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Figure 1-9 Rail Freight Intermodal, 2000 to 2016

Friday, January 6, 2017

Graphic Version

Date Intermodal Traffic Seasonally-Adjusted Intermodal Traffic
Jan-2000 723,747 761,587
Feb-2000 710,611 765,423
Mar-2000 771,025 761,915
Apr-2000 747,905 764,936
May-2000 772,852 763,620
Jun-2000 763,056 755,917
Jul-2000 760,109 758,264
Aug-2000 814,860 755,677
Sep-2000 789,037 766,740
Oct-2000 859,903 782,655
Nov-2000 755,194 762,079
Dec-2000 710,715 761,297
Jan-2001 718,208 756,061
Feb-2001 666,813 743,931
Mar-2001 761,942 752,732
Apr-2001 717,396 732,755
May-2001 734,970 725,662
Jun-2001 743,527 736,977
Jul-2001 733,967 731,853
Aug-2001 802,542 745,598
Sep-2001 775,082 754,823
Oct-2001 827,614 753,989
Nov-2001 743,670 749,610
Dec-2001 688,215 734,714
Jan-2002 701,350 736,657
Feb-2002 688,595 768,504
Mar-2002 758,158 763,457
Apr-2002 774,537 776,060
May-2002 800,215 789,295
Jun-2002 805,089 799,022
Jul-2002 800,913 797,782
Aug-2002 867,104 807,499
Sep-2002 810,856 792,533
Oct-2002 791,259 721,700
Nov-2002 791,000 793,577
Dec-2002 744,615 794,173
Jan-2003 787,446 809,489
Feb-2003 730,315 814,763
Mar-2003 826,783 819,752
Apr-2003 810,805 827,194
May-2003 836,029 823,403
Jun-2003 829,971 825,113
Jul-2003 839,459 835,003
Aug-2003 871,757 813,878
Sep-2003 857,231 840,760
Oct-2003 928,584 848,795
Nov-2003 852,170 855,702
Dec-2003 797,451 859,091
Jan-2004 841,769 867,102
Feb-2004 806,222 867,762
Mar-2004 906,899 902,650
Apr-2004 892,142 911,232
May-2004 938,204 915,601
Jun-2004 916,328 920,851
Jul-2004 930,866 924,409
Aug-2004 970,145 908,377
Sep-2004 937,213 919,876
Oct-2004 1,027,749 941,469
Nov-2004 956,383 961,156
Dec-2004 906,275 962,015
Jan-2005 925,534 960,263
Feb-2005 883,984 983,302
Mar-2005 935,163 953,037
Apr-2005 945,359 950,382
May-2005 976,854 962,005
Jun-2005 956,014 953,515
Jul-2005 979,130 970,008
Aug-2005 1,040,831 976,786
Sep-2005 1,002,951 982,637
Oct-2005 1,093,139 1,003,632
Nov-2005 1,000,302 1,004,965
Dec-2005 977,753 1,021,636
Jan-2006 991,980 1,026,011
Feb-2006 896,379 995,686
Mar-2006 1,012,540 1,016,871
Apr-2006 1,015,609 1,044,434
May-2006 1,045,039 1,030,578
Jun-2006 1,033,661 1,032,093
Jul-2006 1,041,756 1,029,272
Aug-2006 1,106,273 1,039,202
Sep-2006 1,060,237 1,035,059
Oct-2006 1,113,993 1,023,846
Nov-2006 1,006,847 1,011,685
Dec-2006 984,846 1,027,994
Jan-2007 981,972 1,014,402
Feb-2007 920,164 1,022,012
Mar-2007 1,009,963 1,017,323
Apr-2007 974,909 1,005,510
May-2007 1,018,160 1,005,598
Jun-2007 1,020,267 1,018,554
Jul-2007 1,015,526 999,865
Aug-2007 1,058,591 992,824
Sep-2007 1,032,837 1,005,079
Oct-2007 1,071,991 986,820
Nov-2007 993,055 1,000,020
Dec-2007 949,057 992,342
Jan-2008 957,435 985,495
Feb-2008 926,466 994,366
Mar-2008 950,282 975,351
Apr-2008 959,169 970,804
