Weekly rail traffic in the United States remains up as the year winds down.
Figures for the week ending Dec. 14 saw U.S. railroads move 526,166 carloads and intermodal units, a 4.8% increase over the same week in 2023, according to the Association of American Railroads. Those figures include 228,400 commodity carloads, down 2.4% from the corresponding week a year ago, and 297,766 containers and trailers, up 11.1%.
Among carload gainers, farm products excluding grain and food increased 3.6%, while...
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