Commodity-level carload volumes by Class I railroad, sourced from AAR weekly reports.
Report Week
March 14, 2026
Total Carloads
557,156
Railroads
6
Commodities
23
Railroads as columns, commodities sorted by total volume
| Commodity | BNSF | CN | CPKC | CSX | NS | UP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containers | 94,618 | 4,352 | 4,343 | 51,533 | 64,290 | 62,003 | 281,139 |
| Coal | 20,662 | 1,119 | 0 | 10,620 | 11,360 | 14,336 | 58,097 |
| Chemicals | 6,847 | 2,573 | 1,995 | 5,663 | 3,468 | 18,696 | 39,242 |
| Grain | 13,906 | 1,635 | 3,708 | 1,531 | 2,936 | 6,687 | 30,403 |
| Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel | 3,368 | 1,937 | 2,142 | 4,887 | 2,576 | 7,782 | 22,692 |
| Motor Vehicles and Equipment | 2,714 | 1,696 | 210 | 4,762 | 6,274 | 3,144 | 18,800 |
| Grain Mill Products | 3,725 | 939 | 689 | 1,030 | 2,025 | 4,220 | 12,628 |
| Petroleum Products | 5,207 | 471 | 1,128 | 1,321 | 714 | 3,446 | 12,287 |
| Metallic Ores | 1,557 | 8,788 | 62 | 666 | 46 | 323 | 11,442 |
| Metals | 1,097 | 113 | 416 | 2,014 | 3,245 | 1,310 | 8,195 |
| Stone, Clay and Glass Products | 1,739 | 333 | 137 | 1,571 | 1,484 | 2,799 | 8,063 |
| Trailers | 3,665 | 0 | 3 | 1,149 | 1,616 | 1,564 | 7,997 |
| Food and Kindred Products | 2,668 | 335 | 204 | 517 | 676 | 2,694 | 7,094 |
| All Other | 1,635 | 496 | 190 | 388 | 268 | 3,153 | 6,130 |
| Fertilizer | 1,481 | 241 | 210 | 1,807 | 737 | 1,539 | 6,015 |
| Pulp, Paper and Allied Products | 472 | 705 | 667 | 1,687 | 1,065 | 798 | 5,394 |
| Iron and Steel Scrap | 1,032 | 141 | 201 | 1,358 | 1,657 | 920 | 5,309 |
| Waste and Scrap Materials | 359 | 240 | 135 | 2,202 | 995 | 576 | 4,507 |
| Coke | 436 | 742 | 635 | 958 | 728 | 619 | 4,118 |
| Lumber and Wood Products | 919 | 125 | 173 | 370 | 296 | 1,250 | 3,133 |
| Non Metallic Minerals | 435 | 1 | 20 | 1,422 | 295 | 432 | 2,605 |
| Primary Forest Products | 19 | 45 | 10 | 466 | 239 | 229 | 1,008 |
| Farm Products except Grain | 426 | 3 | 118 | 23 | 84 | 204 | 858 |
| Total | 168,987 | 27,030 | 17,396 | 97,945 | 107,074 | 138,724 | 557,156 |
National carload and intermodal volumes over time
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Source: Association of American Railroads (AAR) weekly carload reports.