Commodity-level carload volumes by Class I railroad, sourced from AAR weekly reports.
Report Week
February 21, 2026
Total Carloads
555,285
Railroads
6
Commodities
23
Railroads as columns, commodities sorted by total volume
| Commodity | BNSF | CN | CPKC | CSX | NS | UP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containers | 98,281 | 4,602 | 4,053 | 49,072 | 64,288 | 60,993 | 281,289 |
| Coal | 22,310 | 1,013 | 36 | 10,101 | 10,791 | 14,850 | 59,101 |
| Chemicals | 7,474 | 2,817 | 2,223 | 5,176 | 2,880 | 18,604 | 39,174 |
| Grain | 13,359 | 1,280 | 3,095 | 1,586 | 2,415 | 7,103 | 28,838 |
| Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel | 3,120 | 1,897 | 2,247 | 4,716 | 2,144 | 7,561 | 21,685 |
| Motor Vehicles and Equipment | 2,637 | 1,589 | 188 | 4,766 | 6,203 | 2,501 | 17,884 |
| Petroleum Products | 5,057 | 500 | 1,255 | 1,456 | 795 | 3,699 | 12,762 |
| Grain Mill Products | 3,637 | 1,120 | 737 | 1,224 | 1,662 | 4,079 | 12,459 |
| Metallic Ores | 1,906 | 8,356 | 56 | 546 | 49 | 345 | 11,258 |
| Metals | 1,015 | 98 | 308 | 1,937 | 3,397 | 1,297 | 8,052 |
| Stone, Clay and Glass Products | 1,581 | 411 | 241 | 1,840 | 1,467 | 2,453 | 7,993 |
| Trailers | 3,725 | 0 | 15 | 1,087 | 1,503 | 1,639 | 7,969 |
| Food and Kindred Products | 2,658 | 413 | 188 | 545 | 552 | 2,472 | 6,828 |
| All Other | 1,477 | 656 | 230 | 773 | 236 | 3,109 | 6,481 |
| Pulp, Paper and Allied Products | 524 | 752 | 791 | 1,694 | 1,125 | 900 | 5,786 |
| Iron and Steel Scrap | 1,279 | 253 | 205 | 1,282 | 1,571 | 1,183 | 5,773 |
| Fertilizer | 1,538 | 267 | 142 | 1,299 | 476 | 1,656 | 5,378 |
| Coke | 494 | 731 | 597 | 999 | 595 | 882 | 4,298 |
| Waste and Scrap Materials | 341 | 192 | 136 | 1,813 | 978 | 478 | 3,938 |
| Lumber and Wood Products | 930 | 122 | 219 | 344 | 335 | 1,191 | 3,141 |
| Non Metallic Minerals | 431 | 13 | 47 | 1,736 | 322 | 481 | 3,030 |
| Primary Forest Products | 22 | 39 | 14 | 523 | 329 | 316 | 1,243 |
| Farm Products except Grain | 439 | 4 | 51 | 31 | 130 | 270 | 925 |
| Total | 174,235 | 27,125 | 17,074 | 94,546 | 104,243 | 138,062 | 555,285 |
National carload and intermodal volumes over time
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Source: Association of American Railroads (AAR) weekly carload reports.