Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Rail Freight Intermodal Traffic

Title Rail Freight Intermodal Traffic
Series ID RAILFRTINTERMODALD11
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 Containers and Trailers
Date Range 2000-01-01 to 2025-10-01
Last Updated 2025-12-10 9:02 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 744279
2000-02-01 745923
2000-03-01 746255
2000-04-01 742806
2000-05-01 741935
2000-06-01 734378
2000-07-01 736274
2000-08-01 734909
2000-09-01 743807
2000-10-01 760839
2000-11-01 742726
2000-12-01 734550
2001-01-01 740242
2001-02-01 725674
2001-03-01 731485
2001-04-01 713112
2001-05-01 706094
2001-06-01 712742
2001-07-01 711644
2001-08-01 727615
2001-09-01 736608
2001-10-01 732216
2001-11-01 728699
2001-12-01 710299
2002-01-01 724414
2002-02-01 751945
2002-03-01 740855
2002-04-01 759019
2002-05-01 772360
2002-06-01 779438
2002-07-01 778179
2002-08-01 784864
2002-09-01 777276
2002-10-01 702045
2002-11-01 772674
2002-12-01 767779
2003-01-01 789929
2003-02-01 798107
2003-03-01 804168
2003-04-01 805680
2003-05-01 800841
2003-06-01 808233
2003-07-01 816950
2003-08-01 794525
2003-09-01 819028
2003-10-01 830201
2003-11-01 837603
2003-12-01 842022
2004-01-01 843609
2004-02-01 851576
2004-03-01 884998
2004-04-01 885891
2004-05-01 893943
2004-06-01 895894
2004-07-01 897590
2004-08-01 886106
2004-09-01 905100
2004-10-01 916291
2004-11-01 932992
2004-12-01 942682
2005-01-01 942060
2005-02-01 960024
2005-03-01 925403
2005-04-01 925458
2005-05-01 937565
2005-06-01 932634
2005-07-01 944608
2005-08-01 952737
2005-09-01 957815
2005-10-01 979646
2005-11-01 980864
2005-12-01 988428
2006-01-01 1008316
2006-02-01 972156
2006-03-01 998001
2006-04-01 1016025
2006-05-01 1005231
2006-06-01 1005285
2006-07-01 1004203
2006-08-01 1015419
2006-09-01 1006918
2006-10-01 999710
2006-11-01 992065
2006-12-01 1001525
2007-01-01 995357
2007-02-01 997207
2007-03-01 989323
2007-04-01 979112
2007-05-01 982507
2007-06-01 989934
2007-07-01 976574
2007-08-01 969018
2007-09-01 979982
2007-10-01 958734
2007-11-01 972008
2007-12-01 962744
2008-01-01 962271
2008-02-01 966190
2008-03-01 942884
2008-04-01 949741
2008-05-01 956144
2008-06-01 953383
2008-07-01 960702
2008-08-01 945397
2008-09-01 939829
2008-10-01 935877
2008-11-01 899510
2008-12-01 813748
2009-01-01 831510
2009-02-01 785122
2009-03-01 792475
2009-04-01 789655
2009-05-01 778346
2009-06-01 773362
2009-07-01 788799
2009-08-01 795064
2009-09-01 804103
2009-10-01 821420
2009-11-01 845244
2009-12-01 847650
2010-01-01 870752
2010-02-01 870682
2010-03-01 894818
2010-04-01 883286
2010-05-01 905188
2010-06-01 924135
2010-07-01 938373
2010-08-01 952828
2010-09-01 949642
2010-10-01 942578
2010-11-01 937768
2010-12-01 940027
2011-01-01 947813
2011-02-01 964468
2011-03-01 959876
2011-04-01 969384
2011-05-01 977350
2011-06-01 966942
2011-07-01 955530
2011-08-01 960030
2011-09-01 964570
2011-10-01 977322
2011-11-01 979825
2011-12-01 994595
2012-01-01 982625
2012-02-01 974942
2012-03-01 997342
2012-04-01 1011327
2012-05-01 1005248
2012-06-01 1016460
2012-07-01 1010949
