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 2026-07-01 |
| Last Updated | 2026-10-01 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 | 1369631 |
| 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 | 1315917 |
| 2001-01-01 | 1354383 |
| 2001-02-01 | 1358690 |
| 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 | 1335436 |
| 2001-10-01 | 1353754 |
| 2001-11-01 | 1354607 |
| 2001-12-01 | 1340914 |
| 2002-01-01 | 1341657 |
| 2002-02-01 | 1342298 |
| 2002-03-01 | 1289672 |
| 2002-04-01 | 1325276 |
| 2002-05-01 | 1326431 |
| 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 | 1325397 |
| 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 | 1356526 |
| 2003-10-01 | 1360439 |
| 2003-11-01 | 1358085 |
| 2003-12-01 | 1365609 |
| 2004-01-01 | 1371981 |
| 2004-02-01 | 1359722 |
| 2004-03-01 | 1373417 |
| 2004-04-01 | 1380940 |
| 2004-05-01 | 1391690 |
| 2004-06-01 | 1369938 |
| 2004-07-01 | 1378988 |
| 2004-08-01 | 1368443 |
| 2004-09-01 | 1353683 |
| 2004-10-01 | 1378085 |
| 2004-11-01 | 1385568 |
| 2004-12-01 | 1379250 |
| 2005-01-01 | 1374842 |
| 2005-02-01 | 1432535 |
| 2005-03-01 | 1401108 |
| 2005-04-01 | 1409487 |
| 2005-05-01 | 1373467 |
| 2005-06-01 | 1369196 |
| 2005-07-01 | 1374606 |
| 2005-08-01 | 1371555 |
| 2005-09-01 | 1382908 |
| 2005-10-01 | 1348824 |
| 2005-11-01 | 1374019 |
| 2005-12-01 | 1387889 |
| 2006-01-01 | 1444998 |
| 2006-02-01 | 1403237 |
| 2006-03-01 | 1403343 |
| 2006-04-01 | 1393267 |
| 2006-05-01 | 1430729 |
| 2006-06-01 | 1423192 |
| 2006-07-01 | 1396608 |
| 2006-08-01 | 1388937 |
| 2006-09-01 | 1388854 |
| 2006-10-01 | 1373814 |
| 2006-11-01 | 1358715 |
| 2006-12-01 | 1416490 |
| 2007-01-01 | 1358916 |
| 2007-02-01 | 1350763 |
| 2007-03-01 | 1359553 |
| 2007-04-01 | 1366114 |
| 2007-05-01 | 1364222 |
| 2007-06-01 | 1397949 |
| 2007-07-01 | 1359406 |
| 2007-08-01 | 1372779 |
| 2007-09-01 | 1379791 |
| 2007-10-01 | 1376456 |
| 2007-11-01 | 1391777 |
| 2007-12-01 | 1378743 |
| 2008-01-01 | 1376424 |
| 2008-02-01 | 1375374 |
| 2008-03-01 | 1364086 |
| 2008-04-01 | 1377656 |
| 2008-05-01 | 1376467 |
| 2008-06-01 | 1350225 |
| 2008-07-01 | 1389414 |
| 2008-08-01 | 1363316 |
| 2008-09-01 | 1323234 |
| 2008-10-01 | 1335012 |
| 2008-11-01 | 1254898 |
| 2008-12-01 | 1180302 |
| 2009-01-01 | 1156335 |
| 2009-02-01 | 1204357 |
| 2009-03-01 | 1121533 |
| 2009-04-01 | 1060832 |
| 2009-05-01 | 1045234 |
| 2009-06-01 | 1096019 |
| 2009-07-01 | 1147576 |
| 2009-08-01 | 1130827 |
