Commodity-level carload volumes by Class I railroad, sourced from AAR weekly reports.
Report Week
April 4, 2026
Total Carloads
547,698
Railroads
6
Commodities
23
Railroads as columns, commodities sorted by total volume
| Commodity | BNSF | CN | CPKC | CSX | NS | UP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containers | 91,850 | 4,472 | 4,144 | 50,014 | 65,073 | 57,300 | 272,853 |
| Coal | 20,121 | 878 | 50 | 11,783 | 11,171 | 12,635 | 56,638 |
| Chemicals | 7,204 | 3,012 | 2,123 | 5,124 | 3,343 | 18,930 | 39,736 |
| Grain | 13,906 | 1,900 | 3,764 | 1,470 | 2,371 | 7,305 | 30,716 |
| Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel | 4,255 | 2,077 | 2,665 | 4,747 | 2,659 | 8,046 | 24,449 |
| Motor Vehicles and Equipment | 2,751 | 1,753 | 197 | 4,454 | 6,424 | 2,387 | 17,966 |
| Grain Mill Products | 3,978 | 865 | 883 | 1,160 | 1,802 | 3,851 | 12,539 |
| Petroleum Products | 5,523 | 486 | 1,301 | 1,451 | 610 | 3,150 | 12,521 |
| Metallic Ores | 1,808 | 6,989 | 58 | 701 | 56 | 180 | 9,792 |
| Metals | 1,214 | 103 | 488 | 2,122 | 3,227 | 1,354 | 8,508 |
| Stone, Clay and Glass Products | 1,886 | 345 | 131 | 1,810 | 1,438 | 2,777 | 8,387 |
| Trailers | 3,625 | 0 | 0 | 1,146 | 1,565 | 1,512 | 7,848 |
| Food and Kindred Products | 2,512 | 349 | 173 | 514 | 613 | 2,528 | 6,689 |
| All Other | 1,641 | 694 | 369 | 931 | 164 | 2,536 | 6,335 |
| Pulp, Paper and Allied Products | 469 | 745 | 629 | 1,768 | 1,245 | 836 | 5,692 |
| Iron and Steel Scrap | 1,207 | 89 | 226 | 1,323 | 1,436 | 967 | 5,248 |
| Fertilizer | 1,618 | 264 | 110 | 1,284 | 567 | 1,381 | 5,224 |
| Waste and Scrap Materials | 317 | 233 | 80 | 2,187 | 1,061 | 467 | 4,345 |
| Coke | 391 | 532 | 682 | 829 | 571 | 670 | 3,675 |
| Lumber and Wood Products | 1,049 | 98 | 212 | 331 | 352 | 1,309 | 3,351 |
| Non Metallic Minerals | 393 | 6 | 21 | 1,663 | 247 | 949 | 3,279 |
| Primary Forest Products | 20 | 32 | 12 | 501 | 198 | 392 | 1,155 |
| Farm Products except Grain | 477 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 75 | 146 | 752 |
| Total | 168,215 | 25,926 | 18,331 | 97,350 | 106,268 | 131,608 | 547,698 |
National carload and intermodal volumes over time
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Source: Association of American Railroads (AAR) weekly carload reports.