AAR Reports Weekly Rail Traffic for the Week Ending November 1, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 5, 2025 - The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending November 1, 2025.

For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 496,928 carloads and intermodal units, down 3.9 percent compared with the same week last year.

Total carloads for the week ending November 1 were 227,209 carloads, down 0.7 percent compared with the same week in 2024, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 269,719 containers and trailers, down 6.4 percent compared to 2024.

Four of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2024. They included grain, up 1,521 carloads, to 25,171; metallic ores and metals, up 1,097 carloads, to 21,151; and miscellaneous carloads, up 780 carloads, to 9,517. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2024 included coal, down 1,878 carloads, to 55,508; motor vehicles and parts, down 1,672 carloads, to 14,917; and nonmetallic minerals, down 564 carloads, to 32,563.

For the first 44 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 9,780,010 carloads, up 1.9 percent from the same point last year; and 11,942,436 intermodal units, up 2.8 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 44 weeks of 2025 was 21,722,446 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 2.4 percent compared to last year.

North American rail volume for the week ending November 1, 2025, on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 333,804 carloads, down 1.9 percent compared with the same week last year, and 354,860 intermodal units, down 4.2 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 688,664 carloads and intermodal units, down 3.1 percent. North American rail volume for the first 44 weeks of 2025 was 29,913,818 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.0 percent compared with 2024.

Canadian railroads reported 95,112 carloads for the week, down 1.8 percent, and 71,350 intermodal units, up 1.9 percent compared with the same week in 2024. For the first 44 weeks of 2025, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 7,132,476 carloads, containers and trailers, up 1.7 percent.

Mexican railroads reported 11,483 carloads for the week, down 21.3 percent compared with the same week last year, and 13,791 intermodal units, up 12.9 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 44 weeks of 2025 was 1,058,896 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, down 3.7 percent from the same point last year.

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For more information, contact: AAR Media Relations at [email protected] or 202-639-2345.

About AAR: The Association of American Railroads (AAR) is the world's leading railroad policy, research and technology organization focusing on the safety and productivity of rail carriers. AAR members include the major freight railroads of the U.S., Canada and Mexico, as well as Amtrak. Learn more at www.aar.org.

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