Commodity-level carload volumes by Class I railroad, sourced from AAR weekly reports.
Report Week
May 30, 2026
Total Carloads
535,430
Railroads
6
Commodities
23
Railroads as columns, commodities sorted by total volume
| Commodity | BNSF | CN | CPKC | CSX | NS | UP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containers | 91,008 | 4,443 | 4,242 | 46,019 | 61,593 | 58,622 | 265,927 |
| Coal | 20,561 | 600 | 0 | 9,920 | 11,104 | 12,556 | 54,741 |
| Chemicals | 6,901 | 2,813 | 2,048 | 4,777 | 3,056 | 17,814 | 37,409 |
| Grain | 14,995 | 1,673 | 3,503 | 1,441 | 2,785 | 7,308 | 31,705 |
| Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel | 4,340 | 2,388 | 1,713 | 5,092 | 2,666 | 6,217 | 22,416 |
| Motor Vehicles and Equipment | 2,678 | 1,723 | 170 | 4,396 | 5,716 | 2,261 | 16,944 |
| Metallic Ores | 1,838 | 9,111 | 80 | 766 | 65 | 175 | 12,035 |
| Petroleum Products | 5,260 | 567 | 1,140 | 1,417 | 560 | 3,019 | 11,963 |
| Grain Mill Products | 3,632 | 983 | 626 | 925 | 1,923 | 3,753 | 11,842 |
| Metals | 1,533 | 92 | 515 | 2,159 | 3,644 | 1,628 | 9,571 |
| Stone, Clay and Glass Products | 2,181 | 382 | 226 | 2,030 | 1,307 | 2,577 | 8,703 |
| Trailers | 3,269 | 0 | 1 | 993 | 1,572 | 1,373 | 7,208 |
| Food and Kindred Products | 2,455 | 314 | 285 | 496 | 619 | 2,352 | 6,521 |
| All Other | 1,163 | 498 | 201 | 707 | 289 | 3,381 | 6,239 |
| Pulp, Paper and Allied Products | 534 | 719 | 791 | 1,886 | 1,085 | 837 | 5,852 |
| Iron and Steel Scrap | 1,298 | 81 | 215 | 1,418 | 1,502 | 1,005 | 5,519 |
| Coke | 462 | 331 | 831 | 1,231 | 524 | 1,032 | 4,411 |
| Waste and Scrap Materials | 310 | 251 | 114 | 2,061 | 1,036 | 395 | 4,167 |
| Fertilizer | 820 | 243 | 279 | 860 | 317 | 1,202 | 3,721 |
| Lumber and Wood Products | 938 | 141 | 218 | 422 | 355 | 1,311 | 3,385 |
| Non Metallic Minerals | 341 | 9 | 16 | 1,666 | 227 | 986 | 3,245 |
| Primary Forest Products | 26 | 40 | 12 | 523 | 213 | 299 | 1,113 |
| Farm Products except Grain | 425 | 5 | 100 | 21 | 105 | 137 | 793 |
| Total | 166,968 | 27,407 | 17,326 | 91,226 | 102,263 | 130,240 | 535,430 |
National carload and intermodal volumes over time
Loading chart...
Source: Association of American Railroads (AAR) weekly carload reports.