2012-08-01 1005483
2012-09-01 1006307
2012-10-01 997829
2012-11-01 985415
2012-12-01 987776
2013-01-01 1049632
2013-02-01 1067385
2013-03-01 1020381
2013-04-01 1007698
2013-05-01 1029368
2013-06-01 1031359
2013-07-01 1037940
2013-08-01 1046796
2013-09-01 1058070
2013-10-01 1058987
2013-11-01 1065843
2013-12-01 1049956
2014-01-01 1035154
2014-02-01 1070117
2014-03-01 1108229
2014-04-01 1113586
2014-05-01 1100030
2014-06-01 1104456
2014-07-01 1102336
2014-08-01 1092514
2014-09-01 1103903
2014-10-01 1114774
2014-11-01 1097556
2014-12-01 1105895
2015-01-01 1043383
2015-02-01 991286
2015-03-01 1173738
2015-04-01 1174094
2015-05-01 1146439
2015-06-01 1138344
2015-07-01 1144451
2015-08-01 1136717
2015-09-01 1120879
2015-10-01 1097288
2015-11-01 1089436
2015-12-01 1070692
2016-01-01 1105016
2016-02-01 1118709
2016-03-01 1087907
2016-04-01 1079444
2016-05-01 1093608
2016-06-01 1086299
2016-07-01 1073581
2016-08-01 1082235
2016-09-01 1074902
2016-10-01 1089754
2016-11-01 1105776
2016-12-01 1131149
2017-01-01 1122883
2017-02-01 1129361
2017-03-01 1122957
2017-04-01 1129424
2017-05-01 1138604
2017-06-01 1142757
2017-07-01 1134241
2017-08-01 1144614
2017-09-01 1117986
2017-10-01 1155289
2017-11-01 1159212
2017-12-01 1169091
2018-01-01 1166912
2018-02-01 1194337
2018-03-01 1203213
2018-04-01 1199991
2018-05-01 1211998
2018-06-01 1215078
2018-07-01 1209978
2018-08-01 1202013
2018-09-01 1192996
2018-10-01 1199466
2018-11-01 1194471
2018-12-01 1212869
2019-01-01 1194589
2019-02-01 1174192
2019-03-01 1170034
2019-04-01 1154864
2019-05-01 1137896
2019-06-01 1133772
2019-07-01 1138265
2019-08-01 1128753
2019-09-01 1125537
2019-10-01 1106834
2019-11-01 1099668
2019-12-01 1090311
2020-01-01 1102071
2020-02-01 1076264
2020-03-01 1016439
2020-04-01 958510
2020-05-01 983335
2020-06-01 1064993
2020-07-01 1129749
2020-08-01 1168687
2020-09-01 1201856
2020-10-01 1203323
2020-11-01 1237122
2020-12-01 1245572
2021-01-01 1276092
2021-02-01 1099974
2021-03-01 1254297
2021-04-01 1263008
2021-05-01 1222875
2021-06-01 1196491
2021-07-01 1154072
2021-08-01 1128308
2021-09-01 1126448
2021-10-01 1112425
2021-11-01 1108758
2021-12-01 1112940
2022-01-01 1111992
2022-02-01 1120124
2022-03-01 1164749
2022-04-01 1165311
2022-05-01 1172742
2022-06-01 1138420
2022-07-01 1121957
2022-08-01 1109760
2022-09-01 1077268
2022-10-01 1093791
2022-11-01 1051414
2022-12-01 1024116
2023-01-01 1041650
2023-02-01 1019751
2023-03-01 1008333
2023-04-01 1023888
2023-05-01 1039418
2023-06-01 1050985
2023-07-01 1062420
2023-08-01 1042355
2023-09-01 1072043
2023-10-01 1117280
2023-11-01 1106169
2023-12-01 1119531
2024-01-01 1097346
2024-02-01 1137512
2024-03-01 1129076
2024-04-01 1095564
2024-05-01 1120474
2024-06-01 1147312
2024-07-01 1153656
2024-08-01 1181043
2024-09-01 1194229
2024-10-01 1180379
2024-11-01 1215127
2024-12-01 1218590
2025-01-01 1202641
2025-02-01 1204985
2025-03-01 1208841
2025-04-01 1188763
2025-05-01 1129186
2025-06-01 1120422
2025-07-01 1189689
2025-08-01 1186140
2025-09-01 1178255
2025-10-01 1142634

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