May 2020 Rail Traffis

Rail Traffic for May, 

and the Week Ending 

May 30, 2020, from the  

Association of 

American Railroads:

Week Ending May 30, 2020

"Total U.S. weekly intermodal volume 

was 215,741 containers and trailers, 

down 10.6 percent compared to 2019."

May 2020:

"U.S. railroads originated 

912,922 containers and trailers 

in May 2020, down 13 percent, 

or 136,241 units, from the same 

month last year. "

Motor vehicles & parts, 

were down 49,341 carloads,

or 75 percent !

January through May 2020:

"Total U.S. carload traffic 

for the first five months 

of 2020 was 5,186,630 

intermodal units, 

down 11.3 percent, 

or 661,703 containers 

and trailers, from last year.