WASHINGTON — Slumping intermodal traffic continues to keep weekly U.S. rail traffic below 2024 levels.
For the week ending Nov. 15, 2025, U.S. volume was 493,880 carloads and intermodal units, a 4.5% decline from the same week a year ago. The total included 223,101 carloads, down 0.2%, and 270,779 containers and trailers, down 7.7%.
It was the sixth straight week traffic had shown a decline compared to the same week a year earlier.
Through 46 weeks of 2025, U.S. traffic totals 22,709,819 carloads and intermodal units, a 2% increase over the same period in 2024. That includes 20,227,762 carloads, up 1.8%, and 12,592,057 intermodal units, up 2.2%.
North American figures for the week, as reported by nine U.S., Canadian, and Mexican railroads, totaled 682,829 carloads and intermodal units, a 0.6% increase over the same week in 2024. The 328,7489 carloads represent a 0.9% decrease, while the 354,081 intermodal units are a gain of 2.1%.
For the year to date, North American volume is 31,247, 058 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.8% over the first 46 weeks of 2024.
In Canada, volume for the week was 92,178 carloads, down 3%, and 67,613 intermodal units, up 65.6%. The dramatic intermodal gain reflects the impact of a port strike on 2024 figures. Through 46 weeks, the cumulative Canadian volume is 7,452,843 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.3%.
Mexican volume for the week ending Nov. 15 was 13,469 carloads, up 4%, and 15,689 intermodal units, up 22.3%. For the year to date, Mexican railroads have moved 1,084,396 carloads and intermodal units, down 5.8% from 2024.
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