The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending May 19, 2018. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 546,415 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.6 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending May 19 were 261,273 carloads, up 1.2 […]
The price of improving rail access to U.S. ports is steep, but the price of not improving access may be even costlier. A recent survey by the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) found members identified a need in excess of $20 billion during the next decade for multimodal port and rail access, but cited […]
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending May 12, 2018. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 550,029 carloads and intermodal units, up 5.8 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending May 12 were 267,196 carloads, up 5.3 […]
The freight-rail industry has invested an estimated $100 billion in infrastructure, equipment and technology over the past four years to prepare for a 41 percent increase in freight shipments by 2040. The investments have paid off by making U.S. railroads safer, with mainline accidents down 32 percent over the past decade, Association of American Railroads […]
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending May 5, 2018. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 545,937 carloads and intermodal units, up 7.5 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending May 5 were 265,563 carloads, up 6.4 […]
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) on May 7 filed comment with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) that call for the U.S. Department of Transportation “to take the same supportive regulatory approach with railroads that it has with automation of trucks and cars.”
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 28, 2018, as well as volumes for April 2018. U.S. railroads originated 1,051,026 carloads in April 2018, up 3.3 percent, or 34,020 carloads, from April 2017. U.S. railroads also originated 1,099,000 containers and trailers in April 2018, up 6.8 […]
Total intermodal volume climbed 7.2 percent in first-quarter 2018 compared to the same period a year ago, marking the strongest gain since second-quarter 2014, the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) announced yesterday. Domestic containers in Q1 2018 rose 6.2 percent, international intermodal volume increased 7 percent and trailers soared 14.5 percent, according to IANA’s […]
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 21, 2018. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 539,425 carloads and intermodal units, up 6.2 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending April 21 were 264,552 carloads, up 3.5 […]
Thirty-five years ago, the average freight train could safely haul 2,200 tons at once. That was a lot of cargo! Yet even though the basic structure of a train has remained the same, today a single freight train can carry even more — a whopping 3,600 tons, on average.
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