May-2008 997,834 985,706
Jun-2008 978,498 975,828
Jul-2008 1,004,378 986,623
Aug-2008 1,036,147 971,100
Sep-2008 994,549 966,231
Oct-2008 1,037,799 956,832
Nov-2008 915,200 921,723
Dec-2008 796,421 840,347
Jan-2009 846,511 861,518
Feb-2009 726,343 808,750
Mar-2009 808,252 812,663
Apr-2009 785,964 807,783
May-2009 810,365 799,408
Jun-2009 800,581 796,454
Jul-2009 822,512 806,667
Aug-2009 869,310 814,772
Sep-2009 847,217 823,633
Oct-2009 914,752 845,461
Nov-2009 853,396 862,913
Dec-2009 810,958 868,380
Jan-2010 874,628 896,855
Feb-2010 801,194 893,500
Mar-2010 909,992 921,641
Apr-2010 892,456 902,296
May-2010 952,718 928,839
Jun-2010 947,437 948,788
Jul-2010 983,066 964,626
Aug-2010 1,040,147 976,248
Sep-2010 995,071 969,740
Oct-2010 1,043,430 966,750
Nov-2010 951,816 963,932
Dec-2010 909,186 970,218
Jan-2011 943,869 974,933
Feb-2011 886,140 990,210
Mar-2011 983,115 981,152
Apr-2011 981,463 996,128
May-2011 1,021,055 1,001,567
Jun-2011 996,622 986,340
Jul-2011 997,012 979,346
Aug-2011 1,045,925 983,301
Sep-2011 1,014,029 990,470
Oct-2011 1,079,741 1,003,426
Nov-2011 989,342 1,005,222
Dec-2011 977,960 1,039,128
Jan-2012 977,417 1,013,571
Feb-2012 925,371 998,960
Mar-2012 1,025,735 1,019,943
Apr-2012 1,015,261 1,023,525
May-2012 1,048,915 1,025,333
Jun-2012 1,057,111 1,043,713
Jul-2012 1,050,304 1,033,787
Aug-2012 1,091,182 1,028,250
Sep-2012 1,055,933 1,033,687
Oct-2012 1,101,408 1,026,670
Nov-2012 996,259 1,014,816
Dec-2012 973,474 1,032,654
Jan-2013 1,046,442 1,087,903
Feb-2013 983,077 1,097,700
Mar-2013 1,037,566 1,048,232
Apr-2013 1,034,194 1,019,616
May-2013 1,077,102 1,050,161
Jun-2013 1,070,484 1,054,859
Jul-2013 1,079,970 1,063,549
Aug-2013 1,140,462 1,076,601
Sep-2013 1,103,442 1,081,843
Oct-2013 1,165,982 1,089,517
Nov-2013 1,083,084 1,102,786
Dec-2013 1,038,694 1,104,911
Jan-2014 1,067,964 1,091,269
Feb-2014 992,254 1,105,315
Mar-2014 1,137,395 1,126,392
Apr-2014 1,126,987 1,130,343
May-2014 1,160,489 1,129,852
Jun-2014 1,142,230 1,125,473
Jul-2014 1,144,252 1,127,083
Aug-2014 1,187,136 1,121,008
Sep-2014 1,157,442 1,136,287
Oct-2014 1,223,207 1,144,190
Nov-2014 1,113,273 1,137,492
Dec-2014 1,070,542 1,157,073
Jan-2015 1,084,673 1,113,215
Feb-2015 929,348 1,033,303
Mar-2015 1,200,332 1,197,111
Apr-2015 1,186,366 1,181,324
May-2015 1,206,926 1,174,837
Jun-2015 1,186,253 1,169,123
Jul-2015 1,184,100 1,165,666
Aug-2015 1,232,827 1,163,714
Sep-2015 1,165,153 1,144,422
Oct-2015 1,210,175 1,132,152
Nov-2015 1,101,384 1,129,676
Dec-2015 1,048,994 1,126,725
Jan-2016 1,130,860 1,167,615
Feb-2016 1,087,346 1,165,326
Mar-2016 1,102,632 1,111,912

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.

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 intermodal traffic - Association of American Railroads and available through Railfax: railfax.transmatch.com/.