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 2024-12-01 |
| Last Updated | 2025-02-12 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 | 1373759 |
| 2000-02-01 | 1369235 |
| 2000-03-01 | 1363102 |
| 2000-04-01 | 1354916 |
| 2000-05-01 | 1359049 |
| 2000-06-01 | 1346730 |
| 2000-07-01 | 1353595 |
| 2000-08-01 | 1354943 |
| 2000-09-01 | 1371630 |
| 2000-10-01 | 1351172 |
| 2000-11-01 | 1323527 |
| 2000-12-01 | 1315892 |
| 2001-01-01 | 1354353 |
| 2001-02-01 | 1358836 |
| 2001-03-01 | 1372059 |
| 2001-04-01 | 1360000 |
| 2001-05-01 | 1358574 |
| 2001-06-01 | 1344730 |
| 2001-07-01 | 1312792 |
| 2001-08-01 | 1332105 |
| 2001-09-01 | 1335453 |
| 2001-10-01 | 1353764 |
| 2001-11-01 | 1354630 |
| 2001-12-01 | 1340889 |
| 2002-01-01 | 1341633 |
| 2002-02-01 | 1342446 |
| 2002-03-01 | 1289608 |
| 2002-04-01 | 1325274 |
| 2002-05-01 | 1326440 |
| 2002-06-01 | 1351918 |
| 2002-07-01 | 1342357 |
| 2002-08-01 | 1356723 |
| 2002-09-01 | 1344038 |
| 2002-10-01 | 1326842 |
| 2002-11-01 | 1335131 |
| 2002-12-01 | 1344073 |
| 2003-01-01 | 1327365 |
| 2003-02-01 | 1325552 |
| 2003-03-01 | 1314858 |
| 2003-04-01 | 1325435 |
| 2003-05-01 | 1320723 |
| 2003-06-01 | 1330747 |
| 2003-07-01 | 1334149 |
| 2003-08-01 | 1340730 |
| 2003-09-01 | 1356549 |
| 2003-10-01 | 1360444 |
| 2003-11-01 | 1358095 |
| 2003-12-01 | 1365589 |
| 2004-01-01 | 1371960 |
| 2004-02-01 | 1359337 |
| 2004-03-01 | 1373403 |
| 2004-04-01 | 1380935 |
| 2004-05-01 | 1391685 |
| 2004-06-01 | 1369945 |
| 2004-07-01 | 1378995 |
| 2004-08-01 | 1368447 |
| 2004-09-01 | 1353704 |
| 2004-10-01 | 1378087 |
| 2004-11-01 | 1385571 |
| 2004-12-01 | 1379232 |
| 2005-01-01 | 1374809 |
| 2005-02-01 | 1432706 |
| 2005-03-01 | 1401105 |
| 2005-04-01 | 1409478 |
| 2005-05-01 | 1373451 |
| 2005-06-01 | 1369200 |
| 2005-07-01 | 1374610 |
| 2005-08-01 | 1371557 |
| 2005-09-01 | 1382928 |
| 2005-10-01 | 1348825 |
| 2005-11-01 | 1374020 |
| 2005-12-01 | 1387875 |
| 2006-01-01 | 1444964 |
| 2006-02-01 | 1403417 |
| 2006-03-01 | 1403345 |
| 2006-04-01 | 1393255 |
| 2006-05-01 | 1430712 |
| 2006-06-01 | 1423195 |
| 2006-07-01 | 1396606 |
| 2006-08-01 | 1388940 |
| 2006-09-01 | 1388869 |
| 2006-10-01 | 1373816 |
| 2006-11-01 | 1358715 |
| 2006-12-01 | 1416481 |
| 2007-01-01 | 1358889 |
| 2007-02-01 | 1350943 |
| 2007-03-01 | 1359555 |
| 2007-04-01 | 1366104 |
| 2007-05-01 | 1364203 |
| 2007-06-01 | 1397951 |
| 2007-07-01 | 1359398 |
| 2007-08-01 | 1372781 |
| 2007-09-01 | 1379800 |
| 2007-10-01 | 1376460 |
| 2007-11-01 | 1391779 |
| 2007-12-01 | 1378737 |
