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Jan 18, 2025 · WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 22, 2025 – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending January 18, 2025. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 500,160 carloads and intermodal units, up 25.9 percent compared with the same week last year.

Jan 25, 2025 · WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 29, 2025 – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending January 25, 2025. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 454,797 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.5 percent compared with the same week last year.

Dec 28, 2024 · WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 3, 2025 – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 28, 2024. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 389,700 carloads and intermodal units, up 5.1 percent compared with the same week last year.

Nov 9, 2024 · WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 13, 2024 – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending November 9, 2024. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 519,115 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.5 percent compared with the same week last year.

Nov 2, 2024 · WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 6, 2024 – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending November 2, 2024. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 516,743 carloads and intermodal units, up 6.6 percent compared with the same week last year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 8, 2024 – Earlier today, the freight rail industry, under the leadership of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), filed litigation in multiple courts across the nation challenging the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)’s failure to act on numerous overdue waiver requests.

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Dec 18, 2024 · “Passing the REEF Act is a big win for railroaders around the country and their families,” said AAR President and CEO Ian Jefferies. “Our employees deserve the certainty that their families will have the funds they need in the future, which is why we were in lockstep with our labor partners to eliminate these harmful, arbitrary cuts and ...