The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads in November 2023 was up compared to November 2022. Carloads originated increased 4.2 percent, from 346,350 in November 2022 to 360,985 in November 2023.  Motor Vehicles and Equipment led November gains with a 25.5 percent increase, followed by Petroleum Products, which increased 21.2 percent. Nonmetallic Minerals led declines, down 24.7 percent. Click …
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads in October 2023 was up compared to October 2022. Carloads originated increased 6.9 percent, from 356,347 in October 2022 to 380,966 in October 2023.  Metals and Products led October gains with an 26.5 percent increase, followed by Chemicals and Petroleum Products, which increased 20.2 percent and 18.8 percent, respectively. Metallic Ores led declines again, down 7.7 percent…
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads in September 2023 was up compared to September 2022. Carloads originated increased 4.3 percent, from 338,509 in September 2022 to 353,030 in September 2023.  Motor Vehicles and Equipment led September gains with an 18.2 percent increase, followed by Chemicals which increased 16.5 percent. Metallic Ores led declines, down 20.7 percent, followed by Pulp, Paper, and Allied…
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads in August 2023 was down compared to August 2022. Carloads originated decreased 1.4 percent, from 368,315 in August 2022 to 363,238 in August 2023.  Petroleum Products topped August gains with a 28 percent increase, followed by Motor Vehicles and Equipment which increased 24.8 percent. Nonmetallic Minerals led declines for the second month in a row, down 17.1 percent,…
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads in July 2023 was up compared to July 2022. Carloads originated increased 2.4 percent, from 336,520 in July 2022 to 344,591 in July 2023.  Motor Vehicles and Equipment topped July gains with a 26.5 percent increase, followed by Petroleum Products which increased 18.4 percent. Nonmetallic Minerals led declines, down 23.4 percent, followed by Grain which declined by 18.1…
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads in June 2023 was down compared to June 2022. Carloads originated decreased 1.5 percent, from 351,085 in June 2022 to 345,765 in June 2023.  Coal topped June gains with a 16.3 percent increase, followed by Motor Vehicles and Equipment which increased 15.2 percent. Metallic Ores led declines, down 22.6 percent, followed by Nonmetallic Minerals and Grain which declined by 20.5…
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads in May 2023 was down compared to May 2022. Carloads originated decreased 0.7 percent, from 353,028 in May 2022 to 350,661 in May 2023.  Chemicals and Motor Vehicles and Equipment topped May gains with a 15.3 percent increase and 15.1 percent increase, respectively. Nonmetallic Materials led declines for the second month in a row, down 19.4 percent, followed by Metallic Ores…
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads in April 2023 was up compared to April 2022. Carloads originated increased 0.9 percent, from 344,944 in April 2022 to 348,109 in April 2023.  Motor Vehicles and Equipment topped April gains with a 25.6 percent increase. Chemicals and Petroleum Products were both up 17.7 percent. Nonmetallic Materials led declines, down 17.6 percent, followed by Grain which declined 15.3…