Table Data - Rail Freight Carloads
| Title | Rail Freight Carloads |
|---|---|
| Series ID | RAILFRTCARLOADSD11 |
| Source | U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
| Release | Transportation Services Index and Seasonally-Adjusted Transportation Data (Not a Press Release) |
| Seasonal Adjustment | Seasonally Adjusted |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Units | Carloads |
| Date Range | 2000-01-01 to 2026-04-01 |
| Last Updated | 2026-07-01 9:01 AM CDT |
| Notes | Monthly rail carloads and intermodals are estimated by dividing the weekly sum by 7 (7 days in a week) and then summing for the number of days in the month (31 days for May, 30 days for June, etc.). This data is collected by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) calculation from data collected by Association of American Railroads. |
| DATE | VALUE |
|---|---|
| 2000-01-01 | 1373789 |
| 2000-02-01 | 1369627 |
| 2000-03-01 | 1363186 |
| 2000-04-01 | 1354911 |
| 2000-05-01 | 1359035 |
| 2000-06-01 | 1346710 |
| 2000-07-01 | 1353572 |
| 2000-08-01 | 1354927 |
| 2000-09-01 | 1371617 |
| 2000-10-01 | 1351159 |
| 2000-11-01 | 1323498 |
| 2000-12-01 | 1315916 |
| 2001-01-01 | 1354383 |
| 2001-02-01 | 1358692 |
| 2001-03-01 | 1372138 |
| 2001-04-01 | 1360000 |
| 2001-05-01 | 1358563 |
| 2001-06-01 | 1344713 |
| 2001-07-01 | 1312772 |
| 2001-08-01 | 1332091 |
| 2001-09-01 | 1335437 |
| 2001-10-01 | 1353754 |
| 2001-11-01 | 1354607 |
| 2001-12-01 | 1340914 |
| 2002-01-01 | 1341657 |
| 2002-02-01 | 1342300 |
| 2002-03-01 | 1289672 |
| 2002-04-01 | 1325276 |
| 2002-05-01 | 1326432 |
| 2002-06-01 | 1351905 |
| 2002-07-01 | 1342342 |
| 2002-08-01 | 1356713 |
| 2002-09-01 | 1344018 |
| 2002-10-01 | 1326835 |
| 2002-11-01 | 1335117 |
| 2002-12-01 | 1344096 |
| 2003-01-01 | 1327390 |
| 2003-02-01 | 1325398 |
| 2003-03-01 | 1314900 |
| 2003-04-01 | 1325440 |
| 2003-05-01 | 1320722 |
| 2003-06-01 | 1330738 |
| 2003-07-01 | 1334139 |
| 2003-08-01 | 1340723 |
| 2003-09-01 | 1356525 |
| 2003-10-01 | 1360439 |
| 2003-11-01 | 1358085 |
| 2003-12-01 | 1365609 |
| 2004-01-01 | 1371982 |
| 2004-02-01 | 1359719 |
| 2004-03-01 | 1373417 |
| 2004-04-01 | 1380940 |
| 2004-05-01 | 1391690 |
| 2004-06-01 | 1369938 |
| 2004-07-01 | 1378988 |
| 2004-08-01 | 1368442 |
| 2004-09-01 | 1353682 |
| 2004-10-01 | 1378084 |
| 2004-11-01 | 1385568 |
| 2004-12-01 | 1379250 |
| 2005-01-01 | 1374843 |
| 2005-02-01 | 1432537 |
| 2005-03-01 | 1401108 |
| 2005-04-01 | 1409487 |
| 2005-05-01 | 1373467 |
| 2005-06-01 | 1369196 |
| 2005-07-01 | 1374606 |
| 2005-08-01 | 1371554 |
| 2005-09-01 | 1382906 |
| 2005-10-01 | 1348822 |
| 2005-11-01 | 1374019 |
| 2005-12-01 | 1387891 |
| 2006-01-01 | 1445000 |
| 2006-02-01 | 1403240 |
| 2006-03-01 | 1403343 |
| 2006-04-01 | 1393268 |
| 2006-05-01 | 1430730 |
| 2006-06-01 | 1423191 |
| 2006-07-01 | 1396608 |
| 2006-08-01 | 1388935 |
| 2006-09-01 | 1388852 |
