Commodity-level carload volumes by Class I railroad, sourced from AAR weekly reports.
Report Week
March 28, 2026
Total Carloads
566,377
Railroads
6
Commodities
23
Railroads as columns, commodities sorted by total volume
| Commodity | BNSF | CN | CPKC | CSX | NS | UP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containers | 94,007 | 4,820 | 4,302 | 53,206 | 68,425 | 58,523 | 283,283 |
| Coal | 20,086 | 1,030 | 0 | 11,206 | 11,627 | 13,900 | 57,849 |
| Chemicals | 7,720 | 3,297 | 2,078 | 5,610 | 2,901 | 19,988 | 41,594 |
| Grain | 12,816 | 1,617 | 3,288 | 1,433 | 2,586 | 7,175 | 28,915 |
| Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel | 3,918 | 2,486 | 2,334 | 4,660 | 2,918 | 7,924 | 24,240 |
| Motor Vehicles and Equipment | 2,914 | 1,849 | 248 | 5,374 | 7,057 | 2,656 | 20,098 |
| Petroleum Products | 5,400 | 479 | 1,148 | 1,394 | 769 | 3,676 | 12,866 |
| Metallic Ores | 1,691 | 9,473 | 46 | 477 | 85 | 358 | 12,130 |
| Grain Mill Products | 3,439 | 1,055 | 733 | 1,121 | 1,644 | 4,098 | 12,090 |
| Metals | 1,217 | 168 | 420 | 2,427 | 3,529 | 1,496 | 9,257 |
| Stone, Clay and Glass Products | 1,767 | 301 | 223 | 1,780 | 1,399 | 2,688 | 8,158 |
| Trailers | 3,583 | 0 | 0 | 1,200 | 1,649 | 1,495 | 7,927 |
| Food and Kindred Products | 2,720 | 323 | 333 | 485 | 733 | 2,521 | 7,115 |
| All Other | 1,901 | 632 | 195 | 584 | 228 | 2,529 | 6,069 |
| Pulp, Paper and Allied Products | 537 | 792 | 748 | 1,810 | 1,194 | 872 | 5,953 |
| Iron and Steel Scrap | 1,129 | 264 | 318 | 1,394 | 1,622 | 1,135 | 5,862 |
| Fertilizer | 1,701 | 327 | 167 | 1,536 | 451 | 1,573 | 5,755 |
| Waste and Scrap Materials | 341 | 232 | 89 | 2,460 | 1,061 | 541 | 4,724 |
| Coke | 519 | 533 | 732 | 975 | 612 | 783 | 4,154 |
| Lumber and Wood Products | 1,070 | 120 | 227 | 373 | 355 | 1,222 | 3,367 |
| Non Metallic Minerals | 414 | 6 | 35 | 1,779 | 277 | 387 | 2,898 |
| Primary Forest Products | 15 | 41 | 12 | 569 | 247 | 314 | 1,198 |
| Farm Products except Grain | 529 | 0 | 41 | 38 | 91 | 176 | 875 |
| Total | 169,434 | 29,845 | 17,717 | 101,891 | 111,460 | 136,030 | 566,377 |
National carload and intermodal volumes over time
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Source: Association of American Railroads (AAR) weekly carload reports.