Commodity-level carload volumes by Class I railroad, sourced from AAR weekly reports.
Report Week
March 7, 2026
Total Carloads
563,531
Railroads
6
Commodities
23
Railroads as columns, commodities sorted by total volume
| Commodity | BNSF | CN | CPKC | CSX | NS | UP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containers | 97,456 | 5,080 | 4,477 | 51,594 | 63,702 | 62,562 | 284,871 |
| Coal | 22,897 | 1,172 | 0 | 9,925 | 12,243 | 16,655 | 62,892 |
| Chemicals | 7,494 | 3,031 | 1,994 | 4,840 | 3,372 | 18,456 | 39,187 |
| Grain | 13,276 | 2,319 | 2,751 | 1,225 | 2,587 | 8,219 | 30,377 |
| Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel | 3,405 | 1,674 | 1,935 | 5,083 | 2,246 | 7,073 | 21,416 |
| Motor Vehicles and Equipment | 2,700 | 1,620 | 214 | 5,123 | 6,512 | 2,624 | 18,793 |
| Petroleum Products | 5,197 | 454 | 1,318 | 1,505 | 720 | 3,394 | 12,588 |
| Grain Mill Products | 3,909 | 940 | 728 | 1,257 | 1,758 | 3,800 | 12,392 |
| Metallic Ores | 1,931 | 8,459 | 55 | 964 | 29 | 140 | 11,578 |
| Metals | 1,099 | 124 | 358 | 1,902 | 3,521 | 1,364 | 8,368 |
| Stone, Clay and Glass Products | 1,682 | 427 | 264 | 1,702 | 1,422 | 2,456 | 7,953 |
| Trailers | 3,720 | 0 | 4 | 1,131 | 1,508 | 1,434 | 7,797 |
| Food and Kindred Products | 2,617 | 385 | 331 | 555 | 653 | 2,671 | 7,212 |
| All Other | 1,673 | 725 | 250 | 418 | 264 | 2,695 | 6,025 |
| Fertilizer | 1,583 | 233 | 104 | 1,373 | 662 | 1,507 | 5,462 |
| Pulp, Paper and Allied Products | 407 | 671 | 711 | 1,712 | 1,125 | 794 | 5,420 |
| Iron and Steel Scrap | 906 | 105 | 221 | 1,121 | 1,508 | 783 | 4,644 |
| Waste and Scrap Materials | 358 | 245 | 141 | 2,045 | 1,108 | 498 | 4,395 |
| Coke | 330 | 537 | 490 | 974 | 599 | 981 | 3,911 |
| Lumber and Wood Products | 882 | 137 | 212 | 318 | 378 | 1,259 | 3,186 |
| Non Metallic Minerals | 425 | 21 | 37 | 1,496 | 257 | 467 | 2,703 |
| Primary Forest Products | 22 | 42 | 9 | 563 | 204 | 399 | 1,239 |
| Farm Products except Grain | 638 | 3 | 35 | 140 | 100 | 206 | 1,122 |
| Total | 174,607 | 28,404 | 16,639 | 96,966 | 106,478 | 140,437 | 563,531 |
National carload and intermodal volumes over time
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Source: Association of American Railroads (AAR) weekly carload reports.