| 2009-09-01 | 1133806 |
| 2009-10-01 | 1116701 |
| 2009-11-01 | 1149131 |
| 2009-12-01 | 1116309 |
| 2010-01-01 | 1148866 |
| 2010-02-01 | 1184187 |
| 2010-03-01 | 1206701 |
| 2010-04-01 | 1225823 |
| 2010-05-01 | 1213595 |
| 2010-06-01 | 1207251 |
| 2010-07-01 | 1217876 |
| 2010-08-01 | 1210261 |
| 2010-09-01 | 1222708 |
| 2010-10-01 | 1223062 |
| 2010-11-01 | 1209307 |
| 2010-12-01 | 1213073 |
| 2011-01-01 | 1241670 |
| 2011-02-01 | 1237404 |
| 2011-03-01 | 1253490 |
| 2011-04-01 | 1239432 |
| 2011-05-01 | 1221641 |
| 2011-06-01 | 1220881 |
| 2011-07-01 | 1204189 |
| 2011-08-01 | 1211339 |
| 2011-09-01 | 1232724 |
| 2011-10-01 | 1251208 |
| 2011-11-01 | 1237349 |
| 2011-12-01 | 1280098 |
| 2012-01-01 | 1253977 |
| 2012-02-01 | 1204762 |
| 2012-03-01 | 1184365 |
| 2012-04-01 | 1172697 |
| 2012-05-01 | 1185790 |
| 2012-06-01 | 1201729 |
| 2012-07-01 | 1189754 |
| 2012-08-01 | 1188267 |
| 2012-09-01 | 1179960 |
| 2012-10-01 | 1163482 |
| 2012-11-01 | 1176986 |
| 2012-12-01 | 1199550 |
| 2013-01-01 | 1172903 |
| 2013-02-01 | 1194736 |
| 2013-03-01 | 1182730 |
| 2013-04-01 | 1174025 |
| 2013-05-01 | 1193598 |
| 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 | 1180515 |
| 2014-01-01 | 1185173 |
| 2014-02-01 | 1181161 |
| 2014-03-01 | 1235081 |
| 2014-04-01 | 1256789 |
| 2014-05-01 | 1265725 |
| 2014-06-01 | 1232675 |
| 2014-07-01 | 1252166 |
| 2014-08-01 | 1224156 |
| 2014-09-01 | 1220050 |
| 2014-10-01 | 1234597 |
| 2014-11-01 | 1220503 |
| 2014-12-01 | 1283400 |
| 2015-01-01 | 1257668 |
| 2015-02-01 | 1171747 |
| 2015-03-01 | 1196471 |
| 2015-04-01 | 1194820 |
| 2015-05-01 | 1150474 |
| 2015-06-01 | 1126950 |
| 2015-07-01 | 1163857 |
| 2015-08-01 | 1161359 |
| 2015-09-01 | 1154181 |
| 2015-10-01 | 1150109 |
| 2015-11-01 | 1096564 |
| 2015-12-01 | 1077594 |
| 2016-01-01 | 1049110 |
| 2016-02-01 | 1040591 |
| 2016-03-01 | 1022798 |
| 2016-04-01 | 1003227 |
| 2016-05-01 | 1017061 |
| 2016-06-01 | 1046877 |
| 2016-07-01 | 1077197 |
| 2016-08-01 | 1077691 |
| 2016-09-01 | 1095302 |
| 2016-10-01 | 1091276 |
| 2016-11-01 | 1103925 |
| 2016-12-01 | 1084402 |
| 2017-01-01 | 1097401 |
| 2017-02-01 | 1118887 |
| 2017-03-01 | 1095263 |
| 2017-04-01 | 1083853 |
| 2017-05-01 | 1095006 |
| 2017-06-01 | 1105641 |
| 2017-07-01 | 1073632 |
| 2017-08-01 | 1076232 |
| 2017-09-01 | 1072813 |
| 2017-10-01 | 1089483 |
| 2017-11-01 | 1091478 |
| 2017-12-01 | 1096046 |
| 2018-01-01 | 1063356 |
| 2018-02-01 | 1109655 |
