Industry indicators - weekly railroad traffic statistics - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

Railway Age, July, 2002

zzIndustry Indicators

TRAFFIC ORIGINATED

WEEK 24 ENDING JUNE 15, 2002

MAJOR U.S. RAILROADS

By commodity                 2002     2001  % Change

CARLOADS

Agricultural products      38,344   37,650      1.8%
Chemicals                  35,130   32,947      6.6%
Coal                      135,444  126,691      6.9%
Forest products            19,818   18,950      4.6%
Metallic ores & min.       36,957   30,508     21.1%
Motor veh. & equip.        26,349   26,654     -1.1%
Nonmetallic min. & prod.   41,891   38,815      7.9%
Other carloads             14,115   14,218     -0.7%
Total cars loaded         348,048  326,433      6.6%

CANADIAN RAILROADS

Agricultural products      11,164   13,590    -17.9%
Chemicals                  12,715   11,419     11.3%
Coal                        9,197    9,665     -4.8%
Forest products             9,096    9,031      0.7%
Metallic ores and min.      3,590    3,686     -2.6%
Motor veh. & equip.         8,174    7,557      8.2%
Nonmetallic min. & prod.    3,926    3,576      9.8%
Other carloads              1,923    1,915      0.4%
Total cars loaded          59,785   60,439     -1.1%

U.S./Canadian total       407,833  386,872      5.4%
                         24 weeks   % Change
                                   from 2001

U.S. TOTAL              7,784,420      -2.6%
CANADIAN TOTAL          1,458,152      -3.0%
U.S./CANADIAN TOTAL     9,242,572      -2.7%

MEXICO (TFM reporting)

TOTAL                       8,933      18.8%
INTERMODAL UNITS

WEEK 24 ENDING JUNE 15, 2002


U.S. TRAFFIC

Trailers              48,708   50,272  -3.1%
Containers           140,285  122,948  14.1%
Total units          188,993  173,220   9.1%

CANADIAN TRAFFIC

Trailers               4,260    3,700  15.1%
Containers            36,626   31,370  16.8%
Total units           40,886   35,070  16.6%

U.S./Canadian total  229,879  208,290  10.4%
                      24 weeks   % Change
                                from 2001

U.S. TOTAL           4,173,848       3.7%
CANADIAN TOTAL         884,940       6.6%
U.S./CANADIAN TOTAL  5,058,788       4.2%
MEXICO (TFM reporting)


Trailers                           393    310     26.8%
Containers                       2,737  2,733      0.1%
Total units                      2,023    n/a       n/a

Estimated ton-miles (billions),
U.S. Class I railroads

Week 24                           2002   2001  % Change
                                  28.9   27.4      5.5%

Totals 2002                      668.3  678.4     -1.5%

Source: "Weekly Railroad Traffic," Association of American Railroads

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