en.Wedoany.com Reported - U.S. rail freight volume declined for the ninth consecutive week, primarily dragged down by a persistent drop in intermodal volume. According to the Association of American Railroads, total U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 6 was 508,999 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.3% from the same period in 2024.

The weekly volume included 228,823 carloads (up 1.7% year-over-year) and 280,176 containers and trailers (down 5.4% year-over-year). The last time total U.S. rail traffic exceeded the level of the same period in 2024 was the week ending October 4.

Among commodity categories, grain volume rose 8.4%, coal increased 5.4%, and nonmetallic minerals grew 4.1%; while forest products and chemical volumes fell 4.2% and 3.1%, respectively.

In the first 49 weeks of 2025, cumulative U.S. rail traffic reached 24,166,363 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.8% from the same period last year. Both carload volume (10,889,132) and intermodal units (13,277,231) posted a year-to-date increase of 1.8%.

Across North America, weekly volume (reported by nine U.S., Canadian, and Mexican railroads) totaled 697,896 carloads and intermodal units, down 1.2% year-over-year. Carload volume rose 1.9% to 335,803, while intermodal units fell 4% to 362,093. North American year-to-date cumulative volume stood at 33,276,063 units, up 1.7% from 2024.

In Canada, weekly carload volume increased 2.5% to 94,333, while intermodal units declined 1.8% to 67,966. Canada's year-to-date volume grew 2.3%. In Mexico, weekly carload volume rose 2.3% to 12,647, while intermodal units surged 18.4% to 13,931, but Mexico's year-to-date cumulative volume fell 5%.

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