AAR reports rail traffic for the week ending August 02, 2025

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending August 2, 2025.

For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 513,529 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.9 percent compared with the same week last year.

Total carloads for the week ending August 2 were 233,805 carloads, up 6.4 percent compared with the same week in 2024, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 279,724 containers and trailers, up 0.2 percent compared to 2024.

Nine of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2024. They included grain, up 4,402 carloads, to 21,557; coal, up 2,871 carloads, to 61,962; and motor vehicles and parts, up 1,467 carloads, to 15,822. One commodity group posted a decrease compared with the same week in 2024: petroleum and petroleum products, down 185 carloads, to 10,829.

For the first 31 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 6,828,409 carloads, up 2.8 percent from the same point last year; and 8,334,202 intermodal units, up 4.7 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 31 weeks of 2025 was 15,162,611 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 3.8 percent compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending August 2, 2025, on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 337,571 carloads, up 4.5 percent compared with the same week last year, and 363,089 intermodal units, up 2.7 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 700,660 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.6 percent. North American rail volume for the first 31 weeks of 2025 was 20,943,417 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.9 percent compared with 2024.

Canadian railroads reported 88,410 carloads for the week, down 2.2 percent, and 72,286 intermodal units, up 13.0 percent compared with the same week in 2024. For the first 31 weeks of 2025, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 5,035,654 carloads, containers and trailers, up 1.6 percent.

Mexican railroads reported 15,356 carloads for the week, up 19.1 percent compared with the same week last year, and 11,079 intermodal units, up 8.2 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 31 weeks of 2025 was 745,152 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 5.1 percent from the same point last year.