Coal train loadings drop for six straight weeks, NAPP rises 5.5% on week

摘要

US coal train loadings dropped 0.3% week on week whileNorthern Appalachian loadings saw a 5.5% increase week on week.Coal train loadings have dropped six straight weeks on decreases inshipments across all major basins.Data filed with the US Surface Transportation Board by the fourmajor US railroads — CSX, Union Pacific, BNSF and Norfolk Southern— for the week that ended April 27 shows US coal loadings averaged88.4 trains/d, down from 88.7 trains/d the previous week, a decrease of0.3% from the week prior and 0.8% from 2017.