United States Department of Transportation

Figure 5: Rail Carloads and Intermodal Units, January 1979 to September 2005

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Month	Rail Carloads	Intermodal Units	Rail Carloads (000s)	Intermodal Units (000s)
Jan-90	1,450,391	497,152	1,450.4	497.2
Feb-90	1,356,875	474,455	1,356.9	474.5
Mar-90	1,521,371	535,874	1,521.4	535.9
Apr-90	1,472,933	500,682	1,472.9	500.7
May-90	1,519,121	511,261	1,519.1	511.3
Jun-90	1,470,010	511,967	1,470.0	512.0
Jul-90	1,438,185	504,687	1,438.2	504.7
Aug-90	1,511,108	539,133	1,511.1	539.1
Sep-90	1,461,134	537,333	1,461.1	537.3
Oct-90	1,532,173	578,329	1,532.2	578.3
Nov-90	1,374,392	521,107	1,374.4	521.1
Dec-90	1,308,788	505,471	1,308.8	505.5
Jan-91	1,344,898	502,264	1,344.9	502.3
Feb-91	1,289,199	476,089	1,289.2	476.1
Mar-91	1,405,315	513,622	1,405.3	513.6
Apr-91	1,350,809	461,488	1,350.8	461.5
May-91	1,394,798	501,681	1,394.8	501.7
Jun-91	1,395,554	516,492	1,395.6	516.5
Jul-91	1,373,174	517,036	1,373.2	517.0
Aug-91	1,499,840	559,575	1,499.8	559.6
Sep-91	1,443,448	551,509	1,443.4	551.5
Oct-91	1,505,536	596,733	1,505.5	596.7
Nov-91	1,368,313	544,627	1,368.3	544.6
Dec-91	1,349,788	518,916	1,349.8	518.9
Jan-92	1,382,860	523,658	1,382.9	523.7
Feb-92	1,346,292	515,332	1,346.3	515.3
Mar-92	1,438,852	559,500	1,438.9	559.5
Apr-92	1,393,906	542,332	1,393.9	542.3
May-92	1,445,936	556,495	1,445.9	556.5
Jun-92	1,360,387	523,693	1,360.4	523.7
Jul-92	1,404,212	563,548	1,404.2	563.5
Aug-92	1,487,982	590,473	1,488.0	590.5
Sep-92	1,418,477	591,488	1,418.5	591.5
Oct-92	1,515,664	644,341	1,515.7	644.3
Nov-92	1,393,207	581,335	1,393.2	581.3
Dec-92	1,346,608	545,702	1,346.6	545.7
Jan-93	1,403,423	564,784	1,403.4	564.8
Feb-93	1,259,804	521,919	1,259.8	521.9
Mar-93	1,422,651	608,235	1,422.7	608.2
Apr-93	1,431,373	571,739	1,431.4	571.7
May-93	1,481,643	594,648	1,481.6	594.6
Jun-93	1,406,102	583,102	1,406.1	583.1
Jul-93	1,353,884	570,862	1,353.9	570.9
Aug-93	1,407,154	622,174	1,407.2	622.2
Sep-93	1,405,791	622,820	1,405.8	622.8
Oct-93	1,523,677	685,517	1,523.7	685.5
Nov-93	1,407,879	622,855	1,407.9	622.9
Dec-93	1,384,136	599,334	1,384.1	599.3
Jan-94	1,380,489	599,378	1,380.5	599.4
Feb-94	1,333,266	592,735	1,333.3	592.7
Mar-94	1,526,396	684,312	1,526.4	684.3
Apr-94	1,484,634	667,800	1,484.6	667.8
May-94	1,550,122	696,661	1,550.1	696.7
Jun-94	1,477,945	678,152	1,477.9	678.2
Jul-94	1,450,388	674,483	1,450.4	674.5
Aug-94	1,587,709	724,333	1,587.7	724.3
Sep-94	1,518,612	706,733	1,518.6	706.7
Oct-94	1,604,387	776,961	1,604.4	777.0
Nov-94	1,499,876	702,912	1,499.9	702.9
