Weekly Carloads by Railroad | Railfriend

Report Week

May 2, 2026

Total Carloads

566,143

Railroads

Commodities

Week:

Carloads by Commodity

Railroads as columns, commodities sorted by total volume

Commodity	BNSF	CN	CPKC	CSX	NS	UP	Total
Containers	98,204	4,270	3,972	48,734	66,498	62,433	284,111
Coal	20,090	1,304	270	12,349	10,339	11,130	55,482
Chemicals	7,205	3,307	2,083	5,993	3,160	18,864	40,612
Grain	14,128	1,693	3,944	1,497	2,162	7,186	30,610
Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel	3,969	2,083	3,079	5,789	2,786	7,528	25,234
Motor Vehicles and Equipment	2,751	1,709	178	4,948	6,675	2,782	19,043
Petroleum Products	4,924	508	1,023	1,575	730	3,619	12,379
Metallic Ores	952	9,485	87	811	110	149	11,594
Grain Mill Products	3,170	1,010	768	1,183	1,738	3,464	11,333
Metals	1,344	109	542	2,152	3,681	1,600	9,428
Stone, Clay and Glass Products	2,024	454	190	2,140	1,604	2,783	9,195
Trailers	3,490	0	12	1,071	1,721	1,573	7,867
Food and Kindred Products	2,703	362	284	533	661	2,525	7,068
All Other	1,622	445	194	967	232	3,387	6,847
Fertilizer	1,517	334	202	1,794	501	1,558	5,906
Pulp, Paper and Allied Products	498	680	691	1,810	1,255	905	5,839
Iron and Steel Scrap	1,257	135	230	1,538	1,406	954	5,520
Waste and Scrap Materials	325	205	142	2,422	1,118	468	4,680
Coke	332	331	858	1,236	564	885	4,206
Non Metallic Minerals	457	17	31	1,581	280	1,309	3,675
Lumber and Wood Products	943	167	234	344	392	1,420	3,500
Primary Forest Products	24	40	20	528	286	218	1,116
Farm Products except Grain	558	1	17	64	103	155	898
Total	172,487	28,649	19,051	101,059	108,002	136,895	566,143

National carload and intermodal volumes over time

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Source: Association of American Railroads (AAR) weekly carload reports.