Federal Reserve Economic Data

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 2024-07-01
Last Updated 2024-09-12 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 1373760
2000-02-01 1369245
2000-03-01 1363104
2000-04-01 1354916
2000-05-01 1359049
2000-06-01 1346730
2000-07-01 1353594
2000-08-01 1354943
2000-09-01 1371629
2000-10-01 1351172
2000-11-01 1323526
2000-12-01 1315893
2001-01-01 1354353
2001-02-01 1358832
2001-03-01 1372061
2001-04-01 1360001
2001-05-01 1358574
2001-06-01 1344730
2001-07-01 1312791
2001-08-01 1332104
2001-09-01 1335452
2001-10-01 1353764
2001-11-01 1354629
2001-12-01 1340890
2002-01-01 1341635
2002-02-01 1342442
2002-03-01 1289610
2002-04-01 1325275
2002-05-01 1326440
2002-06-01 1351918
2002-07-01 1342356
2002-08-01 1356723
2002-09-01 1344037
2002-10-01 1326841
2002-11-01 1335131
2002-12-01 1344074
2003-01-01 1327368
2003-02-01 1325548
2003-03-01 1314859
2003-04-01 1325436
2003-05-01 1320724
2003-06-01 1330747
2003-07-01 1334148
2003-08-01 1340729
2003-09-01 1356547
2003-10-01 1360441
2003-11-01 1358094
2003-12-01 1365590
2004-01-01 1371964
2004-02-01 1359349
2004-03-01 1373403
2004-04-01 1380937
2004-05-01 1391687
2004-06-01 1369945
2004-07-01 1378993
2004-08-01 1368445
2004-09-01 1353700
2004-10-01 1378083
2004-11-01 1385570
2004-12-01 1379235
2005-01-01 1374816
2005-02-01 1432704
2005-03-01 1401107
2005-04-01 1409480
2005-05-01 1373455
2005-06-01 1369199
2005-07-01 1374607
2005-08-01 1371552
2005-09-01 1382920
2005-10-01 1348815
2005-11-01 1374018
2005-12-01 1387886
2006-01-01 1444975
2006-02-01 1403417
2006-03-01 1403348
2006-04-01 1393259
2006-05-01 1430716
2006-06-01 1423192
2006-07-01 1396605
2006-08-01 1388930
2006-09-01 1388855
2006-10-01 1373797
2006-11-01 1358711
2006-12-01 1416506
2007-01-01 1358903
2007-02-01 1350944
2007-03-01 1359560
2007-04-01 1366108
2007-05-01 1364206
2007-06-01 1397947
2007-07-01 1359399
2007-08-01 1372767
2007-09-01 1379780
2007-10-01 1376434
2007-11-01 1391774
2007-12-01 1378775
2008-01-01 1376433
2008-02-01 1375017
2008-03-01 1364100
2008-04-01 1377654
2008-05-01 1376456
2008-06-01 1350221
2008-07-01 1389403
2008-08-01 1363299
2008-09-01 1323212
2008-10-01 1334985
2008-11-01 1254887
2008-12-01 1180341
2009-01-01 1156376
2009-02-01 1204525
2009-03-01 1121536
2009-04-01 1060824
2009-05-01 1045222
2009-06-01 1096010
2009-07-01 1147561
2009-08-01 1130805
2009-09-01 1133779
2009-10-01 1116669
2009-11-01 1149115
2009-12-01 1116355
2010-01-01 1148942
2010-02-01 1184349
2010-03-01 1206697
2010-04-01 1225809
2010-05-01 1213581
2010-06-01 1207236
2010-07-01 1217858
2010-08-01 1210237
2010-09-01 1222681
2010-10-01 1223032
2010-11-01 1209287
2010-12-01 1213121
2011-01-01 1241774
2011-02-01 1237562
2011-03-01 1253483
2011-04-01 1239415
2011-05-01 1221623
2011-06-01 1220861
2011-07-01 1204167
2011-08-01 1211312
2011-09-01 1232697
2011-10-01 1251177
2011-11-01 1237324