| 2018-03-01 | 1132328 |
| 2018-04-01 | 1114962 |
| 2018-05-01 | 1123510 |
| 2018-06-01 | 1127912 |
| 2018-07-01 | 1114288 |
| 2018-08-01 | 1116294 |
| 2018-09-01 | 1107229 |
| 2018-10-01 | 1103770 |
| 2018-11-01 | 1093494 |
| 2018-12-01 | 1110634 |
| 2019-01-01 | 1088641 |
| 2019-02-01 | 1069563 |
| 2019-03-01 | 1024294 |
| 2019-04-01 | 1101977 |
| 2019-05-01 | 1087091 |
| 2019-06-01 | 1065524 |
| 2019-07-01 | 1068740 |
| 2019-08-01 | 1064954 |
| 2019-09-01 | 1029010 |
| 2019-10-01 | 1007679 |
| 2019-11-01 | 1007683 |
| 2019-12-01 | 1003416 |
| 2020-01-01 | 1020146 |
| 2020-02-01 | 979126 |
| 2020-03-01 | 944795 |
| 2020-04-01 | 815211 |
| 2020-05-01 | 763548 |
| 2020-06-01 | 830824 |
| 2020-07-01 | 884319 |
| 2020-08-01 | 896126 |
| 2020-09-01 | 925014 |
| 2020-10-01 | 935095 |
| 2020-11-01 | 950776 |
| 2020-12-01 | 949971 |
| 2021-01-01 | 1000881 |
| 2021-02-01 | 896709 |
| 2021-03-01 | 974926 |
| 2021-04-01 | 988813 |
| 2021-05-01 | 1004144 |
| 2021-06-01 | 987202 |
| 2021-07-01 | 965122 |
| 2021-08-01 | 941593 |
| 2021-09-01 | 965056 |
| 2021-10-01 | 972744 |
| 2021-11-01 | 974320 |
| 2021-12-01 | 971018 |
| 2022-01-01 | 981328 |
| 2022-02-01 | 985995 |
| 2022-03-01 | 986018 |
| 2022-04-01 | 964601 |
| 2022-05-01 | 971045 |
| 2022-06-01 | 975219 |
| 2022-07-01 | 971443 |
| 2022-08-01 | 971048 |
| 2022-09-01 | 962326 |
| 2022-10-01 | 979130 |
| 2022-11-01 | 971296 |
| 2022-12-01 | 921049 |
| 2023-01-01 | 1010802 |
| 2023-02-01 | 975691 |
| 2023-03-01 | 976489 |
| 2023-04-01 | 984401 |
| 2023-05-01 | 981350 |
| 2023-06-01 | 972658 |
| 2023-07-01 | 963341 |
| 2023-08-01 | 953366 |
| 2023-09-01 | 976706 |
| 2023-10-01 | 970310 |
| 2023-11-01 | 976291 |
| 2023-12-01 | 976642 |
| 2024-01-01 | 931364 |
| 2024-02-01 | 957684 |
| 2024-03-01 | 936140 |
| 2024-04-01 | 923328 |
| 2024-05-01 | 921514 |
| 2024-06-01 | 951362 |
| 2024-07-01 | 942678 |
| 2024-08-01 | 960874 |
| 2024-09-01 | 967657 |
| 2024-10-01 | 954192 |
| 2024-11-01 | 947337 |
| 2024-12-01 | 955910 |
| 2025-01-01 | 944368 |
| 2025-02-01 | 938078 |
| 2025-03-01 | 978299 |
| 2025-04-01 | 979750 |
| 2025-05-01 | 976995 |
| 2025-06-01 | 971340 |
| 2025-07-01 | 987061 |
| 2025-08-01 | 969322 |
| 2025-09-01 | 955945 |
| 2025-10-01 | 955009 |
| 2025-11-01 | 960173 |
| 2025-12-01 | 928034 |
| 2026-01-01 | 984338 |
| 2026-02-01 | 993669 |
| 2026-03-01 | 995100 |
| 2026-04-01 | 1001193 |
| 2026-05-01 | 1003227 |
| 2026-06-01 | 990656 |
| 2026-07-01 | 992923 |