Commodity-level carload volumes by Class I railroad, sourced from AAR weekly reports.
Report Week
January 31, 2026
Total Carloads
475,753
Railroads
6
Commodities
23
Railroads as columns, commodities sorted by total volume
| Commodity | BNSF | CN | CPKC | CSX | NS | UP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containers | 87,850 | 3,367 | 2,971 | 40,292 | 49,510 | 56,971 | 240,961 |
| Coal | 21,720 | 693 | 95 | 6,964 | 7,253 | 13,853 | 50,578 |
| Chemicals | 5,970 | 2,375 | 2,035 | 4,912 | 2,896 | 15,766 | 33,954 |
| Grain | 13,305 | 1,527 | 3,551 | 929 | 2,304 | 6,117 | 27,733 |
| Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel | 1,169 | 1,327 | 1,118 | 3,087 | 1,466 | 4,504 | 12,671 |
| Motor Vehicles and Equipment | 2,494 | 1,256 | 94 | 3,256 | 3,714 | 1,804 | 12,618 |
| Petroleum Products | 4,864 | 386 | 1,083 | 1,467 | 621 | 3,642 | 12,063 |
| Metallic Ores | 2,065 | 8,054 | 78 | 782 | 22 | 168 | 11,169 |
| Grain Mill Products | 3,156 | 1,044 | 654 | 1,028 | 1,289 | 3,272 | 10,443 |
| Trailers | 4,049 | 0 | 4 | 1,138 | 1,871 | 1,492 | 8,554 |
| Metals | 1,167 | 95 | 437 | 1,784 | 3,145 | 1,179 | 7,807 |
| Food and Kindred Products | 2,517 | 316 | 170 | 490 | 539 | 2,445 | 6,477 |
| Stone, Clay and Glass Products | 1,527 | 313 | 70 | 1,163 | 1,043 | 2,013 | 6,129 |
| All Other | 1,299 | 474 | 312 | 852 | 212 | 2,627 | 5,776 |
| Pulp, Paper and Allied Products | 449 | 719 | 543 | 1,638 | 1,075 | 679 | 5,103 |
| Fertilizer | 1,091 | 245 | 97 | 1,387 | 630 | 1,203 | 4,653 |
| Iron and Steel Scrap | 1,052 | 79 | 178 | 1,283 | 1,011 | 1,031 | 4,634 |
| Coke | 514 | 642 | 850 | 812 | 431 | 868 | 4,117 |
| Waste and Scrap Materials | 261 | 202 | 77 | 1,361 | 705 | 474 | 3,080 |
| Lumber and Wood Products | 907 | 123 | 153 | 288 | 336 | 1,099 | 2,906 |
| Non Metallic Minerals | 445 | 10 | 41 | 1,565 | 274 | 356 | 2,691 |
| Primary Forest Products | 29 | 32 | 13 | 486 | 219 | 143 | 922 |
| Farm Products except Grain | 422 | 0 | 31 | 21 | 91 | 149 | 714 |
| Total | 158,322 | 23,279 | 14,655 | 76,985 | 80,657 | 121,855 | 475,753 |
National carload and intermodal volumes over time
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Source: Association of American Railroads (AAR) weekly carload reports.