AAR reports rail traffic for the week ending June 28, 2025

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 28, 2025.

For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 491,424 carloads and intermodal units, down 0.2 percent compared with the same week last year.

Total carloads for the week ending June 28 were 225,227 carloads, up 0.05 percent compared with the same week in 2024, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 266,197 containers and trailers, down 0.3 percent compared to 2024.

Four of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2024. They included grain, up 2,885 carloads, to 20,980; motor vehicles and parts, up 1,431 carloads, to 17,324; and farm products excl. grain, and food, up 1,209 carloads, to 17,094. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2024 included metallic ores and metals, down 2,822 carloads, to 19,752; coal, down 1,428 carloads, to 56,590; and chemicals, down 1,046 carloads, to 33,317.

For the first 26 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 5,705,567 carloads, up 2.4 percent from the same point last year; and 6,983,329 intermodal units, up 5.1 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 26 weeks of 2025 was 12,688,896 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 3.9 percent compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending June 28, 2025, on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 330,171 carloads, down 1.2 percent compared with the same week last year, and 355,702 intermodal units, up 2.6 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 685,873 carloads and intermodal units, up 0.7 percent. North American rail volume for the first 26 weeks of 2025 was 17,545,891 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.7 percent compared with 2024.

Canadian railroads reported 89,060 carloads for the week, down 4.9 percent, and 78,217 intermodal units, up 17.4 percent compared with the same week in 2024. For the first 26 weeks of 2025, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 4,238,619 carloads, containers and trailers, up 1.2 percent.

Mexican railroads reported 15,884 carloads for the week, up 2.9 percent compared with the same week last year, and 11,288 intermodal units, down 12.2 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 26 weeks of 2025 was 618,376 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 8.6 percent from the same point last year.