Total carloads were 228,884, down 0.9%, while intermodal volume was 284,086 containers and trailers, down 0.6% from 2024, according to the AAR.
For the week ending Aug. 16, 2025, two of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2024. They were coal, up 1,807 carloads, to 63,878; and forest products, up 181 carloads, to 8,236. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2024 included miscellaneous carloads, down 1,236 carloads, to 7,881; metallic ores and metals, down 940 carloads, to 19,559; and grain, down 665 carloads, to 20,981.
For the first 33 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 7,284,620 carloads, up 2.7% from the same point last year; and 8,902,155 intermodal units, up 4.4% from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 33 weeks of 2025 was 16,186,775 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 3.6% compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending Aug. 16, 2025, on nine reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 320,190 carloads, down 3.8% compared with the same week last year, and 365,668 intermodal units, down 0.6% compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 685,858 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.1%. North American rail volume for the first 33 weeks of 2025 was 22,295,900 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.6% compared with 2024.
Canadian railroads reported 79,619 carloads for the week, down 8.1%, and 71,459 intermodal units, up 3.6% compared with the same week in 2024. For the first 33 weeks of 2025, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 5,345,939 carloads, containers and trailers, up 1.5%.
Mexican railroads reported 11,687 carloads for the week, down 22.8% compared with the same week last year, and 10,123 intermodal units, down 23.3%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 33 weeks of 2025 was 763,186 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 8.9% from the same point last year.
