U.S. rail traffic up 10.2% for last week
The Association of American Railroads reported that railroads moved 31.2 billion ton-miles of freight during the week ended Feb. 5, 10.2 percent more than the comparable week a year ago.
Intermodal volume for the week totaled 218,755 trailers and containers, up 9.9 percent from a year ago, with containers up 12.5 percent and trailers gaining 3.0 percent.
The AAR noted that traffic in the year-ago week was adversely affected by severe winter storms.