| 2008-01-01 | 1376416 |
| 2008-02-01 | 1375001 |
| 2008-03-01 | 1364094 |
| 2008-04-01 | 1377651 |
| 2008-05-01 | 1376455 |
| 2008-06-01 | 1350228 |
| 2008-07-01 | 1389400 |
| 2008-08-01 | 1363315 |
| 2008-09-01 | 1323234 |
| 2008-10-01 | 1335012 |
| 2008-11-01 | 1254894 |
| 2008-12-01 | 1180294 |
| 2009-01-01 | 1156357 |
| 2009-02-01 | 1204523 |
| 2009-03-01 | 1121531 |
| 2009-04-01 | 1060823 |
| 2009-05-01 | 1045222 |
| 2009-06-01 | 1096018 |
| 2009-07-01 | 1147558 |
| 2009-08-01 | 1130822 |
| 2009-09-01 | 1133801 |
| 2009-10-01 | 1116696 |
| 2009-11-01 | 1149123 |
| 2009-12-01 | 1116308 |
| 2010-01-01 | 1148920 |
| 2010-02-01 | 1184349 |
| 2010-03-01 | 1206693 |
| 2010-04-01 | 1225808 |
| 2010-05-01 | 1213583 |
| 2010-06-01 | 1207244 |
| 2010-07-01 | 1217854 |
| 2010-08-01 | 1210252 |
| 2010-09-01 | 1222700 |
| 2010-10-01 | 1223053 |
| 2010-11-01 | 1209295 |
| 2010-12-01 | 1213082 |
| 2011-01-01 | 1241756 |
| 2011-02-01 | 1237549 |
| 2011-03-01 | 1253486 |
| 2011-04-01 | 1239420 |
| 2011-05-01 | 1221629 |
| 2011-06-01 | 1220870 |
| 2011-07-01 | 1204166 |
| 2011-08-01 | 1211323 |
| 2011-09-01 | 1232709 |
| 2011-10-01 | 1251187 |
| 2011-11-01 | 1237325 |
| 2011-12-01 | 1280103 |
| 2012-01-01 | 1254120 |
| 2012-02-01 | 1204349 |
| 2012-03-01 | 1184386 |
| 2012-04-01 | 1172717 |
| 2012-05-01 | 1185743 |
| 2012-06-01 | 1201704 |
| 2012-07-01 | 1189741 |
| 2012-08-01 | 1188245 |
| 2012-09-01 | 1179932 |
| 2012-10-01 | 1163504 |
| 2012-11-01 | 1176922 |
| 2012-12-01 | 1199513 |
| 2013-01-01 | 1173049 |
| 2013-02-01 | 1194817 |
| 2013-03-01 | 1182687 |
| 2013-04-01 | 1174394 |
| 2013-05-01 | 1193444 |
| 2013-06-01 | 1193464 |
| 2013-07-01 | 1180600 |
| 2013-08-01 | 1194007 |
| 2013-09-01 | 1184831 |
| 2013-10-01 | 1178309 |
| 2013-11-01 | 1201338 |
| 2013-12-01 | 1180413 |
| 2014-01-01 | 1185284 |
| 2014-02-01 | 1181206 |
| 2014-03-01 | 1235007 |
| 2014-04-01 | 1257547 |
| 2014-05-01 | 1265505 |
| 2014-06-01 | 1232559 |
| 2014-07-01 | 1252141 |
| 2014-08-01 | 1224115 |
| 2014-09-01 | 1219975 |
| 2014-10-01 | 1234658 |
| 2014-11-01 | 1220294 |
| 2014-12-01 | 1283194 |
| 2015-01-01 | 1257581 |
| 2015-02-01 | 1171778 |
| 2015-03-01 | 1196429 |
| 2015-04-01 | 1196044 |
| 2015-05-01 | 1150314 |
| 2015-06-01 | 1126872 |
| 2015-07-01 | 1163842 |
| 2015-08-01 | 1161306 |
| 2015-09-01 | 1154077 |
| 2015-10-01 | 1150075 |
| 2015-11-01 | 1096192 |
| 2015-12-01 | 1077189 |
| 2016-01-01 | 1048680 |
| 2016-02-01 | 1039861 |
| 2016-03-01 | 1022675 |
| 2016-04-01 | 1005987 |
| 2016-05-01 | 1016781 |