Dec-94	1,513,774	677,748	1,513.8	677.7
Jan-95	1,475,951	645,402	1,476.0	645.4
Feb-95	1,376,579	612,174	1,376.6	612.2
Mar-95	1,535,343	691,160	1,535.3	691.2
Apr-95	1,485,756	652,882	1,485.8	652.9
May-95	1,520,498	662,711	1,520.5	662.7
Jun-95	1,463,542	651,413	1,463.5	651.4
Jul-95	1,462,987	645,233	1,463.0	645.2
Aug-95	1,556,188	692,340	1,556.2	692.3
Sep-95	1,533,593	677,257	1,533.6	677.3
Oct-95	1,561,663	736,527	1,561.7	736.5
Nov-95	1,451,620	651,575	1,451.6	651.6
Dec-95	1,430,129	633,909	1,430.1	633.9
Jan-96	1,376,357	625,577	1,376.4	625.6
Feb-96	1,377,073	633,082	1,377.1	633.1
Mar-96	1,527,866	676,517	1,527.9	676.5
Apr-96	1,495,422	646,398	1,495.4	646.4
May-96	1,538,431	669,331	1,538.4	669.3
Jun-96	1,486,158	674,515	1,486.2	674.5
Jul-96	1,517,689	684,669	1,517.7	684.7
Aug-96	1,578,237	730,473	1,578.2	730.5
Sep-96	1,489,217	711,526	1,489.2	711.5
Oct-96	1,585,113	781,613	1,585.1	781.6
Nov-96	1,460,148	704,722	1,460.1	704.7
Dec-96	1,437,931	656,052	1,437.9	656.1
Jan-97	1,461,419	671,531	1,461.4	671.5
Feb-97	1,387,377	658,503	1,387.4	658.5
Mar-97	1,516,525	732,108	1,516.5	732.1
Apr-97	1,482,940	713,169	1,482.9	713.2
May-97	1,528,335	730,281	1,528.3	730.3
Jun-97	1,427,505	736,464	1,427.5	736.5
Jul-97	1,521,164	736,854	1,521.2	736.9
Aug-97	1,531,427	765,770	1,531.4	765.8
Sep-97	1,522,381	760,595	1,522.4	760.6
Oct-97	1,552,445	802,708	1,552.4	802.7
Nov-97	1,472,001	730,445	1,472.0	730.4
Dec-97	1,403,748	684,118	1,403.7	684.1
Jan-98	1,539,470	705,769	1,539.5	705.8
Feb-98	1,379,234	651,298	1,379.2	651.3
Mar-98	1,526,671	749,356	1,526.7	749.4
Apr-98	1,505,337	721,329	1,505.3	721.3
May-98	1,571,864	734,316	1,571.9	734.3
Jun-98	1,502,115	735,259	1,502.1	735.3
Jul-98	1,476,050	733,845	1,476.1	733.8
Aug-98	1,594,133	773,377	1,594.1	773.4
Sep-98	1,542,983	747,816	1,543.0	747.8
Oct-98	1,613,514	815,044	1,613.5	815.0
Nov-98	1,490,369	743,766	1,490.4	743.8
Dec-98	1,430,224	684,293	1,430.2	684.3
Jan-99	1,435,730	714,075	1,435.7	714.1
Feb-99	1,372,600	688,277	1,372.6	688.3
Mar-99	1,479,819	752,950	1,479.8	752.9
Apr-99	1,446,937	725,986	1,446.9	726.0
May-99	1,526,005	766,793	1,526.0	766.8
Jun-99	1,408,618	742,689	1,408.6	742.7
Jul-99	1,430,711	747,554	1,430.7	747.6
Aug-99	1,524,634	798,577	1,524.6	798.6
Sep-99	1,465,245	784,279	1,465.2	784.3
Oct-99	1,544,730	848,500	1,544.7	848.5
Nov-99	1,451,653	768,770	1,451.7	768.8
Dec-99	1,418,979	718,784	1,419.0	718.8
Jan-00	1,453,461	726,536	1,453.5	726.5
Feb-00	1,380,361	723,816	1,380.4	723.8
Mar-00	1,503,928	791,900	1,503.9	791.9
Apr-00	1,442,325	762,216	1,442.3	762.2
May-00	1,501,662	786,683	1,501.7	786.7
