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Intermodal traffic improved by more than double the percentage of carload shipments in the latest AAR data.

Union Pacific delivered record operating income and revenue despite weaker international intermodal and automotive shipments that hurt overall freight volumes.

Commodity rail freight continued to improve from a year ago despite weaker intermodal that dragged down overall traffic.

Analysis by the Association of American Railroads revealed that March marked a significant turning point for U.S. freight rail volumes.

Freight on U.S. railroads was flat in the latest week data, as intermodal barely edged ahead of commodities shipments.

Data on rail volumes, inflation, and manufacturing suggest easing inflation without a significant slowdown in economic growth. 

Freight on U.S. railroads posted robust weekly gains led by higher energy and metals shipments.

A better than 1300% increase in grain shipments led a winning week for freight moving by rail in the U.S.

Rail freight data showed a waiting game by U.S. shippers as commodity and intermodal volumes declined. 

Freight on U.S. railroads plunged into the red in the latest data, after posting across-the-board gains the previous week.

A competing rail alliance drew off Norfolk Southern intermodal volumes in the fourth quarter, leaving freight volumes downward. 

Rail freight volumes in the United States posted increases across the board in the latest weekly data. 

Union Pacific today reported record financial and operational results for 2025 despite a drop in fourth-quarter operating income.

Grain helped lift U.S. rail freight in the latest week’s data amid weaker intermodal and carload shipments.

Fourth-quarter profits at CSX were negatively affected by continued freight weakness, which the railroad anticipates will persist.

CSX said severance expenses, lower merchandise freight and coal offset higher freight rates as earnings fell short of estimates for the fourth quarter.

U.S. rail carload freight and intermodal shipments for the first week of this year improved nearly by double-digits.

Rail traffic for U.S. railroads fell 4% for the week ending Jan. 3, 2026, according to statistics from the Association of American Railroads. Volume for the week was 404,293 carloads and intermodal units, with 192,665 carloads, down 2.8% from the corresponding week a year earlier, and 211,628 containers and trailers, down 5.1%. Only chemicals, 2.3%, […]

Intermodal shipments led U.S. rail freight lower in the latest weekly data but traffic remains higher year-to-date.

A decline in intermodal shipments led U.S. railfreight volumes lower in the latest week data.