Rail, Intermodal Traffic Fall for Week
Rail carload and intermodal traffic fell for the third week of December compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday.
Intermodal traffic declined 1.8% to 229,695 trailers and containers, AAR said in its weekly report.
Container volume fell 2.3% to 175,833 units, while trailers dipped 0.2% to 53,862units.
Overall rail carload traffic rose 3.2% from a year ago to 327,876 carloads, the group said.
Railroad volume is considered an important economic indicator. Intermodal traffic, which tends to be higher-valued merchandise than bulk commodities, uses trains for the long haul and trucks for the shorter distance at either end of the trip.
