Commodity-level carload volumes by Class I railroad, sourced from AAR weekly reports.
Report Week
February 28, 2026
Total Carloads
568,078
Railroads
6
Commodities
23
Railroads as columns, commodities sorted by total volume
| Commodity | BNSF | CN | CPKC | CSX | NS | UP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containers | 99,666 | 4,926 | 4,244 | 46,615 | 60,149 | 64,232 | 279,832 |
| Coal | 23,758 | 1,445 | 0 | 10,979 | 12,809 | 15,513 | 64,504 |
| Chemicals | 7,324 | 2,772 | 1,813 | 5,279 | 3,072 | 20,676 | 40,936 |
| Grain | 14,014 | 2,279 | 4,552 | 1,633 | 3,039 | 6,524 | 32,041 |
| Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel | 3,379 | 1,795 | 2,376 | 4,661 | 2,053 | 7,427 | 21,691 |
| Motor Vehicles and Equipment | 2,855 | 1,667 | 270 | 4,801 | 6,223 | 2,569 | 18,385 |
| Petroleum Products | 5,480 | 434 | 1,371 | 1,521 | 878 | 4,053 | 13,737 |
| Grain Mill Products | 3,985 | 1,090 | 811 | 1,209 | 1,657 | 4,477 | 13,229 |
| Metallic Ores | 1,817 | 8,893 | 73 | 855 | 77 | 295 | 12,010 |
| Metals | 1,479 | 169 | 356 | 2,244 | 3,560 | 1,426 | 9,234 |
| Stone, Clay and Glass Products | 1,844 | 447 | 144 | 1,835 | 1,289 | 2,749 | 8,308 |
| Trailers | 3,728 | 0 | 7 | 1,156 | 1,575 | 1,477 | 7,943 |
| Food and Kindred Products | 2,704 | 344 | 319 | 483 | 665 | 2,660 | 7,175 |
| All Other | 1,794 | 708 | 327 | 674 | 230 | 2,514 | 6,247 |
| Iron and Steel Scrap | 1,175 | 132 | 252 | 1,595 | 1,686 | 1,090 | 5,930 |
| Fertilizer | 1,493 | 303 | 96 | 1,569 | 547 | 1,627 | 5,635 |
| Pulp, Paper and Allied Products | 446 | 677 | 700 | 1,747 | 1,137 | 838 | 5,545 |
| Coke | 462 | 526 | 803 | 1,157 | 765 | 849 | 4,562 |
| Waste and Scrap Materials | 363 | 179 | 101 | 1,726 | 838 | 455 | 3,662 |
| Lumber and Wood Products | 907 | 86 | 190 | 338 | 386 | 1,155 | 3,062 |
| Non Metallic Minerals | 450 | 2 | 32 | 1,411 | 276 | 380 | 2,551 |
| Primary Forest Products | 13 | 47 | 14 | 461 | 235 | 230 | 1,000 |
| Farm Products except Grain | 421 | 3 | 50 | 32 | 140 | 213 | 859 |
| Total | 179,557 | 28,924 | 18,901 | 93,981 | 103,286 | 143,429 | 568,078 |
National carload and intermodal volumes over time
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Source: Association of American Railroads (AAR) weekly carload reports.