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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