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 2024-11-01 |
| Last Updated | 2025-01-17 1:55 PM 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 | 1369237 |
| 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 | 1371629 |
| 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 | 1360001 |
| 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 | 1354629 |
| 2001-12-01 | 1340889 |
| 2002-01-01 | 1341635 |
| 2002-02-01 | 1342445 |
| 2002-03-01 | 1289608 |
| 2002-04-01 | 1325275 |
| 2002-05-01 | 1326440 |
| 2002-06-01 | 1351918 |
| 2002-07-01 | 1342357 |
| 2002-08-01 | 1356723 |
| 2002-09-01 | 1344037 |
| 2002-10-01 | 1326841 |
| 2002-11-01 | 1335131 |
| 2002-12-01 | 1344073 |
| 2003-01-01 | 1327368 |
| 2003-02-01 | 1325551 |
| 2003-03-01 | 1314858 |
| 2003-04-01 | 1325435 |
| 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 | 1359341 |
| 2004-03-01 | 1373403 |
| 2004-04-01 | 1380937 |
| 2004-05-01 | 1391687 |
| 2004-06-01 | 1369945 |
| 2004-07-01 | 1378993 |
| 2004-08-01 | 1368444 |
| 2004-09-01 | 1353700 |
| 2004-10-01 | 1378083 |
| 2004-11-01 | 1385570 |
| 2004-12-01 | 1379235 |
| 2005-01-01 | 1374816 |
| 2005-02-01 | 1432707 |
| 2005-03-01 | 1401107 |
| 2005-04-01 | 1409480 |
| 2005-05-01 | 1373455 |
| 2005-06-01 | 1369199 |
| 2005-07-01 | 1374606 |
| 2005-08-01 | 1371552 |
| 2005-09-01 | 1382919 |
| 2005-10-01 | 1348814 |
| 2005-11-01 | 1374018 |
| 2005-12-01 | 1387887 |
| 2006-01-01 | 1444976 |
| 2006-02-01 | 1403421 |
| 2006-03-01 | 1403348 |
| 2006-04-01 | 1393259 |
| 2006-05-01 | 1430716 |
| 2006-06-01 | 1423192 |
| 2006-07-01 | 1396605 |
| 2006-08-01 | 1388929 |
| 2006-09-01 | 1388854 |
| 2006-10-01 | 1373795 |
| 2006-11-01 | 1358711 |
| 2006-12-01 | 1416508 |
| 2007-01-01 | 1358904 |
| 2007-02-01 | 1350948 |
| 2007-03-01 | 1359560 |
| 2007-04-01 | 1366108 |
| 2007-05-01 | 1364206 |
| 2007-06-01 | 1397946 |
| 2007-07-01 | 1359399 |
| 2007-08-01 | 1372766 |
| 2007-09-01 | 1379779 |
| 2007-10-01 | 1376431 |
| 2007-11-01 | 1391773 |
| 2007-12-01 | 1378779 |
| 2008-01-01 | 1376434 |
| 2008-02-01 | 1375010 |
| 2008-03-01 | 1364100 |
| 2008-04-01 | 1377654 |
| 2008-05-01 | 1376456 |
| 2008-06-01 | 1350220 |
| 2008-07-01 | 1389404 |
| 2008-08-01 | 1363297 |
| 2008-09-01 | 1323210 |
| 2008-10-01 | 1334982 |
| 2008-11-01 | 1254886 |
| 2008-12-01 | 1180345 |
| 2009-01-01 | 1156377 |
| 2009-02-01 | 1204529 |
| 2009-03-01 | 1121536 |
| 2009-04-01 | 1060824 |
| 2009-05-01 | 1045222 |
| 2009-06-01 | 1096009 |
| 2009-07-01 | 1147562 |
| 2009-08-01 | 1130804 |
| 2009-09-01 | 1133777 |
| 2009-10-01 | 1116667 |
| 2009-11-01 | 1149115 |
| 2009-12-01 | 1116360 |
| 2010-01-01 | 1148941 |
| 2010-02-01 | 1184353 |
| 2010-03-01 | 1206698 |
| 2010-04-01 | 1225809 |
| 2010-05-01 | 1213581 |
| 2010-06-01 | 1207236 |
| 2010-07-01 | 1217859 |
| 2010-08-01 | 1210236 |
| 2010-09-01 | 1222680 |
| 2010-10-01 | 1223029 |
| 2010-11-01 | 1209285 |
| 2010-12-01 | 1213125 |
| 2011-01-01 | 1241772 |
| 2011-02-01 | 1237565 |
| 2011-03-01 | 1253484 |
| 2011-04-01 | 1239416 |
| 2011-05-01 | 1221624 |
| 2011-06-01 | 1220862 |
| 2011-07-01 | 1204169 |
| 2011-08-01 | 1211312 |
| 2011-09-01 | 1232697 |
| 2011-10-01 | 1251175 |
| 2011-11-01 | 1237322 |
| 2011-12-01 | 1280131 |
| 2012-01-01 | 1254119 |
| 2012-02-01 | 1204386 |
| 2012-03-01 | 1184370 |
| 2012-04-01 | 1172698 |
| 2012-05-01 | 1185754 |
| 2012-06-01 | 1201697 |
| 2012-07-01 | 1189736 |
| 2012-08-01 | 1188239 |
| 2012-09-01 | 1179928 |
| 2012-10-01 | 1163495 |
| 2012-11-01 | 1176930 |
| 2012-12-01 | 1199533 |
