Higher intermodal and grain volumes boosted U.S. rail traffic last week, with weekly volumes rising nearly 6% compared with the same period last year.
U.S. rail volumes totaled 528,547 carloads and intermodal units, up 5.8% for the week ending Saturday, according to data from the Association of American Railroads.
Carloads slipped 2% to 232,550 carloads amid an 18% drop in coal volumes. Coal traffic represents roughly 25% of overall carload volumes. But grain carloads climbed 42.6% year-over-year...
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