Transportation Industry
Traffic originated
Railway Age, April, 2008
TRAFFIC ORIGINATED
CARLOADS WEEK 11 ENDING MARCH 15,2008
MAJOR U.S. RAILROADS
By commodity 2008 2007 % Change
Agricultural products 44,989 40,411 11.2%
Chemicals 37,960 36,232 4.8%
Coal 143,257 143,501 -0.2%
Forest products 12,780 14,633 -12.7%
Metallic ores & metals 21,855 21,292 2.6%
Motor veh. & equip. 20,458 22,336 -8.4%
Nonmetallic min. &
prod. 31,888 35,068 -9.1%
Other carloads 15,503 15,861 -2.3%
Total cars loaded 328,690 329,364 -0.2%
CANADIAN RAILROADS
By commodity 2008 2007 % Change
Agricultural products 14,343 13,906 3.1%
Chemicals 15,753 16,112 -2.2%
Coal 8,258 7,579 9.0%
Forest products 8,360 11,015 -24.1%
Metallic ores and min. 14,583 16,822 -13.3%
Motor veh. & equip. 5,923 6,704 -11.6%
Nonmetallic min.&
prod. 3,557 4,492 -20.8%
Other carloads 2,032 1,796 13.1%
Total cars loaded 72,809 78,426 -7.2%
U.S./Canadian total 401,499 407,790 -1.5%
U.S. TOTAL 11 weeks: 3,516,497 * % change from 2007: 1.2%
CANADIAN TOTAL 11 weeks: 799,690 * %change from 2007: 1.2%
U.S./CANADIAN TOTAL 11 weeks: 4,316,187 * % change from 2007: 0.6%
MEXICO (KCS de Mexico reporting)
All commodities 4,983 5,397 -7.7%
TOTAL 11 weeks: 54,566 * %change from 2007: -10.1%
INTERMODAL
UNITS WEEK 11 ENDING MARCH 15, 2007
U.S. TRAFFIC
Trailers 49,796 50,737 -1.9%
Containers 166,616 162,775 2.4%
Total units 216,412 213,512 1.4%
CANADIAN TRAFFIC
Trailers 1,855 2,039 -9.0%
Containers 42,241 41,914 0.8%
Total units 44,096 43,953 0.3%
U.S./Canadian total 260,508 257,465 1.2%
U.S. TOTAL 11 weeks: 2,385,454 * % change from 2007: -4.1%
CANADIAN TOTAL 11 weeks: 498,409 * % change from 2007: 6.1%
U.S./CANADIAN TOTAL 11 weeks: 2,883,863 * % change from 2007: -2.5%
MEXICO (KCS de Mexico reporting)
Trailers 84 4,796 -80.0%
Containers 3,140 2,109 48.9%
Total units 3,224 2,133 51.1%
TOTAL 11 weeks: 36,189 * % change from 2007: 15.9%
Estimated ton-miles (billions), U.S. Class I railroads
Week 11 2008 2007 % Change
34.0 33.7 0.9%
Totals 2008 2008: 363.6 * 2007: 355.5 * % change: 2.3%
Source: Weekly Railroad Traffic," Association of American Railroads
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