| 2013-01-01 | 1173043 |
| 2013-02-01 | 1194887 |
| 2013-03-01 | 1182686 |
| 2013-04-01 | 1174236 |
| 2013-05-01 | 1193501 |
| 2013-06-01 | 1193479 |
| 2013-07-01 | 1180603 |
| 2013-08-01 | 1194013 |
| 2013-09-01 | 1184838 |
| 2013-10-01 | 1178299 |
| 2013-11-01 | 1201356 |
| 2013-12-01 | 1180429 |
| 2014-01-01 | 1185274 |
| 2014-02-01 | 1181295 |
| 2014-03-01 | 1235019 |
| 2014-04-01 | 1257248 |
| 2014-05-01 | 1265607 |
| 2014-06-01 | 1232597 |
| 2014-07-01 | 1252161 |
| 2014-08-01 | 1224141 |
| 2014-09-01 | 1220001 |
| 2014-10-01 | 1234651 |
| 2014-11-01 | 1220319 |
| 2014-12-01 | 1283212 |
| 2015-01-01 | 1257516 |
| 2015-02-01 | 1171879 |
| 2015-03-01 | 1196460 |
| 2015-04-01 | 1195613 |
| 2015-05-01 | 1150446 |
| 2015-06-01 | 1126944 |
| 2015-07-01 | 1163908 |
| 2015-08-01 | 1161390 |
| 2015-09-01 | 1154158 |
| 2015-10-01 | 1150093 |
| 2015-11-01 | 1096203 |
| 2015-12-01 | 1077157 |
| 2016-01-01 | 1048485 |
| 2016-02-01 | 1039871 |
| 2016-03-01 | 1022715 |
| 2016-04-01 | 1005599 |
| 2016-05-01 | 1016906 |
| 2016-06-01 | 1046798 |
| 2016-07-01 | 1077257 |
| 2016-08-01 | 1077795 |
| 2016-09-01 | 1095354 |
| 2016-10-01 | 1091275 |
| 2016-11-01 | 1103488 |
| 2016-12-01 | 1083811 |
| 2017-01-01 | 1095195 |
| 2017-02-01 | 1118345 |
| 2017-03-01 | 1094931 |
| 2017-04-01 | 1088884 |
| 2017-05-01 | 1094692 |
| 2017-06-01 | 1105473 |
| 2017-07-01 | 1073590 |
| 2017-08-01 | 1076392 |
| 2017-09-01 | 1072985 |
| 2017-10-01 | 1089596 |
| 2017-11-01 | 1091247 |
| 2017-12-01 | 1095660 |
| 2018-01-01 | 1058187 |
| 2018-02-01 | 1108816 |
| 2018-03-01 | 1132051 |
| 2018-04-01 | 1122620 |
| 2018-05-01 | 1122995 |
| 2018-06-01 | 1127692 |
| 2018-07-01 | 1114085 |
| 2018-08-01 | 1117151 |
| 2018-09-01 | 1107403 |
| 2018-10-01 | 1103948 |
| 2018-11-01 | 1093480 |
| 2018-12-01 | 1110477 |
| 2019-01-01 | 1080572 |
| 2019-02-01 | 1068578 |
| 2019-03-01 | 1024118 |
| 2019-04-01 | 1110762 |
| 2019-05-01 | 1086670 |
| 2019-06-01 | 1065518 |
| 2019-07-01 | 1068615 |
| 2019-08-01 | 1066730 |
| 2019-09-01 | 1029374 |
| 2019-10-01 | 1008068 |
| 2019-11-01 | 1008004 |
| 2019-12-01 | 1003888 |
| 2020-01-01 | 1008286 |
| 2020-02-01 | 977585 |
| 2020-03-01 | 944899 |
| 2020-04-01 | 824048 |
| 2020-05-01 | 763305 |
| 2020-06-01 | 831273 |
| 2020-07-01 | 884646 |
| 2020-08-01 | 899104 |
| 2020-09-01 | 925766 |
| 2020-10-01 | 935763 |
| 2020-11-01 | 951226 |
| 2020-12-01 | 951314 |
| 2021-01-01 | 984865 |
| 2021-02-01 | 895783 |
| 2021-03-01 | 975064 |
| 2021-04-01 | 996302 |
| 2021-05-01 | 1004575 |
| 2021-06-01 | 988619 |
| 2021-07-01 | 966468 |
| 2021-08-01 | 945544 |
| 2021-09-01 | 966626 |
| 2021-10-01 | 974002 |
| 2021-11-01 | 975122 |
| 2021-12-01 | 973981 |
| 2022-01-01 | 959267 |
| 2022-02-01 | 984138 |
| 2022-03-01 | 987430 |
| 2022-04-01 | 970078 |
| 2022-05-01 | 971907 |
| 2022-06-01 | 977454 |
| 2022-07-01 | 975851 |
| 2022-08-01 | 976450 |
| 2022-09-01 | 964575 |
| 2022-10-01 | 980157 |
| 2022-11-01 | 971550 |
| 2022-12-01 | 924856 |
| 2023-01-01 | 983959 |
| 2023-02-01 | 972755 |
| 2023-03-01 | 979285 |
| 2023-04-01 | 987968 |
| 2023-05-01 | 983074 |
| 2023-06-01 | 974735 |
| 2023-07-01 | 971777 |
| 2023-08-01 | 960104 |
| 2023-09-01 | 979631 |
| 2023-10-01 | 971030 |
| 2023-11-01 | 976237 |
| 2023-12-01 | 981100 |
| 2024-01-01 | 900539 |
| 2024-02-01 | 952193 |
| 2024-03-01 | 939963 |
| 2024-04-01 | 926929 |
| 2024-05-01 | 922525 |
| 2024-06-01 | 953401 |
| 2024-07-01 | 954602 |
| 2024-08-01 | 967960 |
| 2024-09-01 | 972312 |
| 2024-10-01 | 953734 |
| 2024-11-01 | 946622 |
