The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads remained steady with a less than 1 percent decrease in year-to-year comparisons. Total carloads were down slightly from 350,139 in March 2015 to 348,816 in March 2016.

Motor vehicles and equipment led commodity gains with a 35 percent increase, followed by waste and scrap materials, up 16 percent and metals and products, up 14 percent. Nonmetallic minerals experienced…
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The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads increased by 14 percent in year-to-year comparisons. Total carloads were up from 290,963 in February 2015 to 331,709 in February 2016.

Metallic ores led commodity gains with a 183 percent increase, followed by trailer or container & grain mill products, up 46 percent and 37 percent, respectively. The only two commodities experiencing declines this month were…
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The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads decreased by about 5 percent in year-to-year comparisons. Total carloads were down from 341,663 in January 2015 to 323,123 in January 2016.
 
Metallic ores and trailer or container led commodity gains with a 62 percent and a 17 percent increase, respectively.The most significant declines were observed in nonmetallic minerals, down 65 percent, followed by coal, and…
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The total size of the North American rail equipment fleet held steady during fourth quarter 2015. The total equipment count was 2,060,914 in the fourth quarter, compared to 2,056,726 during the third quarter of 2015, resulting in a 0.2 percent increase.

The three largest segments this quarter were covered hoppers (26 percent), tank cars (21 percent), and gondolas (12 percent).

Group increases over the previous quarter…