Jun-00	1,445,625	776,636	1,445.6	776.6
Jul-00	1,438,253	765,485	1,438.3	765.5
Aug-00	1,533,181	825,362	1,533.2	825.4
Sep-00	1,480,683	794,311	1,480.7	794.3
Oct-00	1,531,912	863,131	1,531.9	863.1
Nov-00	1,390,042	758,209	1,390.0	758.2
Dec-00	1,345,107	713,657	1,345.1	713.7
Jan-01	1,431,900	721,035	1,431.9	721.0
Feb-01	1,316,287	669,327	1,316.3	669.3
Mar-01	1,507,945	765,167	1,507.9	765.2
Apr-01	1,444,097	726,325	1,444.1	726.3
May-01	1,497,838	737,792	1,497.8	737.8
Jun-01	1,433,115	746,343	1,433.1	746.3
Jul-01	1,384,312	736,782	1,384.3	736.8
Aug-01	1,509,235	805,697	1,509.2	805.7
Sep-01	1,445,967	778,294	1,446.0	778.3
Oct-01	1,581,518	831,136	1,581.5	831.1
Nov-01	1,418,549	746,780	1,418.5	746.8
Dec-01	1,359,071	691,128	1,359.1	691.1
Jan-02	1,387,075	701,642	1,387.1	701.6
Feb-02	1,275,881	688,595	1,275.9	688.6
Mar-02	1,409,441	758,158	1,409.4	758.2
Apr-02	1,408,909	774,865	1,408.9	774.9
May-02	1,466,914	800,651	1,466.9	800.7
Jun-02	1,456,608	805,089	1,456.6	805.1
Jul-02	1,426,946	801,986	1,426.9	802.0
Aug-02	1,521,517	867,104	1,521.5	867.1
Sep-02	1,438,210	810,959	1,438.2	811.0
Oct-02	1,503,996	791,259	1,504.0	791.3
Nov-02	1,415,379	791,000	1,415.4	791.0
Dec-02	1,384,126	744,623	1,384.1	744.6
Jan-03	1,384,531	787,457	1,384.5	787.5
Feb-03	1,267,132	730,556	1,267.1	730.6
Mar-03	1,436,494	827,089	1,436.5	827.1
Apr-03	1,403,945	810,807	1,403.9	810.8
May-03	1,443,777	836,029	1,443.8	836.0
Jun-03	1,406,633	829,971	1,406.6	830.0
Jul-03	1,392,890	839,459	1,392.9	839.5
Aug-03	1,484,595	871,757	1,484.6	871.8
Sep-03	1,441,360	857,231	1,441.4	857.2
Oct-03	1,525,927	928,584	1,525.9	928.6
Nov-03	1,409,495	852,170	1,409.5	852.2
Dec-03	1,378,513	797,451	1,378.5	797.5
Jan-04	1,426,117	841,769	1,426.1	841.8
Feb-04	1,352,268	806,222	1,352.3	806.2
Mar-04	1,491,718	906,899	1,491.7	906.9
Apr-04	1,458,966	892,142	1,459.0	892.1
May-04	1,517,720	938,204	1,517.7	938.2
Jun-04	1,449,446	1,016,328	1,449.4	1,016.3
Jul-04	1,443,620	930,866	1,443.6	930.9
Aug-04	1,484,595	970,145	1,484.6	970.1
Sep-04	1,447,886	1,047,772	1,447.9	1,047.8
Oct-04	1,554,254	1,027,749	1,554.3	1,027.7
Nov-04	1,444,454	956,383	1,444.5	956.4
Dec-04	1,398,641	906,275	1,398.6	906.3
Jan-05	1,429,405	925,534	1,429.4	925.5
Feb-05	1,376,508	883,984	1,376.5	884.0
Mar-05	1,531,738	941,163	1,531.7	941.2
Apr-05	1,497,001	945,359	1,497.0	945.4
May-05	1,509,532	976,854	1,509.5	976.9
Jun-05	1,421,036	956,014	1,421.0	956.0
Jul-05	1,413,130	979,130	1,413.1	979.1
Aug-05	1,494,849	1,040,045	1,494.8	1,040.0
Sep-05	1,448,240	1,002,951	1,448.2	1,003.0

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, http://www.aar.org.