Commodity-level carload volumes by Class I railroad, sourced from AAR weekly reports.
Report Week
January 24, 2026
Total Carloads
527,432
Railroads
6
Commodities
23
Railroads as columns, commodities sorted by total volume
| Commodity | BNSF | CN | CPKC | CSX | NS | UP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containers | 93,650 | 3,719 | 3,741 | 46,808 | 60,154 | 59,023 | 267,095 |
| Coal | 21,531 | 1,127 | 50 | 9,333 | 10,733 | 16,596 | 59,370 |
| Chemicals | 6,439 | 2,748 | 2,345 | 5,238 | 3,161 | 18,580 | 38,511 |
| Grain | 11,181 | 1,682 | 3,395 | 1,139 | 2,715 | 7,738 | 27,850 |
| Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel | 3,158 | 1,897 | 1,958 | 3,578 | 1,616 | 7,555 | 19,762 |
| Motor Vehicles and Equipment | 2,748 | 1,223 | 41 | 3,490 | 4,068 | 1,927 | 13,497 |
| Petroleum Products | 4,310 | 454 | 1,409 | 1,406 | 767 | 3,773 | 12,119 |
| Metallic Ores | 1,873 | 8,755 | 49 | 562 | 60 | 270 | 11,569 |
| Grain Mill Products | 2,964 | 1,117 | 607 | 1,215 | 1,542 | 3,796 | 11,241 |
| Metals | 951 | 102 | 345 | 1,878 | 3,716 | 1,322 | 8,314 |
| Stone, Clay and Glass Products | 1,721 | 362 | 173 | 1,619 | 1,377 | 2,374 | 7,626 |
| Trailers | 3,408 | 0 | 9 | 1,123 | 1,580 | 1,178 | 7,298 |
| Food and Kindred Products | 2,412 | 350 | 258 | 488 | 575 | 2,473 | 6,556 |
| All Other | 1,231 | 430 | 181 | 650 | 340 | 3,073 | 5,905 |
| Pulp, Paper and Allied Products | 458 | 631 | 811 | 1,741 | 1,229 | 812 | 5,682 |
| Fertilizer | 987 | 318 | 211 | 1,434 | 617 | 1,415 | 4,982 |
| Iron and Steel Scrap | 970 | 215 | 221 | 1,280 | 1,347 | 935 | 4,968 |
| Waste and Scrap Materials | 322 | 218 | 96 | 1,885 | 974 | 507 | 4,002 |
| Coke | 399 | 428 | 482 | 1,024 | 764 | 493 | 3,590 |
| Lumber and Wood Products | 823 | 95 | 225 | 321 | 324 | 1,167 | 2,955 |
| Non Metallic Minerals | 374 | 25 | 42 | 1,644 | 280 | 386 | 2,751 |
| Primary Forest Products | 26 | 30 | 17 | 489 | 236 | 222 | 1,020 |
| Farm Products except Grain | 318 | 3 | 28 | 116 | 95 | 209 | 769 |
| Total | 162,254 | 25,929 | 16,694 | 88,461 | 98,270 | 135,824 | 527,432 |
National carload and intermodal volumes over time
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Source: Association of American Railroads (AAR) weekly carload reports.