| 2006-10-01 | 1373810 |
| 2006-11-01 | 1358714 |
| 2006-12-01 | 1416494 |
| 2007-01-01 | 1358919 |
| 2007-02-01 | 1350766 |
| 2007-03-01 | 1359554 |
| 2007-04-01 | 1366115 |
| 2007-05-01 | 1364222 |
| 2007-06-01 | 1397948 |
| 2007-07-01 | 1359407 |
| 2007-08-01 | 1372777 |
| 2007-09-01 | 1379788 |
| 2007-10-01 | 1376451 |
| 2007-11-01 | 1391776 |
| 2007-12-01 | 1378750 |
| 2008-01-01 | 1376427 |
| 2008-02-01 | 1375372 |
| 2008-03-01 | 1364087 |
| 2008-04-01 | 1377657 |
| 2008-05-01 | 1376467 |
| 2008-06-01 | 1350224 |
| 2008-07-01 | 1389414 |
| 2008-08-01 | 1363313 |
| 2008-09-01 | 1323230 |
| 2008-10-01 | 1335007 |
| 2008-11-01 | 1254897 |
| 2008-12-01 | 1180310 |
| 2009-01-01 | 1156339 |
| 2009-02-01 | 1204360 |
| 2009-03-01 | 1121534 |
| 2009-04-01 | 1060832 |
| 2009-05-01 | 1045234 |
| 2009-06-01 | 1096018 |
| 2009-07-01 | 1147577 |
| 2009-08-01 | 1130824 |
| 2009-09-01 | 1133802 |
| 2009-10-01 | 1116696 |
| 2009-11-01 | 1149130 |
| 2009-12-01 | 1116318 |
| 2010-01-01 | 1148870 |
| 2010-02-01 | 1184189 |
| 2010-03-01 | 1206702 |
| 2010-04-01 | 1225823 |
| 2010-05-01 | 1213594 |
| 2010-06-01 | 1207250 |
| 2010-07-01 | 1217877 |
| 2010-08-01 | 1210258 |
| 2010-09-01 | 1222705 |
| 2010-10-01 | 1223059 |
| 2010-11-01 | 1209305 |
| 2010-12-01 | 1213081 |
| 2011-01-01 | 1241673 |
| 2011-02-01 | 1237406 |
| 2011-03-01 | 1253490 |
| 2011-04-01 | 1239431 |
| 2011-05-01 | 1221640 |
| 2011-06-01 | 1220879 |
| 2011-07-01 | 1204190 |
| 2011-08-01 | 1211337 |
| 2011-09-01 | 1232722 |
| 2011-10-01 | 1251205 |
| 2011-11-01 | 1237348 |
| 2011-12-01 | 1280104 |
| 2012-01-01 | 1253979 |
| 2012-02-01 | 1204758 |
| 2012-03-01 | 1184365 |
| 2012-04-01 | 1172696 |
| 2012-05-01 | 1185790 |
| 2012-06-01 | 1201728 |
| 2012-07-01 | 1189754 |
| 2012-08-01 | 1188266 |
| 2012-09-01 | 1179960 |
| 2012-10-01 | 1163482 |
| 2012-11-01 | 1176985 |
| 2012-12-01 | 1199552 |
| 2013-01-01 | 1172904 |
| 2013-02-01 | 1194738 |
| 2013-03-01 | 1182730 |
| 2013-04-01 | 1174026 |
| 2013-05-01 | 1193597 |
| 2013-06-01 | 1193548 |
| 2013-07-01 | 1180625 |
| 2013-08-01 | 1194039 |
| 2013-09-01 | 1184876 |
| 2013-10-01 | 1178253 |
| 2013-11-01 | 1201455 |
| 2013-12-01 | 1180516 |
| 2014-01-01 | 1185173 |
| 2014-02-01 | 1181163 |
| 2014-03-01 | 1235080 |
| 2014-04-01 | 1256790 |
| 2014-05-01 | 1265724 |
| 2014-06-01 | 1232674 |
| 2014-07-01 | 1252166 |
| 2014-08-01 | 1224156 |
| 2014-09-01 | 1220050 |
| 2014-10-01 | 1234597 |
| 2014-11-01 | 1220502 |
| 2014-12-01 | 1283400 |
| 2015-01-01 | 1257666 |
| 2015-02-01 | 1171749 |
| 2015-03-01 | 1196470 |
| 2015-04-01 | 1194822 |
| 2015-05-01 | 1150473 |
| 2015-06-01 | 1126950 |
| 2015-07-01 | 1163858 |
| 2015-08-01 | 1161360 |
| 2015-09-01 | 1154182 |
| 2015-10-01 | 1150110 |
| 2015-11-01 | 1096563 |
| 2015-12-01 | 1077593 |
| 2016-01-01 | 1049106 |
| 2016-02-01 | 1040586 |
| 2016-03-01 | 1022796 |
| 2016-04-01 | 1003231 |
| 2016-05-01 | 1017062 |
