The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads in March 2024 was up slightly compared to March 2023. Carloads originated increased 0.8 percent, from 358,777 in March 2023 to 361,606 in March 2024. Coal led March gains, up 27.8 percent from the previous year. All Other Carloads, which fall outside of the sixteen commodity groups listed below, led declines, down 16.5 percent.Click …
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads in February 2024 was up compared to February 2023. Carloads originated increased 6.6 percent, from 317,672 in February 2023 to 338,541 in February 2024. Petroleum Products and Coal led February gains, up 27.6 percent and 27.3 percent, respectively, from the previous year. Metallic Ores led declines, down 21.2 percent.Click …
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The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads in January 2024 was down compared to January 2023. Carloads originated decreased 4.6 percent, from 348,633 in January 2023 to 332,629 in January 2024. Petroleum Products continued to show gains in January, up 27.7 percent from the previous year. Nonmetallic Minerals led declines, down 22.1 percent, followed by Grain, down 18.2 percent.Click …
The North American rail equipment fleet slightly decreased its total size during the fourth quarter of 2023. The total equipment count was 2,104,804, for a change of about 0.4 percent.The four largest segments during the quarter were Covered Hoppers (29 percent), Tank Cars (22 percent) and Gondolas and Intermodal (10 percent).EOTs led gains, up 3.6 percent, followed by Misc. which increased 3.2 percent. Intermodal led declines, down 3.5 percent.…
The number of carloads moved on short line and regional railroads in December 2023 was up compared to December 2022. Carloads originated increased 7.7 percent, from 327,756 in December 2022 to 353,111 in December 2023. Petroleum Products and Motor Vehicles and Equipment led December gains, up 35.8 percent and 34.7 percent, respectively. Nonmetallic Minerals led declines for the second month in a row, down 9.1 percent.Click …
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.
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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…