US weekly coal carloads rise 2.8% on week, 1.5% on year: AAR

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Houston—US coal carload originations rose to 61,475 in the week ended March 27, up 2.8% from 59,816 a week earlier, and 1.5% higher than the year-ago week, according to a March 31 report from the Association of American Railroads. It was the third time in the last 22 months with a week-on-week and yearly increase. However, the latest week was down 11.1% from the five-year average for the corresponding week. Coal carloads represented 11.8% of all the traffic on US railways, up from 11.7% a week earlier, but down from 12.2 % in the year-ago week. Since Jan. 1, cumulative coal carloads are at 716,295, down 6.1% from the same period a year ago.