WASHINGTON — U.S. rail traffic was down for a second straight week compared to 2024. The first back-to-back weeks of decline this year come after 15 straight weeks ahead of 2024 levels.
According to the Association of American Railroads, traffic for the week ending June 14, 2025, included 485,810 carloads and intermodal units, down 1.5% from the same week a year ago. That includes 224,851 carloads, a 1% gain over the corresponding week in 2024, and 260,959 containers and trailers, down 3.5%.
Last week, traffic was down 1.3%, the first week below 2024 levels since February [see “U.S. weekly rail traffic dips …,” Trains News Wire, June 12, 2025].
Through 24 weeks of 2025, overall volume is 11,710,144 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.2% from the same period a year ago. That includes 5,250,685 carloads, up 2.5%, and 6,459,459 intermodal units, up 5.7%.
North American traffic for the week, from nine reporting U.S., Canadian, and Mexican railroads, included 678,590 carloads and intermodal units, a 1% decline from the same week a year ago. That includes 332,361 carloads, up 0.9%, and 346,229 intermodal units, down 2.8%.
Year-to-date traffic in North America was at 16,180,193 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.9% over the first 24 weeks of 2024. That includes 3,906,603 carloads and intermodal units in Canada, up 1.0%, and 563,446 carloads and intermodal units in Mexico, down 9.1%.
