WASHINGTON — U.S. weekly rail traffic continues to run ahead of 2024 levels.
According to Association of American Railroad statistics, traffic for the week ending Aug. 2, 2025, was 513,529 carloads and intermodal units, a 2.9% increase over the same week a year earlier. That figure included 233,805 carloads, up 6.4%, and 279,724 containers and trailers, up 0.2%.
Through 31 weeks of 2025, traffic totalled 16,162,611 carloads and intermodal units, a 3.8% increase over the same period in 2024. The 31-week figure includes 6,828,409 carloads, up 2.8%, and 8,334,202 intermodal units, up 4.7%.
North American volume for the week ending Aug. 2, from nine reporting U.S., Canadian, and Mexican railroads, was 700,660 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.6% over the corresponding week in 2024. The 337,571 carloads was a 4.5% increase, while the 363,089 intermodal units, up 2.7%.
For the year to date, North American volume is 20,943,417 carloads and intermodal units, a 2.9% increase over the first 31 weeks of 2024. That includes 5,035,654 carloads and intermodal units in Canada, a gain of 1.6%, and 745,152 carloads and intermodal units in Mexico, a decline of 5.1%.
