Weekly Carloads by Railroad | Railfriend

Report Week

May 16, 2026

Total Carloads

558,161

Railroads

Commodities

Week:

Carloads by Commodity

Railroads as columns, commodities sorted by total volume

Commodity	BNSF	CN	CPKC	CSX	NS	UP	Total
Containers	94,960	4,300	4,444	49,113	65,374	63,223	281,414
Coal	20,722	1,409	0	11,663	10,820	11,398	56,012
Chemicals	6,676	2,982	2,102	5,647	2,836	18,330	38,573
Grain	12,546	1,638	4,262	1,337	2,783	6,507	29,073
Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel	3,400	2,255	2,152	5,616	3,179	7,823	24,425
Motor Vehicles and Equipment	3,093	1,678	219	4,734	6,124	2,858	18,706
Petroleum Products	5,374	605	1,235	1,506	797	3,601	13,118
Metallic Ores	1,216	9,612	72	878	93	194	12,065
Grain Mill Products	2,905	821	758	986	1,881	3,809	11,160
Metals	1,257	124	325	2,189	3,814	1,431	9,140
Stone, Clay and Glass Products	2,303	304	189	1,900	1,511	2,925	9,132
Trailers	3,757	0	0	1,122	1,694	1,476	8,049
Food and Kindred Products	2,352	360	193	570	696	2,607	6,778
All Other	1,439	695	280	1,061	268	2,606	6,349
Pulp, Paper and Allied Products	465	739	674	1,768	1,171	820	5,637
Iron and Steel Scrap	1,193	244	217	1,379	1,436	1,044	5,513
Fertilizer	1,154	277	217	1,536	370	1,570	5,124
Waste and Scrap Materials	393	204	110	2,424	1,088	376	4,595
Coke	410	441	431	1,279	475	845	3,881
Lumber and Wood Products	995	155	239	447	321	1,565	3,722
Non Metallic Minerals	463	16	26	1,677	318	1,155	3,655
Primary Forest Products	21	37	14	446	234	379	1,131
Farm Products except Grain	539	1	47	46	77	199	909
Total	167,633	28,897	18,206	99,324	107,360	136,741	558,161

National carload and intermodal volumes over time

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Source: Association of American Railroads (AAR) weekly carload reports.