Freight traffic declines yet again in latest week
Written by Douglas John Bowen The slump continued for U.S. railroad freight traffic during the week ended February 21, compared with traffic in 2008, the Association of American Railroads reports. U.S carload freight fell 14.2% from the comparable week in 2008, with declines of 12.8% in the West and 16.0% in the East.
U.S. intermodal volume slid 23.4% from the year-ago period, though AAR noted the weekly data ending Feb. 21 were affected by the Lunar New Year, which did not occur in 2008.