U.S. Rail Traffic 1 263,352 7.5% 2,764,973 251,361-0.8% 33,430 6.9% 351,170 31,925 2.7% 85,939 11.3% 918,975 83,543-1.9% Farm Products excl., and Food 16,050 0.9% 175,940 15,995-0.9% 10,049 1.4% 109,760 9,978 1.1% 23,682 1.9% 242,631 22,057-4.9% 22,421 11.5% 227,941 20,722 1.0% 17,115 3.0% 178,452 16,223-6.7% 35,240 10.8% 344,537 31,322 2.1% Petroleum and Petroleum Products 10,006 3.5% 113,420 10,311 4.8% 9,420 2.2% 102,147 9,286-3.0% Units 273,986 12.7% 2,966,335 269,667 6.2% 537,338 10.1% 5,731,308 521,028 2.7% 1 Excludes U.S. operations of Canadian Pacific, CN and GMXT. United States 7.5% 6.9% 11.3% 0.9% 1.4% 1.9% 11.5% 3.0% 10.8% 2.2% 3.5% 10.1% 12.7% -20.0% -10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% Weekly Railroad Traffic Copyright AAR, 2018 1
Canadian Rail Traffic 1 79,314-2.6% 832,805 75,710-2.9% 12,778 4.2% 132,462 12,042 1.5% 7,604 3.6% 73,962 6,724-3.9% Farm Products excl., and Food 7,128-22.9% 74,074 6,734-16.4% 7,048-8.3% 75,645 6,877-8.2% 8,083 83,665 7,606-5.3% 14,796-5.6% 162,141 14,740-1.6% 5,690 1.5% 55,610 5,055-4.6% 7,047 3.1% 76,520 6,956 10.2% Petroleum and Petroleum Products 7,941 10.4% 85,094 7,736 4.1% 1,199-20.4% 13,632 1,239-18.6% Units 68,715 14.5% 726,284 66,026 8.2% 148,029 4.6% 1,559,089 141,735 2.0% 1 Includes U.S. operations of Canadian Pacific and CN. Canada -2.6% 4.2% 3.6% -22.9% -8.3% -5.6% 1.5% 3.1% 10.4% -20.4% 14.5% 4.6% -30.0% -10.0% 10.0% 30.0% Weekly Railroad Traffic Copyright AAR, 2018 2
Mexican Rail Traffic 1 21,648-3.4% 227,967 20,724-1.0% 1,652-20.3% 18,818 1,711-13.7% 104 36.8% 1,599 145 0.8% Farm Products excl., and Food 2,368 27.7% 21,388 1,944 1.9% 108 332.0% 762 69 227.0% 1,909-21.4% 22,478 2,043-7.5% 4,381-12.8% 49,642 4,513-4.4% 5,250-0.6% 48,911 4,446-5.9% 4,253 8.8% 46,796 4,254 17.0% Petroleum and Petroleum Products 375-50.4% 5,746 522-19.8% 1,248 25.9% 11,827 1,075 14.5% Units 17,889 193,769 17,615 0.0% 39,537-2.1% 421,736 38,340-0.5% 1 Includes U.S. operations of GMXT. Mexico -3.4% -20.3% 36.8% 27.7% 332.0% -21.4% -12.8% -0.6% 8.8% -50.4% 25.9% -2.1% -100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 200.0% 300.0% 400.0% Weekly Railroad Traffic Copyright AAR, 2018 3
North American Rail Traffic Cars vs 2017 Cumulative Avg/wk 1 vs 2017 364,314 4.4% 3,825,745 347,795-1.3% 47,860 4.9% 502,450 45,677 1.7% 93,647 10.7% 994,536 90,412-2.1% Farm Products excl., and Food 25,546-5.4% 271,402 24,673-5.5% 17,205-2.4% 186,167 16,924-2.6% 33,674 348,774 31,707-5.1% 41,598 1.9% 439,724 39,975-0.6% 28,055 2.0% 282,973 25,725-6.1% 46,540 9.4% 467,853 42,532 4.7% Petroleum and Petroleum Products 18,322 4.0% 204,260 18,569 3.6% 11,867 1.3% 127,606 11,601-3.6% Units 360,590 12.3% 3,886,388 353,308 6.2% 724,904 8.2% 7,712,133 701,103 2.4% 1 Average per week figures may not sum to totals as a result of independent rounding. North America 4.4% 4.9% 10.7% -5.4% -2.4% 1.9% 2.0% 9.4% 4.0% 1.3% 12.3% 8.2% -20.0% -10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% Weekly Railroad Traffic Copyright AAR, 2018 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, 2018 5