Figure 1-8 Rail Freight Carloads, 2000 to 2016
Friday, January 6, 2017
| Date | Rail Carloads | Seasonally-Adjusted Rail Carloads |
|---|---|---|
| Jan-2000 | 1,402,926 | 1,422,036 |
| Feb-2000 | 1,341,942 | 1,420,310 |
| Mar-2000 | 1,452,147 | 1,410,308 |
| Apr-2000 | 1,386,030 | 1,400,396 |
| May-2000 | 1,440,661 | 1,405,379 |
| Jun-2000 | 1,390,222 | 1,394,829 |
| Jul-2000 | 1,377,790 | 1,400,428 |
| Aug-2000 | 1,473,014 | 1,401,876 |
| Sep-2000 | 1,427,099 | 1,417,685 |
| Oct-2000 | 1,489,125 | 1,395,467 |
| Nov-2000 | 1,346,909 | 1,364,723 |
| Dec-2000 | 1,298,609 | 1,356,255 |
| Jan-2001 | 1,378,715 | 1,398,063 |
| Feb-2001 | 1,272,599 | 1,401,261 |
| Mar-2001 | 1,457,199 | 1,415,696 |
| Apr-2001 | 1,390,615 | 1,403,259 |
| May-2001 | 1,436,953 | 1,400,357 |
| Jun-2001 | 1,382,844 | 1,387,560 |
| Jul-2001 | 1,331,669 | 1,353,584 |
| Aug-2001 | 1,444,314 | 1,374,097 |
| Sep-2001 | 1,387,189 | 1,377,771 |
| Oct-2001 | 1,489,178 | 1,395,940 |
| Nov-2001 | 1,376,611 | 1,394,724 |
| Dec-2001 | 1,323,085 | 1,381,166 |
| Jan-2002 | 1,362,045 | 1,382,993 |
| Feb-2002 | 1,252,632 | 1,383,565 |
| Mar-2002 | 1,373,143 | 1,330,854 |
| Apr-2002 | 1,359,576 | 1,367,953 |
| May-2002 | 1,408,401 | 1,370,351 |
| Jun-2002 | 1,392,903 | 1,397,709 |
| Jul-2002 | 1,363,443 | 1,384,326 |
| Aug-2002 | 1,467,852 | 1,399,426 |
| Sep-2002 | 1,395,757 | 1,385,976 |
| Oct-2002 | 1,462,330 | 1,370,514 |
| Nov-2002 | 1,359,625 | 1,378,956 |
| Dec-2002 | 1,326,501 | 1,384,805 |
| Jan-2003 | 1,348,631 | 1,371,607 |
| Feb-2003 | 1,232,970 | 1,366,095 |
| Mar-2003 | 1,400,506 | 1,357,510 |
| Apr-2003 | 1,362,930 | 1,367,551 |
| May-2003 | 1,402,692 | 1,361,549 |
| Jun-2003 | 1,370,794 | 1,374,516 |
| Jul-2003 | 1,357,086 | 1,376,549 |
| Aug-2003 | 1,450,003 | 1,382,831 |
| Sep-2003 | 1,410,429 | 1,399,992 |
| Oct-2003 | 1,491,289 | 1,402,917 |
| Nov-2003 | 1,380,233 | 1,402,044 |
| Dec-2003 | 1,349,155 | 1,407,314 |
| Jan-2004 | 1,391,261 | 1,416,788 |
| Feb-2004 | 1,318,895 | 1,405,455 |
| Mar-2004 | 1,460,107 | 1,416,158 |
| Apr-2004 | 1,422,511 | 1,422,472 |
| May-2004 | 1,475,594 | 1,431,894 |
| Jun-2004 | 1,411,047 | 1,413,090 |
| Jul-2004 | 1,405,130 | 1,423,640 |
| Aug-2004 | 1,478,446 | 1,412,536 |
| Sep-2004 | 1,408,654 | 1,396,727 |
| Oct-2004 | 1,509,119 | 1,424,571 |
| Nov-2004 | 1,408,453 | 1,432,117 |
| Dec-2004 | 1,367,589 | 1,426,240 |
| Jan-2005 | 1,396,793 | 1,424,132 |
| Feb-2005 | 1,342,757 | 1,479,355 |
| Mar-2005 | 1,493,052 | 1,449,648 |
| Apr-2005 | 1,460,039 | 1,456,937 |
| May-2005 | 1,466,477 | 1,419,822 |
| Jun-2005 | 1,412,640 | 1,414,990 |
| Jul-2005 | 1,404,879 | 1,420,457 |
