AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 12.8% for Week Ended May 2


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports 
that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,742 during the week 
ended May 2, up 12.8% from the same week a year ago.

   Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 185,029, up 
8.6% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published 
on Wednesday (5/6) showed.

   Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 518,773, up 3.9% from the same 
week a year ago.

   Total carloads for the week ended May 2 reached 235,049, up 4.0% from the 
same week of last year.

   Weekly intermodal volume was 283,724 containers and trailers, up 3.9% from 
the corresponding week of the prior year.

   Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 3,837,643, up 3.6% on the 
year.

   Cumulative intermodal units were 4,697,928, up 0.4% from a year ago.

   Total rail traffic for the first 17 weeks of the year was 8,535,571 carloads 
and intermodal units, up 1.8% on the year.




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