Railroad traffic lower across North America

• Total U.S. carload traffic for the first 22 weeks of 2016 is down 8% to 10,923,300 carloads, according to data from the Association of American Railroads. Weak demand for transport of coal and petroleum products continues to be major factor.
• Intermodal containers and trailers traffic fell 2% to 5,648,851 units.
• U.S. rail traffic volume decreased 14% to 5,274,449 carloads.
• Railroad traffic is also lower in Canada (-8%) and Mexico (-0.1%) on a YTD comparison.
• Railroad stocks: UNP, NSC, CSX, CNI, ARII, GBX, CP, KSU, CNI, WAB, TRN.