North American rail traffic up 4.2% for the week ending March 1

The Association of American Railroads or AAR, reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 1. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 508,531 carloads and intermodal units, up 5.4% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending March 1 were 222,757 carloads, up 1.4% compared with the same week in 2024, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 285,774 containers and trailers, up 8.8% compared to 2024. Six of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2024. They included coal, up 2,692 carloads, to 60,073; grain, up 1,491 carloads, to 20,924; and motor vehicles and parts, up 543 carloads, to 16,435. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2024 included nonmetallic minerals, down 1,424 carloads, to 27,396; metallic ores and metals, down 723 carloads, to 18,964; and farm products excl. grain, and food, down 224 carloads, to 17,567…North American rail volume for the week ending March 1 on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 328,217 carloads, up 2.6% compared with the same week last year, and 364,051 intermodal units, up 6.8% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 692,268 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.8%. North American rail volume for the first nine weeks of 2025 was 5,899,561 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.3%compared with 2024. Publicly traded companies in the space include CN (CNI), CSX (CSX), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Union Pacific (UNP) Rail Vision (RVSN), FreightCar America (RAIL). GATX (GATX), Wabtec (WAB) and J.B. Hunt (JBHT)….