Weekly US rail traffic rises on higher intermodal volumes

A photograph of a Union Pacific train at a rail yard.

U.S. rail volumes on a weekly basis rose nearly 2% amid a 9% increase in intermodal traffic.

U.S. rail traffic was 522,653 carloads and intermodal units for the week ending Oct. 24, which is 1.9% higher than the same period in 2019, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

Of that, intermodal traffic rose 9.4% to 295,110 containers and trailers, while carloads were 6.5% lower compared with year-ago levels, at 227,543 carloads.

On a year-to-date basis, U.S. rail volumes were 20.16...

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