AAR reports rail traffic for the week ending July 05, 2025

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 05, 2025.

For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 443,049 carloads and intermodal units, up 5.0 percent compared with the same week last year.

Total carloads for the week ending July 5 were 204,513 carloads, up 4.8 percent compared with the same week in 2024, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 238,536 containers and trailers, up 5.2 percent compared to 2024.

Eight of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2024. They included metallic ores and metals, up 1,853 carloads, to 20,319; coal, up 1,642 carloads, to 52,351; and nonmetallic minerals, up 1,636 carloads, to 28,346. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2024 were forest products, down 160 carloads, to 7,798; and farm products excl. grain, and food, down 153 carloads, to 15,387.

For the first 27 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 5,910,080 carloads, up 2.5 percent from the same point last year; and 7,221,865 intermodal units, up 5.1 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 27 weeks of 2025 was 13,131,945 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 3.9 percent compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending July 5, 2025, on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 301,800 carloads, up 2.2 percent compared with the same week last year, and 323,164 intermodal units, up 6.9 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 624,964 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.6 percent. North American rail volume for the first 27 weeks of 2025 was 18,170,855 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.8 percent compared with 2024.

Canadian railroads reported 81,838 carloads for the week, down 8.3 percent, and 73,636 intermodal units, up 10.8 percent compared with the same week in 2024. For the first 27 weeks of 2025, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 4,394,093 carloads, containers and trailers, up 1.2 percent.

Mexican railroads reported 15,449 carloads for the week, up 40.9 percent compared with the same week last year, and 10,992 intermodal units, up 21.0 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 27 weeks of 2025 was 644,817 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 7.5 percent from the same point last year.