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 2025-10-01 |
| Last Updated | 2025-12-10 9:01 AM CST |
| 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 | 1373726 |
| 2000-02-01 | 1368794 |
| 2000-03-01 | 1363008 |
| 2000-04-01 | 1354922 |
| 2000-05-01 | 1359065 |
| 2000-06-01 | 1346753 |
| 2000-07-01 | 1353621 |
| 2000-08-01 | 1354961 |
| 2000-09-01 | 1371644 |
| 2000-10-01 | 1351187 |
| 2000-11-01 | 1323560 |
| 2000-12-01 | 1315864 |
| 2001-01-01 | 1354318 |
| 2001-02-01 | 1358998 |
| 2001-03-01 | 1371970 |
| 2001-04-01 | 1360001 |
| 2001-05-01 | 1358585 |
| 2001-06-01 | 1344749 |
| 2001-07-01 | 1312814 |
| 2001-08-01 | 1332120 |
| 2001-09-01 | 1335473 |
| 2001-10-01 | 1353775 |
| 2001-11-01 | 1354657 |
| 2001-12-01 | 1340861 |
| 2002-01-01 | 1341606 |
| 2002-02-01 | 1342609 |
| 2002-03-01 | 1289536 |
| 2002-04-01 | 1325271 |
| 2002-05-01 | 1326450 |
| 2002-06-01 | 1351933 |
| 2002-07-01 | 1342374 |
| 2002-08-01 | 1356735 |
| 2002-09-01 | 1344062 |
| 2002-10-01 | 1326850 |
| 2002-11-01 | 1335149 |
| 2002-12-01 | 1344048 |
| 2003-01-01 | 1327334 |
| 2003-02-01 | 1325724 |
| 2003-03-01 | 1314811 |
| 2003-04-01 | 1325428 |
| 2003-05-01 | 1320722 |
| 2003-06-01 | 1330758 |
| 2003-07-01 | 1334161 |
| 2003-08-01 | 1340737 |
| 2003-09-01 | 1356579 |
| 2003-10-01 | 1360452 |
| 2003-11-01 | 1358107 |
| 2003-12-01 | 1365565 |
| 2004-01-01 | 1371930 |
| 2004-02-01 | 1358909 |
| 2004-03-01 | 1373386 |
| 2004-04-01 | 1380928 |
| 2004-05-01 | 1391676 |
| 2004-06-01 | 1369954 |
| 2004-07-01 | 1379005 |
| 2004-08-01 | 1368455 |
| 2004-09-01 | 1353733 |
| 2004-10-01 | 1378096 |
| 2004-11-01 | 1385575 |
| 2004-12-01 | 1379208 |
| 2005-01-01 | 1374765 |
| 2005-02-01 | 1432892 |
| 2005-03-01 | 1401100 |
| 2005-04-01 | 1409463 |
| 2005-05-01 | 1373428 |
| 2005-06-01 | 1369204 |
| 2005-07-01 | 1374617 |
| 2005-08-01 | 1371568 |
| 2005-09-01 | 1382964 |
| 2005-10-01 | 1348844 |
| 2005-11-01 | 1374024 |
| 2005-12-01 | 1387842 |
| 2006-01-01 | 1444911 |
| 2006-02-01 | 1403611 |
| 2006-03-01 | 1403342 |
| 2006-04-01 | 1393237 |
| 2006-05-01 | 1430687 |
| 2006-06-01 | 1423202 |
| 2006-07-01 | 1396604 |
| 2006-08-01 | 1388958 |
| 2006-09-01 | 1388906 |
| 2006-10-01 | 1373846 |
| 2006-11-01 | 1358720 |
| 2006-12-01 | 1416433 |
| 2007-01-01 | 1358836 |
| 2007-02-01 | 1351136 |
| 2007-03-01 | 1359551 |
| 2007-04-01 | 1366088 |
| 2007-05-01 | 1364177 |
| 2007-06-01 | 1397962 |
| 2007-07-01 | 1359385 |
| 2007-08-01 | 1372805 |
| 2007-09-01 | 1379839 |
| 2007-10-01 | 1376503 |
| 2007-11-01 | 1391790 |
| 2007-12-01 | 1378671 |
| 2008-01-01 | 1376380 |
| 2008-02-01 | 1374576 |