2011-12-01 1280133
2012-01-01 1254123
2012-02-01 1204393
2012-03-01 1184366
2012-04-01 1172693
2012-05-01 1185757
2012-06-01 1201690
2012-07-01 1189734
2012-08-01 1188238
2012-09-01 1179928
2012-10-01 1163497
2012-11-01 1176937
2012-12-01 1199545
2013-01-01 1173054
2013-02-01 1194892
2013-03-01 1182691
2013-04-01 1174172
2013-05-01 1193517
2013-06-01 1193472
2013-07-01 1180602
2013-08-01 1194012
2013-09-01 1184840
2013-10-01 1178303
2013-11-01 1201371
2013-12-01 1180454
2014-01-01 1185295
2014-02-01 1181308
2014-03-01 1235029
2014-04-01 1257120
2014-05-01 1265631
2014-06-01 1232588
2014-07-01 1252159
2014-08-01 1224139
2014-09-01 1220005
2014-10-01 1234660
2014-11-01 1220346
2014-12-01 1283248
2015-01-01 1257595
2015-02-01 1171893
2015-03-01 1196467
2015-04-01 1195413
2015-05-01 1150464
2015-06-01 1126928
2015-07-01 1163893
2015-08-01 1161367
2015-09-01 1154144
2015-10-01 1150107
2015-11-01 1096259
2015-12-01 1077245
2016-01-01 1048680
2016-02-01 1039965
2016-03-01 1022656
2016-04-01 1005220
2016-05-01 1016948
2016-06-01 1046791
2016-07-01 1077222
2016-08-01 1077729
2016-09-01 1095296
2016-10-01 1091262
2016-11-01 1103541
2016-12-01 1083915
2017-01-01 1095825
2017-02-01 1118467
2017-03-01 1094777
2017-04-01 1088190
2017-05-01 1094806
2017-06-01 1105469
2017-07-01 1073533
2017-08-01 1076272
2017-09-01 1072860
2017-10-01 1089479
2017-11-01 1091150
2017-12-01 1095581
2018-01-01 1060120
2018-02-01 1108836
2018-03-01 1131624
2018-04-01 1121552
2018-05-01 1123075
2018-06-01 1127583
2018-07-01 1113907
2018-08-01 1117369
2018-09-01 1107147
2018-10-01 1103700
2018-11-01 1093248
2018-12-01 1110245
2019-01-01 1083803
2019-02-01 1068433
2019-03-01 1023416
2019-04-01 1109369
2019-05-01 1086546
2019-06-01 1065188
2019-07-01 1068296
2019-08-01 1067356
2019-09-01 1029121
2019-10-01 1007871
2019-11-01 1007848
2019-12-01 1003571
2020-01-01 1012537
2020-02-01 977283
2020-03-01 943797
2020-04-01 822236
2020-05-01 762704
2020-06-01 830605
2020-07-01 884206
2020-08-01 900304
2020-09-01 925768
2020-10-01 935960
2020-11-01 951561
2020-12-01 950723
2021-01-01 989910
2021-02-01 895351
2021-03-01 973637
2021-04-01 994018
2021-05-01 1003167
2021-06-01 987072
2021-07-01 965267
2021-08-01 947737
2021-09-01 968288
2021-10-01 974451
2021-11-01 975255
2021-12-01 973061
2022-01-01 965214
2022-02-01 983580
2022-03-01 985724
2022-04-01 967513
2022-05-01 969620
2022-06-01 974916
2022-07-01 973719
2022-08-01 979658
2022-09-01 968155
2022-10-01 980890
2022-11-01 971396
2022-12-01 923699
2023-01-01 990324
2023-02-01 972190
2023-03-01 977474
2023-04-01 985279
2023-05-01 980014
2023-06-01 971185
2023-07-01 968574
2023-08-01 964254
2023-09-01 985737
2023-10-01 971750
2023-11-01 975037
2023-12-01 980279
2024-01-01 906604
2024-02-01 951791
2024-03-01 938311
2024-04-01 924412
2024-05-01 919295
2024-06-01 949637
2024-07-01 951202

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