Weekly rail traffic for the week ending November 15, 2025

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending November 15, 2025.

For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 493,880 carloads and intermodal units, down 4.5 percent compared with the same week last year.

Total carloads for the week ending November 15 were 223,101 carloads, down 0.2 percent compared with the same week in 2024, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 270,779 containers and trailers, down 7.7 percent compared to 2024.

Four of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2024. They included nonmetallic minerals, up 3,013 carloads, to 32,472; grain, up 1,998 carloads, to 25,612; and miscellaneous carloads, up 1,197 carloads, to 9,041. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2024 included motor vehicles and parts, down 2,196 carloads, to 13,509; coal, down 1,453 carloads, to 56,247; and petroleum and petroleum products, down 1,317 carloads, to 10,309.

For the first 46 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 10,227,762 carloads, up 1.8 percent from the same point last year; and 12,482,057 intermodal units, up 2.2 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 46 weeks of 2025 was 22,709,819 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 2.0 percent compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending November 15, 2025, on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 328,748 carloads, down 0.9 percent compared with the same week last year, and 354,081 intermodal units, up 2.1 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 682,829 carloads and intermodal units, up 0.6 percent. North American rail volume for the first 46 weeks of 2025 was 31,247,058 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.8 percent compared with 2024.

Canadian railroads reported 92,178 carloads for the week, down 3.0 percent, and 67,613 intermodal units, up 65.6 percent compared with the same week in 2024. For the first 46 weeks of 2025, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 7,452,843 carloads, containers and trailers, up 2.3 percent.

Mexican railroads reported 13,469 carloads for the week, up 4.0 percent compared with the same week last year, and 15,689 intermodal units, up 22.3 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 46 weeks of 2025 was 1,084,396 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 5.8 percent from the same point last year.