Rail freight continues its upward climb

摘要

Canadian railways carried a total ot 26.0 million tonnes or freight traffic in December, an increase of 0.7% from December 2011, according to Statistics Canada. Freight loaded domestically as well as traffic received from US connections both rose during the month, with the US traffic providing the strongest growth. Domestically, combined loadings of non-intermodal freight (i.e., freight moved via box cars or loaded in bulk) and intermodal freight (i.e., freight moved via containers and trailers on flat cars) rose 0.3% to 23.1 million tonnes.