| 2008-03-01 | 1364096 |
| 2008-04-01 | 1377643 |
| 2008-05-01 | 1376440 |
| 2008-06-01 | 1350242 |
| 2008-07-01 | 1389379 |
| 2008-08-01 | 1363341 |
| 2008-09-01 | 1323266 |
| 2008-10-01 | 1335052 |
| 2008-11-01 | 1254900 |
| 2008-12-01 | 1180218 |
| 2009-01-01 | 1156343 |
| 2009-02-01 | 1204702 |
| 2009-03-01 | 1121523 |
| 2009-04-01 | 1060812 |
| 2009-05-01 | 1045212 |
| 2009-06-01 | 1096028 |
| 2009-07-01 | 1147532 |
| 2009-08-01 | 1130843 |
| 2009-09-01 | 1133827 |
| 2009-10-01 | 1116729 |
| 2009-11-01 | 1149123 |
| 2009-12-01 | 1116238 |
| 2010-01-01 | 1148926 |
| 2010-02-01 | 1184528 |
| 2010-03-01 | 1206687 |
| 2010-04-01 | 1225800 |
| 2010-05-01 | 1213583 |
| 2010-06-01 | 1207254 |
| 2010-07-01 | 1217827 |
| 2010-08-01 | 1210264 |
| 2010-09-01 | 1222712 |
| 2010-10-01 | 1223067 |
| 2010-11-01 | 1209283 |
| 2010-12-01 | 1213019 |
| 2011-01-01 | 1241768 |
| 2011-02-01 | 1237795 |
| 2011-03-01 | 1253463 |
| 2011-04-01 | 1239402 |
| 2011-05-01 | 1221620 |
| 2011-06-01 | 1220871 |
| 2011-07-01 | 1204145 |
| 2011-08-01 | 1211328 |
| 2011-09-01 | 1232711 |
| 2011-10-01 | 1251194 |
| 2011-11-01 | 1237323 |
| 2011-12-01 | 1280070 |
| 2012-01-01 | 1254075 |
| 2012-02-01 | 1204068 |
| 2012-03-01 | 1184346 |
| 2012-04-01 | 1172674 |
| 2012-05-01 | 1185759 |
| 2012-06-01 | 1201708 |
| 2012-07-01 | 1189720 |
| 2012-08-01 | 1188244 |
| 2012-09-01 | 1179931 |
| 2012-10-01 | 1163461 |
| 2012-11-01 | 1176943 |
| 2012-12-01 | 1199520 |
| 2013-01-01 | 1172963 |
| 2013-02-01 | 1195289 |
| 2013-03-01 | 1182680 |
| 2013-04-01 | 1174014 |
| 2013-05-01 | 1193540 |
| 2013-06-01 | 1193508 |
| 2013-07-01 | 1180596 |
| 2013-08-01 | 1194011 |
| 2013-09-01 | 1184845 |
| 2013-10-01 | 1178246 |
| 2013-11-01 | 1201414 |
| 2013-12-01 | 1180487 |
| 2014-01-01 | 1185177 |
| 2014-02-01 | 1181745 |
| 2014-03-01 | 1235032 |
| 2014-04-01 | 1256809 |
| 2014-05-01 | 1265654 |
| 2014-06-01 | 1232629 |
| 2014-07-01 | 1252137 |
| 2014-08-01 | 1224131 |
| 2014-09-01 | 1220024 |
| 2014-10-01 | 1234610 |
| 2014-11-01 | 1220466 |
| 2014-12-01 | 1283359 |
| 2015-01-01 | 1257612 |
| 2015-02-01 | 1172333 |
| 2015-03-01 | 1196424 |
| 2015-04-01 | 1194876 |
| 2015-05-01 | 1150405 |
| 2015-06-01 | 1126907 |
| 2015-07-01 | 1163830 |
| 2015-08-01 | 1161340 |
| 2015-09-01 | 1154166 |
| 2015-10-01 | 1150132 |
| 2015-11-01 | 1096540 |
| 2015-12-01 | 1077558 |
| 2016-01-01 | 1049018 |
| 2016-02-01 | 1039936 |
| 2016-03-01 | 1022779 |
| 2016-04-01 | 1003345 |
| 2016-05-01 | 1017020 |
| 2016-06-01 | 1046853 |
| 2016-07-01 | 1077183 |
| 2016-08-01 | 1077680 |
| 2016-09-01 | 1095291 |
| 2016-10-01 | 1091297 |
| 2016-11-01 | 1103889 |