| Aug-2005 | 1,485,201 | 1,418,287 |
| Sep-2005 | 1,438,698 | 1,427,129 |
| Oct-2005 | 1,470,099 | 1,389,065 |
| Nov-2005 | 1,392,562 | 1,416,919 |
| Dec-2005 | 1,375,654 | 1,434,974 |
| Jan-2006 | 1,464,556 | 1,493,566 |
| Feb-2006 | 1,312,500 | 1,448,955 |
| Mar-2006 | 1,493,547 | 1,450,218 |
| Apr-2006 | 1,446,164 | 1,440,404 |
| May-2006 | 1,521,036 | 1,474,877 |
| Jun-2006 | 1,464,781 | 1,470,253 |
| Jul-2006 | 1,428,970 | 1,441,523 |
| Aug-2006 | 1,501,964 | 1,432,321 |
| Sep-2006 | 1,445,002 | 1,432,928 |
| Oct-2006 | 1,493,349 | 1,415,678 |
| Nov-2006 | 1,378,183 | 1,400,459 |
| Dec-2006 | 1,398,361 | 1,459,328 |
| Jan-2007 | 1,370,575 | 1,400,528 |
| Feb-2007 | 1,255,311 | 1,389,677 |
| Mar-2007 | 1,442,822 | 1,400,247 |
| Apr-2007 | 1,413,587 | 1,406,893 |
| May-2007 | 1,446,592 | 1,402,662 |
| Jun-2007 | 1,429,982 | 1,440,492 |
| Jul-2007 | 1,391,260 | 1,400,320 |
| Aug-2007 | 1,485,342 | 1,412,644 |
| Sep-2007 | 1,431,666 | 1,418,874 |
| Oct-2007 | 1,487,803 | 1,413,191 |
| Nov-2007 | 1,412,571 | 1,432,483 |
| Dec-2007 | 1,357,746 | 1,419,338 |
| Jan-2008 | 1,387,897 | 1,416,673 |
| Feb-2008 | 1,335,398 | 1,418,055 |
| Mar-2008 | 1,445,693 | 1,402,721 |
| Apr-2008 | 1,423,939 | 1,416,648 |
| May-2008 | 1,451,560 | 1,413,521 |
| Jun-2008 | 1,372,686 | 1,388,815 |
| Jul-2008 | 1,422,554 | 1,430,587 |
| Aug-2008 | 1,474,209 | 1,400,470 |
| Sep-2008 | 1,373,620 | 1,358,531 |
| Oct-2008 | 1,445,066 | 1,372,478 |
| Nov-2008 | 1,274,531 | 1,290,727 |
| Dec-2008 | 1,153,403 | 1,213,901 |
| Jan-2009 | 1,162,973 | 1,188,066 |
| Feb-2009 | 1,105,996 | 1,234,081 |
| Mar-2009 | 1,193,910 | 1,152,373 |
| Apr-2009 | 1,095,354 | 1,089,966 |
| May-2009 | 1,105,635 | 1,073,200 |
| Jun-2009 | 1,105,098 | 1,126,264 |
| Jul-2009 | 1,176,457 | 1,182,367 |
| Aug-2009 | 1,236,764 | 1,163,653 |
| Sep-2009 | 1,180,775 | 1,165,083 |
| Oct-2009 | 1,220,057 | 1,148,906 |
| Nov-2009 | 1,169,623 | 1,183,360 |
| Dec-2009 | 1,095,082 | 1,150,592 |
| Jan-2010 | 1,160,442 | 1,181,599 |
| Feb-2010 | 1,091,829 | 1,215,912 |
| Mar-2010 | 1,279,724 | 1,239,985 |
| Apr-2010 | 1,260,954 | 1,260,476 |
| May-2010 | 1,272,845 | 1,246,571 |
| Jun-2010 | 1,215,864 | 1,239,141 |
| Jul-2010 | 1,244,915 | 1,249,887 |
| Aug-2010 | 1,310,410 | 1,237,932 |
| Sep-2010 | 1,271,475 | 1,254,001 |
| Oct-2010 | 1,322,853 | 1,253,979 |
| Nov-2010 | 1,227,151 | 1,237,867 |
| Dec-2010 | 1,195,311 | 1,244,576 |
| Jan-2011 | 1,254,585 | 1,273,618 |
| Feb-2011 | 1,146,300 | 1,268,424 |
| Mar-2011 | 1,320,070 | 1,284,327 |
| Apr-2011 | 1,264,678 | 1,269,993 |
| May-2011 | 1,276,671 | 1,253,160 |
| Jun-2011 | 1,229,632 | 1,252,189 |