| 2016-06-01 | 1046878 |
| 2016-07-01 | 1077199 |
| 2016-08-01 | 1077694 |
| 2016-09-01 | 1095304 |
| 2016-10-01 | 1091277 |
| 2016-11-01 | 1103924 |
| 2016-12-01 | 1084400 |
| 2017-01-01 | 1097387 |
| 2017-02-01 | 1118886 |
| 2017-03-01 | 1095260 |
| 2017-04-01 | 1083857 |
| 2017-05-01 | 1095015 |
| 2017-06-01 | 1105642 |
| 2017-07-01 | 1073639 |
| 2017-08-01 | 1076238 |
| 2017-09-01 | 1072818 |
| 2017-10-01 | 1089486 |
| 2017-11-01 | 1091477 |
| 2017-12-01 | 1096042 |
| 2018-01-01 | 1063319 |
| 2018-02-01 | 1109649 |
| 2018-03-01 | 1132319 |
| 2018-04-01 | 1114957 |
| 2018-05-01 | 1123564 |
| 2018-06-01 | 1127910 |
| 2018-07-01 | 1114299 |
| 2018-08-01 | 1116302 |
| 2018-09-01 | 1107237 |
| 2018-10-01 | 1103774 |
| 2018-11-01 | 1093490 |
| 2018-12-01 | 1110622 |
| 2019-01-01 | 1088577 |
| 2019-02-01 | 1069548 |
| 2019-03-01 | 1024279 |
| 2019-04-01 | 1101962 |
| 2019-05-01 | 1087193 |
| 2019-06-01 | 1065520 |
| 2019-07-01 | 1068759 |
| 2019-08-01 | 1064970 |
| 2019-09-01 | 1029032 |
| 2019-10-01 | 1007696 |
| 2019-11-01 | 1007690 |
| 2019-12-01 | 1003363 |
| 2020-01-01 | 1020007 |
| 2020-02-01 | 979103 |
| 2020-03-01 | 944778 |
| 2020-04-01 | 815198 |
| 2020-05-01 | 763707 |
| 2020-06-01 | 830846 |
| 2020-07-01 | 884371 |
| 2020-08-01 | 896168 |
| 2020-09-01 | 925051 |
| 2020-10-01 | 935110 |
| 2020-11-01 | 950769 |
| 2020-12-01 | 949853 |
| 2021-01-01 | 1000543 |
| 2021-02-01 | 896692 |
| 2021-03-01 | 974931 |
| 2021-04-01 | 988843 |
| 2021-05-01 | 1004382 |
| 2021-06-01 | 987337 |
| 2021-07-01 | 965292 |
| 2021-08-01 | 941716 |
| 2021-09-01 | 965100 |
| 2021-10-01 | 972685 |
| 2021-11-01 | 974189 |
| 2021-12-01 | 970726 |
| 2022-01-01 | 980730 |
| 2022-02-01 | 985831 |
| 2022-03-01 | 986104 |
| 2022-04-01 | 964781 |
| 2022-05-01 | 971490 |
| 2022-06-01 | 975635 |
| 2022-07-01 | 971911 |
| 2022-08-01 | 971280 |
| 2022-09-01 | 962357 |
| 2022-10-01 | 978831 |
| 2022-11-01 | 970773 |
| 2022-12-01 | 920597 |
| 2023-01-01 | 1009754 |
| 2023-02-01 | 975195 |
| 2023-03-01 | 976725 |
| 2023-04-01 | 985143 |
| 2023-05-01 | 982307 |
| 2023-06-01 | 972976 |
| 2023-07-01 | 964330 |
| 2023-08-01 | 953688 |
| 2023-09-01 | 976682 |
| 2023-10-01 | 969707 |
| 2023-11-01 | 975318 |
| 2023-12-01 | 976016 |
| 2024-01-01 | 929870 |
| 2024-02-01 | 956771 |
| 2024-03-01 | 936542 |
| 2024-04-01 | 924733 |
| 2024-05-01 | 922985 |
| 2024-06-01 | 951505 |
| 2024-07-01 | 944302 |
| 2024-08-01 | 961239 |
| 2024-09-01 | 967556 |
| 2024-10-01 | 953274 |
| 2024-11-01 | 945940 |
| 2024-12-01 | 955253 |
| 2025-01-01 | 942435 |
| 2025-02-01 | 936817 |
| 2025-03-01 | 978835 |
| 2025-04-01 | 981833 |
| 2025-05-01 | 978322 |
| 2025-06-01 | 971095 |
| 2025-07-01 | 989361 |
| 2025-08-01 | 970640 |
| 2025-09-01 | 955741 |
| 2025-10-01 | 953904 |
| 2025-11-01 | 958579 |
| 2025-12-01 | 927326 |
| 2026-01-01 | 982186 |
| 2026-02-01 | 992281 |
| 2026-03-01 | 995746 |
| 2026-04-01 | 1003578 |