U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes are mixed, for week ending November 8, reports AAR

United States rail carload and intermodal volumes, for the week ending November 8, were mixed, according to data issued this week by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

Rail carloads, at 224,651, were up 0.1% annually, trailing the weeks ending November 1 and October 25, at 227,209, and 226,748, respectively.

AAR reported that four of the 10 carload commodity groups tracked by the AAR saw annual gains, including: included nonmetallic minerals, up 3,753 carloads, to 32,939; grain, up 809 carloads, to 24,291; and miscellaneous carloads, up 659 carloads, to 8,469. Commodity groups posting annual declines included: motor vehicles and parts, down 1,436 carloads, to 13,840; metallic ores and metals, down 1,355 carloads, to 19,056; and coal, down 1,207 carloads, to 57,352.

Intermodal containers and trailers, at 268,842 units, were off 8.7% annually, trailing the weeks ending November 1 and October 25, at 269,719, and 272,940, respectively.

Through the first 45 weeks of 2025, AAR reported that U.S. rail carloads, at 10,004,661, are up 1.8% annually, and intermodal units, at 12.211,278, are up 2.5% annually.