Commodity-level carload volumes by Class I railroad, sourced from AAR weekly reports.
Report Week
March 21, 2026
Total Carloads
550,116
Railroads
6
Commodities
23
Railroads as columns, commodities sorted by total volume
| Commodity | BNSF | CN | CPKC | CSX | NS | UP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containers | 93,518 | 4,189 | 3,822 | 50,577 | 65,425 | 57,425 | 274,956 |
| Coal | 21,169 | 1,159 | 0 | 11,353 | 10,785 | 14,238 | 58,704 |
| Chemicals | 7,894 | 3,164 | 2,255 | 5,563 | 3,267 | 19,251 | 41,394 |
| Grain | 12,740 | 1,930 | 2,899 | 1,660 | 2,696 | 5,893 | 27,818 |
| Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel | 3,719 | 1,911 | 2,291 | 5,200 | 2,209 | 7,860 | 23,190 |
| Motor Vehicles and Equipment | 2,883 | 1,641 | 236 | 5,029 | 6,275 | 2,759 | 18,823 |
| Grain Mill Products | 3,490 | 1,170 | 735 | 1,198 | 1,816 | 4,232 | 12,641 |
| Petroleum Products | 4,431 | 481 | 1,125 | 1,316 | 701 | 3,775 | 11,829 |
| Metallic Ores | 1,936 | 8,515 | 65 | 623 | 70 | 341 | 11,550 |
| Metals | 1,107 | 95 | 337 | 1,945 | 3,538 | 1,363 | 8,385 |
| Stone, Clay and Glass Products | 1,604 | 351 | 154 | 1,684 | 1,436 | 2,869 | 8,098 |
| Trailers | 3,608 | 0 | 2 | 1,138 | 1,600 | 1,378 | 7,726 |
| Food and Kindred Products | 2,419 | 342 | 309 | 535 | 707 | 2,516 | 6,828 |
| Fertilizer | 1,547 | 283 | 285 | 1,538 | 634 | 1,538 | 5,825 |
| All Other | 1,536 | 554 | 165 | 439 | 192 | 2,532 | 5,418 |
| Pulp, Paper and Allied Products | 430 | 567 | 711 | 1,755 | 1,026 | 804 | 5,293 |
| Iron and Steel Scrap | 1,280 | 101 | 243 | 1,232 | 1,463 | 967 | 5,286 |
| Coke | 438 | 517 | 708 | 1,103 | 589 | 1,073 | 4,428 |
| Waste and Scrap Materials | 395 | 172 | 79 | 1,929 | 1,107 | 460 | 4,142 |
| Lumber and Wood Products | 904 | 90 | 222 | 359 | 333 | 1,273 | 3,181 |
| Non Metallic Minerals | 386 | 11 | 61 | 1,446 | 284 | 389 | 2,577 |
| Primary Forest Products | 20 | 44 | 31 | 491 | 150 | 293 | 1,029 |
| Farm Products except Grain | 506 | 5 | 66 | 129 | 100 | 189 | 995 |
| Total | 167,960 | 27,292 | 16,801 | 98,242 | 106,403 | 133,418 | 550,116 |
National carload and intermodal volumes over time
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Source: Association of American Railroads (AAR) weekly carload reports.