U.S. Rail Traffic 1 250,522-5.5% 2,238,465 248,718-0.3% 33,518-1.4% 286,869 31,874 0.7% 78,596-8.3% 725,583 80,620-3.2% Farm Products excl., and Food 15,205-8.4% 139,539 15,504-2.4% 9,661-1.5% 90,948 10,105 1.4% 20,314-12.7% 195,077 21,675-0.5% 20,719-1.1% 187,474 20,830 1.6% 18,423 0.3% 141,338 15,704-2.2% 31,934-7.9% 272,804 30,312-1.1% Petroleum and Petroleum Products 11,882 19.3% 114,995 12,777 22.4% 10,270-12.9% 83,838 9,315 0.0% Units 277,631-0.7% 2,410,667 267,852-0.1% 528,153 4,649,132 516,570-0.2% 1 Excludes U.S. operations of Canadian Pacific, CN and GMXT. United States -8.3% -8.4% -5.5% -1.4% -1.5% -12.7% -1.1% 0.3% -7.9% 19.3% -12.9% -0.7% -20.0% -10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% Weekly Railroad Traffic Copyright AAR, 2019 1
Canadian Rail Traffic 1 77,067-3.1% 699,904 77,767 3.9% 12,596-6.6% 109,623 12,180 2.2% 8,318 33.8% 70,200 7,800 17.9% Farm Products excl., and Food 5,950-16.2% 59,824 6,647 1.0% 6,579-7.4% 59,978 6,664-2.6% 8,637 14.8% 71,079 7,898 6.1% 13,837-10.3% 135,111 15,012 3.6% 5,310-5.9% 44,895 4,988 0.8% 5,869-21.2% 53,720 5,969-12.5% Petroleum and Petroleum Products 8,834 8.5% 83,730 9,303 20.2% 1,137-22.2% 11,744 1,305-8.5% Units 67,977-3.6% 585,508 65,056-0.3% 145,044 1,285,412 142,824 2.0% 1 Includes U.S. operations of Canadian Pacific and CN. Canada -6.6% -3.1% 33.8% -16.2% -7.4% 14.8% -10.3% -5.9% -21.2% 8.5% -22.2% -3.6% -30.0% -20.0% -10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% Weekly Railroad Traffic Copyright AAR, 2019 2
Mexican Rail Traffic 1 21,859-0.8% 170,644 18,960-7.7% 969-19.5% 8,545 949-7.0% 130 73.3% 1,322 147 0.5% Farm Products excl., and Food 2,078 8.2% 16,051 1,783-7.4% 33-17.5% 186 21-45.6% 2,299 11.7% 19,627 2,181 6.1% 5,157 10.6% 38,461 4,273-7.2% 4,826-11.4% 35,080 3,898-11.7% 4,240-0.5% 34,896 3,877-5.0% Petroleum and Petroleum Products 1,037-18.7% 7,650 850-30.5% 1,090-1.2% 8,826 981-5.1% Units 17,745-3.2% 143,232 15,915-9.5% 39,604-1.9% 313,876 34,875-8.5% 1 Includes U.S. operations of GMXT. Mexico -19.5% -0.8% 73.3% 8.2% -17.5% 11.7% 10.6% -11.4% -0.5% -18.7% -1.2% -3.2% -1.9% -50.0% -25.0% 0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% Weekly Railroad Traffic Copyright AAR, 2019 3
North American Rail Traffic Cars vs 2018 Cumulative Avg/wk 1 vs 2018 349,448-4.7% 3,109,013 345,446 0.2% 47,083 405,037 45,004 0.9% 87,044-5.4% 797,105 88,567-1.6% Farm Products excl., and Food 23,233-9.3% 215,414 23,935-1.9% 16,273-4.0% 151,112 16,790-0.3% 31,250-4.9% 285,783 31,754 1.5% 39,713 361,046 40,116 1.3% 28,559 221,313 24,590-3.2% 42,043-9.4% 361,420 40,158-3.4% Petroleum and Petroleum Products 21,753 12.3% 206,375 22,931 18.2% 12,497-13.0% 104,408 11,601-1.4% Units 363,353-1.4% 3,139,407 348,823-0.6% 712,801 6,248,420 694,269-0.2% 1 Average per week figures may not sum to totals as a result of independent rounding. North America -4.7% -5.4% -9.3% -4.0% -4.9% -9.4% 12.3% -13.0% -1.4% -20.0% -10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% Weekly Railroad Traffic Copyright AAR, 2019 4
Major Rail Traffic Groups And the Associated Weekly Railroad Traffic Commodity Categories Farm Products excl., and Food Farm products excl. grain mill products Food products Primary forest products Lumber & wood products Pulp & paper products Metallic ores Coke Primary metal products Iron & steel scrap Motor vehicles & parts Crushed stone, sand & gravel Nonmetallic minerals Stone, clay & glass products Petroleum and Petroleum Products Petroleum and petroleum products Waste & nonferrous scrap All other carloads Intermodal Units Containers Trailers Weekly traffic data for the detailed commodity groups are available in the AAR's Weekly Railroad Traffic report. Monthly traffic data for the detailed commodity groups are available in our Rail Time Indicators report, which costs $60 for 12 monthly issues. RTI can also be purchased with a spreadsheet containing monthly traffic data by country and commodity for $120. Weekly Railroad Traffic and Rail Time Indicators may be ordered at www.aar.org/pages/allproducts.aspx. Weekly Railroad Traffic Copyright AAR, 2019 5