TRAFFIC

摘要

Total U.S. rail traffic rose a bit in November - up 1.1 percent to 2,638,197 carloads and intermodal units compared with November 2015's traffic volume, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) announced last month. The total volume numbers reflected slight increases in both carloads and intermodal containers and trailers. Carloads rose 0.4 percent, while intermodal inched up 1.9 percent compared with year-ago numbers, according to an AAR press release. "There are glimmers of hope in rail traffic data in November, with carloads and intermodal totals both up over last year - something that hasn't happened for carloads in 22 months and for intermodal in nine months," said AAR Senior Vice President of Policy and Economics John Gray. "It appears that economic fundamentals are trending toward more positive results than have been seen in the recent past."