Rail Shipping: Coal Is Down; Oil, Cars & Lumber Up

Posted on August 17, 2012 at 15:37 PM EDT

Here’s some interesting data from this week’s report on U.S. rail traffic from the American Association of Railroads: 1. On a year-to-date (YTD) basis through the week ending August 11, total rail volume of 9,005,952 carloads this year is down by 2.4% compared to last year’s loadings of 9,231,927 carloads from January through mid-August. 2. [...]

Here’s some interesting data from this week’s report on U.S. rail traffic from the American Association of Railroads:

1. On a year-to-date (YTD) basis through the week ending August 11, total rail volume of 9,005,952 carloads this year is down by 2.4% compared to last year’s loadings of 9,231,927 carloads from January through mid-August.

2. Of the 20 different categories of carload shipments, coal totally dominates this type of rail shipping, and made up 44% of the shipping activity in 2011 … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

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