Double-digit percentage declines persist for US rail volumes

A photograph of a line of boxcars, a line of tank cars and a line of intermodal containers, all parked at a rail yard.

U.S. weekly rail traffic fell 22.1% for the week ending May 9, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

U.S. rail volumes totaled 412,549 carloads and intermodal units, falling 22.1% from the same week in 2019 as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hit consumer demand and manufacturing output.

Of that total, U.S. carloads tumbled 28.4% to 185,144 carloads, while intermodal volumes slipped 16% to 227,405 intermodal containers and trailers.

U.S. carloads (RTOTC.USA) continue to...

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