carloads is down 2.9% from 2023, while the 13,842,174 intermodal units is a 9.3% increase. The total volume of 25,178,586 carloads and intermodal units is a 3.4% increase over the same period in 2023.
The week’s volume in North America, as reported by nine U.S., Canadian, and Mexican railroads, includes 275,294 carloads, up 1.4% from the corresponding week in 2023, and 266,932 intermodal units, up 4.1%. The combined weekly traffic of 542,226 carloads and intermodal units represents a 2.6% increase.
The 52-week North American total of 34,885,113 carloads and intermodal units is a 2.3% increase over the same period in 2023. That includes 8,221,597 carloads and intermodal units in Canada, a decline of 1%, and 1,484,930 carloads and intermodal units in Mexico, an increase of 2.4%.