| 2016-12-01 | 1084350 |
| 2017-01-01 | 1097237 |
| 2017-02-01 | 1119282 |
| 2017-03-01 | 1095216 |
| 2017-04-01 | 1084138 |
| 2017-05-01 | 1094984 |
| 2017-06-01 | 1105616 |
| 2017-07-01 | 1073619 |
| 2017-08-01 | 1076229 |
| 2017-09-01 | 1072812 |
| 2017-10-01 | 1089499 |
| 2017-11-01 | 1091446 |
| 2017-12-01 | 1095996 |
| 2018-01-01 | 1063056 |
| 2018-02-01 | 1109939 |
| 2018-03-01 | 1132258 |
| 2018-04-01 | 1115375 |
| 2018-05-01 | 1123666 |
| 2018-06-01 | 1127878 |
| 2018-07-01 | 1114281 |
| 2018-08-01 | 1116266 |
| 2018-09-01 | 1107250 |
| 2018-10-01 | 1103782 |
| 2018-11-01 | 1093450 |
| 2018-12-01 | 1110555 |
| 2019-01-01 | 1088168 |
| 2019-02-01 | 1069785 |
| 2019-03-01 | 1024186 |
| 2019-04-01 | 1102483 |
| 2019-05-01 | 1087434 |
| 2019-06-01 | 1065496 |
| 2019-07-01 | 1068764 |
| 2019-08-01 | 1064934 |
| 2019-09-01 | 1029092 |
| 2019-10-01 | 1007739 |
| 2019-11-01 | 1007695 |
| 2019-12-01 | 1003166 |
| 2020-01-01 | 1019232 |
| 2020-02-01 | 978200 |
| 2020-03-01 | 944735 |
| 2020-04-01 | 815771 |
| 2020-05-01 | 764184 |
| 2020-06-01 | 830930 |
| 2020-07-01 | 884476 |
| 2020-08-01 | 896153 |
| 2020-09-01 | 925130 |
| 2020-10-01 | 935155 |
| 2020-11-01 | 950786 |
| 2020-12-01 | 949528 |
| 2021-01-01 | 998890 |
| 2021-02-01 | 897037 |
| 2021-03-01 | 975008 |
| 2021-04-01 | 989588 |
| 2021-05-01 | 1005136 |
| 2021-06-01 | 987720 |
| 2021-07-01 | 965639 |
| 2021-08-01 | 941802 |
| 2021-09-01 | 965121 |
| 2021-10-01 | 972570 |
| 2021-11-01 | 973999 |
| 2021-12-01 | 970031 |
| 2022-01-01 | 977972 |
| 2022-02-01 | 986838 |
| 2022-03-01 | 986185 |
| 2022-04-01 | 965581 |
| 2022-05-01 | 972651 |
| 2022-06-01 | 976540 |
| 2022-07-01 | 972730 |
| 2022-08-01 | 971684 |
| 2022-09-01 | 962398 |
| 2022-10-01 | 978296 |
| 2022-11-01 | 970000 |
| 2022-12-01 | 919108 |
| 2023-01-01 | 1005891 |
| 2023-02-01 | 977275 |
| 2023-03-01 | 976743 |
| 2023-04-01 | 986039 |
| 2023-05-01 | 983824 |
| 2023-06-01 | 974465 |
| 2023-07-01 | 965664 |
| 2023-08-01 | 954513 |
| 2023-09-01 | 976790 |
| 2023-10-01 | 968707 |
| 2023-11-01 | 973871 |
| 2023-12-01 | 973690 |
| 2024-01-01 | 924968 |
| 2024-02-01 | 958842 |
| 2024-03-01 | 936387 |
| 2024-04-01 | 925784 |
| 2024-05-01 | 924801 |
| 2024-06-01 | 953498 |
| 2024-07-01 | 946086 |
| 2024-08-01 | 962509 |
| 2024-09-01 | 967780 |
| 2024-10-01 | 951848 |
| 2024-11-01 | 943974 |
| 2024-12-01 | 952768 |
| 2025-01-01 | 936564 |
| 2025-02-01 | 940178 |
| 2025-03-01 | 979109 |
| 2025-04-01 | 982597 |
| 2025-05-01 | 980710 |
| 2025-06-01 | 973392 |
| 2025-07-01 | 991371 |
| 2025-08-01 | 972166 |
| 2025-09-01 | 956081 |
| 2025-10-01 | 952366 |