A 7.7% increase in weekly intermodal traffic gave U.S. rail traffic its smallest year-over-year decline in months.
U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July Fourth totaled 437,989 carloads and intermodal units, a 2.4% drop from the same period in 2019, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR).
Of that total, U.S. carloads were 12.7% lower, at 192,767, while U.S. intermodal units were up 7.7%, to 245,222 containers and trailers.
But on a sequential basis, weekly traffic was lower...
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