| 2016-06-01 | 1046705 |
| 2016-07-01 | 1077121 |
| 2016-08-01 | 1077601 |
| 2016-09-01 | 1095162 |
| 2016-10-01 | 1091170 |
| 2016-11-01 | 1103425 |
| 2016-12-01 | 1083823 |
| 2017-01-01 | 1096103 |
| 2017-02-01 | 1118377 |
| 2017-03-01 | 1094827 |
| 2017-04-01 | 1089134 |
| 2017-05-01 | 1094543 |
| 2017-06-01 | 1105343 |
| 2017-07-01 | 1073359 |
| 2017-08-01 | 1076051 |
| 2017-09-01 | 1072629 |
| 2017-10-01 | 1089286 |
| 2017-11-01 | 1090954 |
| 2017-12-01 | 1095407 |
| 2018-01-01 | 1060989 |
| 2018-02-01 | 1108733 |
| 2018-03-01 | 1131700 |
| 2018-04-01 | 1122469 |
| 2018-05-01 | 1122867 |
| 2018-06-01 | 1127518 |
| 2018-07-01 | 1113807 |
| 2018-08-01 | 1116459 |
| 2018-09-01 | 1106954 |
| 2018-10-01 | 1103478 |
| 2018-11-01 | 1092978 |
| 2018-12-01 | 1109969 |
| 2019-01-01 | 1085272 |
| 2019-02-01 | 1068347 |
| 2019-03-01 | 1023561 |
| 2019-04-01 | 1110249 |
| 2019-05-01 | 1086516 |
| 2019-06-01 | 1065266 |
| 2019-07-01 | 1068297 |
| 2019-08-01 | 1065735 |
| 2019-09-01 | 1028896 |
| 2019-10-01 | 1007526 |
| 2019-11-01 | 1007402 |
| 2019-12-01 | 1002987 |
| 2020-01-01 | 1014404 |
| 2020-02-01 | 977300 |
| 2020-03-01 | 944209 |
| 2020-04-01 | 823261 |
| 2020-05-01 | 763139 |
| 2020-06-01 | 830959 |
| 2020-07-01 | 884342 |
| 2020-08-01 | 897896 |
| 2020-09-01 | 925383 |
| 2020-10-01 | 935317 |
| 2020-11-01 | 950715 |
| 2020-12-01 | 949671 |
| 2021-01-01 | 991628 |
| 2021-02-01 | 895508 |
| 2021-03-01 | 974407 |
| 2021-04-01 | 995531 |
| 2021-05-01 | 1004345 |
| 2021-06-01 | 988295 |
| 2021-07-01 | 966246 |
| 2021-08-01 | 944476 |
| 2021-09-01 | 966395 |
| 2021-10-01 | 973663 |
| 2021-11-01 | 974681 |
| 2021-12-01 | 970883 |
| 2022-01-01 | 966564 |
| 2022-02-01 | 983906 |
| 2022-03-01 | 986840 |
| 2022-04-01 | 969428 |
| 2022-05-01 | 971739 |
| 2022-06-01 | 977190 |
| 2022-07-01 | 975777 |
| 2022-08-01 | 975529 |
| 2022-09-01 | 964579 |
| 2022-10-01 | 980031 |
| 2022-11-01 | 971337 |
| 2022-12-01 | 920268 |
| 2023-01-01 | 990971 |
| 2023-02-01 | 972686 |
| 2023-03-01 | 978917 |
| 2023-04-01 | 987557 |
| 2023-05-01 | 982979 |
| 2023-06-01 | 974568 |
| 2023-07-01 | 971840 |
| 2023-08-01 | 959505 |
| 2023-09-01 | 979818 |
| 2023-10-01 | 971072 |
| 2023-11-01 | 976234 |
| 2023-12-01 | 975190 |
| 2024-01-01 | 906355 |
| 2024-02-01 | 952417 |
| 2024-03-01 | 939878 |
| 2024-04-01 | 926773 |
| 2024-05-01 | 922554 |
| 2024-06-01 | 953328 |
| 2024-07-01 | 954662 |
| 2024-08-01 | 967495 |
| 2024-09-01 | 972529 |
| 2024-10-01 | 953856 |
| 2024-11-01 | 946765 |
| 2024-12-01 | 954620 |
