Commodity-level carload volumes by Class I railroad, sourced from AAR weekly reports.
Report Week
April 11, 2026
Total Carloads
550,143
Railroads
6
Commodities
23
Railroads as columns, commodities sorted by total volume
| Commodity | BNSF | CN | CPKC | CSX | NS | UP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containers | 93,415 | 5,137 | 4,305 | 48,612 | 63,045 | 58,792 | 273,306 |
| Coal | 21,171 | 1,412 | 0 | 11,920 | 11,722 | 12,715 | 58,940 |
| Chemicals | 7,510 | 3,337 | 2,101 | 5,362 | 3,387 | 18,098 | 39,795 |
| Grain | 12,672 | 1,658 | 3,214 | 1,407 | 2,796 | 6,776 | 28,523 |
| Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel | 4,062 | 2,616 | 2,371 | 5,363 | 2,857 | 8,153 | 25,422 |
| Motor Vehicles and Equipment | 2,662 | 1,769 | 162 | 4,445 | 5,819 | 2,177 | 17,034 |
| Petroleum Products | 4,867 | 649 | 1,334 | 1,514 | 674 | 3,716 | 12,754 |
| Grain Mill Products | 3,526 | 964 | 813 | 1,161 | 2,005 | 3,789 | 12,258 |
| Metallic Ores | 1,440 | 9,318 | 85 | 676 | 71 | 281 | 11,871 |
| Stone, Clay and Glass Products | 1,993 | 255 | 227 | 1,868 | 1,541 | 2,661 | 8,545 |
| Metals | 1,216 | 109 | 384 | 1,833 | 3,462 | 1,181 | 8,185 |
| Trailers | 3,482 | 0 | 0 | 1,110 | 1,517 | 1,401 | 7,510 |
| Food and Kindred Products | 2,592 | 321 | 310 | 599 | 579 | 2,551 | 6,952 |
| Pulp, Paper and Allied Products | 467 | 728 | 722 | 1,777 | 1,228 | 844 | 5,766 |
| Fertilizer | 1,774 | 346 | 222 | 1,370 | 644 | 1,339 | 5,695 |
| All Other | 1,584 | 573 | 193 | 538 | 180 | 2,540 | 5,608 |
| Iron and Steel Scrap | 1,076 | 91 | 214 | 1,293 | 1,310 | 936 | 4,920 |
| Waste and Scrap Materials | 397 | 287 | 104 | 2,268 | 1,098 | 451 | 4,605 |
| Coke | 474 | 441 | 374 | 884 | 569 | 746 | 3,488 |
| Non Metallic Minerals | 428 | 0 | 24 | 1,881 | 236 | 918 | 3,487 |
| Lumber and Wood Products | 976 | 113 | 235 | 368 | 385 | 1,372 | 3,449 |
| Primary Forest Products | 22 | 35 | 13 | 508 | 219 | 227 | 1,024 |
| Farm Products except Grain | 524 | 1 | 179 | 36 | 95 | 171 | 1,006 |
| Total | 168,330 | 30,160 | 17,586 | 96,793 | 105,439 | 131,835 | 550,143 |
National carload and intermodal volumes over time
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Source: Association of American Railroads (AAR) weekly carload reports.