AAR reports rail traffic for the week ending July 19, 2025

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 19, 2025.

For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 506,882 carloads and intermodal units, up 5.6 percent compared with the same week last year.

Total carloads for the week ending July 19 were 229,739 carloads, up 7.3 percent compared with the same week in 2024, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 277,143 containers and trailers, up 4.3 percent compared to 2024.

All of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2024. They included coal, up 4,496 carloads, to 62,270; grain, up 4,284 carloads, to 21,541; and metallic ores and metals, up 1,781 carloads, to 21,220.

For the first 29 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 6,363,575 carloads, up 2.7 percent from the same point last year; and 7,771,228 intermodal units, up 5.0 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 29 weeks of 2025 was 14,134,803 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 3.9 percent compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending July 19, 2025, on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 329,842 carloads, up 5.2 percent compared with the same week last year, and 361,688 intermodal units, up 5.5 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 691,530 carloads and intermodal units, up 5.4 percent. North American rail volume for the first 29 weeks of 2025 was 19,543,254 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.9 percent compared with 2024.

Canadian railroads reported 84,893 carloads for the week, down 2.6 percent, and 73,459 intermodal units, up 7.5 percent compared with the same week in 2024. For the first 29 weeks of 2025, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 4,715,338 carloads, containers and trailers, up 1.3 percent.

Mexican railroads reported 15,210 carloads for the week, up 23.4 percent compared with the same week last year, and 11,086 intermodal units, up 28.1 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 29 weeks of 2025 was 693,113 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 6.2 percent from the same point last year.