Latest week posts less than 10% increase in coal rail traffic, production

摘要

Total U.S. coal rail traffic for the week that ended Aug. 26 inched up 5.2%rnyear over year to 96,317 carloads, according to data from the Association ofrnAmerican Railroads.rnYear-to-date coal rail traffic gained 14.4% through the week, while overallrnrail traffic rose 2.3% year over year to 551,776 carloads and intermodal units.rnBNSF Railway Co. reached 40,450 carloads in the week that ended Aug. 26,sliding by 5.2% from last week’s 42,663 carloads and by 1.4% from the yearagornperiod’s 41,031 carloads.