{"id":86679,"date":"2026-02-12T19:40:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shipping.einnews.com\/article\/891886146"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:40:57","slug":"aar-freight-rail-traffic-falls-3-2-in-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/aar-freight-rail-traffic-falls-3-2-in-week-5\/","title":{"rendered":"AAR: Freight-rail traffic falls 3.2% in Week 5"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.S. freight railroads hauled 486,854 carloads and intermodal units during the week ending Feb. 7, down 3.2% compared with traffic from the same week in 2025, according to Association of American Railroads<\/a> data.<\/p>\n

Carloads for the week totaled 208,408, down 4.8%, while weekly intermodal volume totaled 278,446 containers and trailers, down 2%.<\/p>\n

Three of the 10 carload commodity groups tracked by the AAR each week posted increases compared with the same week last year. They were petroleum and petroleum products, up 10.2% to 10,950 carloads; grain, up 3.2% to 22,577; and motor vehicles and parts, up 2.6% to 16,011.<\/p>\n

Commodity groups that posted decreases included coal, down 6.2% to 53,445 carloads; nonmetallic minerals, down 11.7% to 24,637; and miscellaneous carloads, down 18.9% to 7,320.<\/p>\n

Canadian railroads reported 87,967 carloads for the week, up 6.4%, and 69,979 intermodal units, up 2.1%. Mexican railroads posted 13,348 carloads, up 69.1%, and 13,364 intermodal units, up 51.3%.<\/p>\n

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For the first five weeks of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025:<\/p>\n