Volume categories such as grain and intermodal helped U.S. rail traffic near pre-pandemic levels in April, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR).
For the month, rail volumes totaled 2.13 million carloads and intermodal units, a 29.1% increase from April 2020. Much of the sizable year-over-year increase is due to volumes falling out in April and May at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in North America.
But some commodities, such as chemicals, are posting pre-pandemic volume...
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