| Jul-2011 | 1,234,426 | 1,236,004 |
| Aug-2011 | 1,312,456 | 1,241,522 |
| Sep-2011 | 1,280,972 | 1,262,962 |
| Oct-2011 | 1,345,498 | 1,278,472 |
| Nov-2011 | 1,257,921 | 1,268,081 |
| Dec-2011 | 1,268,018 | 1,309,252 |
| Jan-2012 | 1,267,256 | 1,284,964 |
| Feb-2012 | 1,167,610 | 1,240,722 |
| Mar-2012 | 1,244,739 | 1,214,483 |
| Apr-2012 | 1,192,250 | 1,203,362 |
| May-2012 | 1,237,395 | 1,216,078 |
| Jun-2012 | 1,216,288 | 1,237,944 |
| Jul-2012 | 1,227,468 | 1,224,924 |
| Aug-2012 | 1,296,307 | 1,225,147 |
| Sep-2012 | 1,234,535 | 1,215,208 |
| Oct-2012 | 1,262,848 | 1,195,329 |
| Nov-2012 | 1,205,969 | 1,215,206 |
| Dec-2012 | 1,201,630 | 1,236,330 |
| Jan-2013 | 1,192,314 | 1,210,977 |
| Feb-2013 | 1,110,548 | 1,233,488 |
| Mar-2013 | 1,239,149 | 1,217,688 |
| Apr-2013 | 1,190,406 | 1,206,075 |
| May-2013 | 1,241,624 | 1,221,292 |
| Jun-2013 | 1,210,146 | 1,231,816 |
| Jul-2013 | 1,226,158 | 1,216,413 |
| Aug-2013 | 1,301,948 | 1,228,288 |
| Sep-2013 | 1,239,309 | 1,219,622 |
| Oct-2013 | 1,280,690 | 1,211,359 |
| Nov-2013 | 1,229,055 | 1,239,060 |
| Dec-2013 | 1,184,768 | 1,214,015 |
| Jan-2014 | 1,201,520 | 1,222,324 |
| Feb-2014 | 1,098,607 | 1,222,401 |
| Mar-2014 | 1,282,488 | 1,268,746 |
| Apr-2014 | 1,269,684 | 1,289,123 |
| May-2014 | 1,313,273 | 1,294,771 |
| Jun-2014 | 1,255,383 | 1,278,666 |
| Jul-2014 | 1,307,467 | 1,292,180 |
| Aug-2014 | 1,339,869 | 1,261,683 |
| Sep-2014 | 1,278,100 | 1,256,066 |
| Oct-2014 | 1,335,832 | 1,263,421 |
| Nov-2014 | 1,250,050 | 1,259,993 |
| Dec-2014 | 1,288,684 | 1,316,826 |
| Jan-2015 | 1,272,443 | 1,296,326 |
| Feb-2015 | 1,089,174 | 1,215,317 |
| Mar-2015 | 1,236,088 | 1,227,621 |
| Apr-2015 | 1,202,405 | 1,222,042 |
| May-2015 | 1,192,682 | 1,175,302 |
| Jun-2015 | 1,156,330 | 1,181,698 |
| Jul-2015 | 1,227,345 | 1,207,681 |
| Aug-2015 | 1,279,433 | 1,198,759 |
| Sep-2015 | 1,211,250 | 1,187,389 |
| Oct-2015 | 1,248,874 | 1,173,285 |
| Nov-2015 | 1,119,255 | 1,130,515 |
| Dec-2015 | 1,082,438 | 1,110,421 |
| Jan-2016 | 1,061,923 | 1,086,440 |
| Feb-2016 | 1,015,092 | 1,093,966 |
| Mar-2016 | 1,057,552 | 1,051,548 |
NOTES: Monthly rail carloads and intermodals are estimated by dividing the weekly sum by 7 (7 days in a week) and then summing for the number of days in the month (31 days for May, 30 days for June, etc.).
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, seasonally adjusted transportation data, available at www.transtats.bts.gov/osea/seasonaladjustment/, as of May 2016. Rail freight carloads - Association of American Railroads and available through Railfax: railfax.transmatch.com/.