bejohnson
05-26-2006, 07:03 PM
I found this report on a rail related website. Sorry I can't post a link as it requires a paid ($$$$) membership.
Carload freight reaches highest level this year, says AAR
WASHINGTON — Carload freight on U.S. railroads reached its highest level so far during 2006 during the week ending May 20, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday.
Carload volume totaled 349,455 cars, up 8.4 percent from the corresponding week last year, with volume up 17.9 percent in the West but down 1.5 percent in the East. Much of the increase in the West was attributed to the fact that the comparison week from last year was affected by a derailment in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin that sharply reduced coal volume.
Intermodal volume also gained 8.4 percent from last year, totaling 243,800 trailers or containers. Container volume grew by 10.7 percent while trailer volume was up 1.3 percent.
Total freight volume for the week was estimated at 34.4 billion ton-miles, up 10.3 percent from last year.
View the entire report on the Association of American Railroads Web site (http://www.aar.org/ViewContent.asp?Content_ID=3730)
Carload freight reaches highest level this year, says AAR
WASHINGTON — Carload freight on U.S. railroads reached its highest level so far during 2006 during the week ending May 20, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday.
Carload volume totaled 349,455 cars, up 8.4 percent from the corresponding week last year, with volume up 17.9 percent in the West but down 1.5 percent in the East. Much of the increase in the West was attributed to the fact that the comparison week from last year was affected by a derailment in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin that sharply reduced coal volume.
Intermodal volume also gained 8.4 percent from last year, totaling 243,800 trailers or containers. Container volume grew by 10.7 percent while trailer volume was up 1.3 percent.
Total freight volume for the week was estimated at 34.4 billion ton-miles, up 10.3 percent from last year.
View the entire report on the Association of American Railroads Web site (http://www.aar.org/ViewContent.asp?Content_ID=3730)