U.S. carload gains continue for fourth straight week
For the fourth consecutive week, the latest week ended March20, freight traffic on U.S. railroads was up compared with the same period a year ago according to the Association of American Railroads. U.S. railroads originated 287,639 carloads during the week,up 4.3% from the comparable week in 2009, though still down 10.7% from 2008, prior to the onset of severe recession. Intermodal traffic totaled 201,300 trailers and containers, up 9.5% from last year but also down 4.6% compared with 2008.
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