AAR reports rail traffic for the week ending June 21, 2025

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 21, 2025.

For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 487,328 carloads and intermodal units, up 0.4 percent compared with the same week last year.

Total carloads for the week ending June 21 were 229,655 carloads, up 4.5 percent compared with the same week in 2024, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 257,673 containers and trailers, down 2.9 percent compared to 2024.

Seven of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2024. They included grain, up 3,913 carloads, to 21,300; miscellaneous carloads, up 2,059 carloads, to 10,723; and metallic ores and metals, up 1,167 carloads, to 22,269. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2024 were nonmetallic minerals, down 529 carloads, to 31,460; forest products, down 29 carloads, to 8,050; and farm products excl. grain, and food, down 6 carloads, to 16,872.

For the first 25 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 5,480,340 carloads, up 2.5 percent from the same point last year; and 6,717,132 intermodal units, up 5.4 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 25 weeks of 2025 was 12,197,472 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 4.1 percent compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending June 21, 2025, on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 336,048 carloads, up 3.5 percent compared with the same week last year, and 343,777 intermodal units, down 0.8 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 679,825 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.3 percent. North American rail volume for the first 25 weeks of 2025 was 16,860,018 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.8 percent compared with 2024.

Canadian railroads reported 89,135 carloads for the week, up 1.3 percent, and 75,604 intermodal units, up 8.9 percent compared with the same week in 2024. For the first 25 weeks of 2025, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 4,071,342 carloads, containers and trailers, up 1.1 percent.

Mexican railroads reported 17,258 carloads for the week, up 1.8 percent compared with the same week last year, and 10,500 intermodal units, down 10.7 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 25 weeks of 2025 was 591,204 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 8.8 percent from the same point last year.