Weekly Carloads by Railroad | Railfriend

Report Week

March 21, 2026

Total Carloads

550,116

Railroads

Commodities

Week:

Carloads by Commodity

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.