Railroad cargo -- containers and trailers -- up for five months in a row, versus 2019 = good news

For the first 52 weeks of 2020, 

U.S. railroads reported 

13,455,711 intermodal units, 

down 2 percent from last year.

 

Week ending December 26, 2020:

U.S. railroads 

originated 220,082

containers and trailers

in the week ending 

December 26, 2020,  

up +20.8 percent,

 

 

Week ending December 19, 2020: 

not available 

Week ending December 12, 2020:

U.S. railroads 

originated 308,016

containers and trailers

in the week ending 

December 12, 2020,  

up +11.1 percent,

 

Week ending December 5, 2020:

U.S. railroads 

originated 297,217

containers and trailers

in the week ending 

December 5, 2020,
up +10.5 percent, 

from the same month last year.

November 2020:
"U.S. railroads originated 1,136,695
containers and trailers in November 2020,
up +11.5 percent, or 116,915 units,
from the same month last year." 

October 2020:
"U.S. railroads originated 1,169,874
containers and trailers in October 2020,
up +10 percent, or 105,966 units,
from the same month last year."

September 2020:
"U.S. railroads originated 1,423,883
containers and trailers in September 2020,
up +7.1 percent, or 94,351 units,
from the same month last year."

August 2020:
"U.S. railroads originated 1,122,954
containers and trailers in August 2020,
up +3 percent, or 33,115 units,
from the same month last year."