North American Rail Traffic Fell 0.6% in Week Ended April 6
April 10 2019 - 11:18AM
Dow Jones News
By Colin Kellaher
North American rail volume of carloads and intermodal units
slipped 0.6% last week as U.S. grain shipments fell sharply, the
Association of American Railroads said Wednesday.
Carload volume for the week ended April 6 on 12 reporting U.S.,
Canadian and Mexican railroads fell 1.3%, while intermodal traffic
rose 0.2%, the trade group said.
North American rail traffic was 1.9% lower in the week ended
March 30. For the first 14 weeks of the year, North American volume
is down 1.3%.
The AAR said U.S. rail traffic fell 2.8% last week. Carloads
fell 3.9% amid a 13.9% drop in grain shipments, while intermodal
traffic fell 1.6%.
Some railroad tracks remain flooded from catastrophic flooding
after major snow melt and heavy rain socked some parts of the
nation's breadbasket in mid-March, according to freight-markets
data provider FreightWaves.
Union Pacific Corp. (UNP) and Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (BRKA)
BNSF Railway, which were hit hardest by the flooding, have managed
to restore most service in the region, FreightWaves said.
U.S. rail traffic is down 1.8% for the year to date, the AAR
said.
The group said rail traffic rose 6% in Canada and 3.1% in Mexico
for the week ended April 6.
Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 10, 2019 11:03 ET (15:03 GMT)
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