Weekly Carloads by Railroad | Railfriend

Report Week

May 9, 2026

Total Carloads

557,960

Railroads

Commodities

Week:

Carloads by Commodity

Railroads as columns, commodities sorted by total volume

Commodity	BNSF	CN	CPKC	CSX	NS	UP	Total
Containers	99,197	3,926	3,826	49,545	66,243	61,135	283,872
Coal	20,328	1,596	50	11,952	11,310	10,551	55,787
Chemicals	7,379	3,165	2,155	5,561	3,255	17,734	39,249
Grain	12,489	1,970	3,264	1,631	2,631	7,362	29,347
Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel	3,651	2,597	2,792	6,046	2,971	7,869	25,926
Motor Vehicles and Equipment	2,916	1,794	141	4,852	6,303	2,870	18,876
Petroleum Products	5,593	558	1,261	1,485	789	3,567	13,253
Grain Mill Products	4,082	1,103	752	1,009	2,030	3,716	12,692
Stone, Clay and Glass Products	2,310	394	194	1,939	1,474	2,719	9,030
Metallic Ores	745	6,612	63	877	143	366	8,806
Trailers	3,484	0	4	1,183	1,671	1,705	8,047
Metals	1,083	119	308	1,833	3,107	1,287	7,737
Food and Kindred Products	2,462	311	184	577	721	2,503	6,758
Fertilizer	1,865	294	198	1,567	587	1,425	5,936
Pulp, Paper and Allied Products	423	612	695	1,758	1,218	801	5,507
Iron and Steel Scrap	1,063	128	195	1,181	1,614	797	4,978
All Other	1,021	517	213	671	330	2,121	4,873
Waste and Scrap Materials	423	230	93	2,270	1,086	533	4,635
Coke	370	441	615	1,099	602	791	3,918
Lumber and Wood Products	964	157	235	373	366	1,439	3,534
Non Metallic Minerals	482	13	36	1,807	290	731	3,359
Primary Forest Products	19	66	14	503	231	388	1,221
Farm Products except Grain	357	1	12	33	90	126	619
Total	172,706	26,604	17,300	99,752	109,062	132,536	557,960

National carload and intermodal volumes over time

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