Railroad News

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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 10, 2018.

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​​The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 3, 2018, as well as volumes for February 2018.

U.S. railroads originated 1,028,141 carloads in February 2018, down 0.3 percent, or 2,753 carloads, from February 2017. U.S. railroads also originated 1,104,001 containers and trailers in February 2018, up 6.9 percent, or 70,970 units, from the same month last year. Combined U.S. carload and intermodal originations in February 2018 were 2,132,142, up 3.3 percent, or 68,217 carloads and intermodal units from February 2017.

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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 24, 2018.

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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 17, 2018.

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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 10, 2018.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 12, 2018 – Edward R. Hamberger, president and CEO of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), issued the following statement in reaction to infrastructure principles released today by the Trump administration.

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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 3, 2018, as well as volumes for January 2018.

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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending January 27, 2018.

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Anti-Rail Campaign Puts Agenda Above Public Safety ​

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 29, 2018 –  In light of recent tragic incidents in Florida—and an unhelpful political campaign targeting the Brightline rail service—the Rail Passengers Association, the Association of American Railroads and the American Public Transportation Association are coming together to educate the public on the importance of safe behavior around railroad tracks: it is never ok to use tracks as walking paths, and tracks should only be traversed using properly marked grade crossings.​

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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending January 20, 2018.

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U.S. Freight Rail Industry Partners With Canadian and Mexico Counterparts to Urge Successful NAFTA 2.0 Negotiations

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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending January 13, 2018.

​​The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending January 6, 2018.

For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 415,862 carloads and intermodal units, down 4.6 percent compared with the same week last year.

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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 30, 2017, as well as volumes for December 2017 and all of 2017.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 2, 2018 – Edward R. Hamberger, president and CEO of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), issued the following statement on House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster’s (R-PA) announcement that he would not seek reelection.

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 23, 2017.

For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 551,566 carloads and intermodal units, up 11 percent compared with the same week last year.​

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dec. 20, 2017 – Edward R. Hamberger, Association of American Railroads President and CEO, released the following statement on final passage of tax reform legislation in Congress.

“Tax reform will make our customers and the freight railroads more globally competitive, and we applaud Congress for passing this legislation. Key provisions, namely the reduction of the corporate tax rate and full and immediate expensing for five years, will help support private investment across the 140,000-mile rail network and the entire economy. We look forward to moving on to other policy debates next year that affect our industry and our customers, especially in ensuring that NAFTA remains in place, in making the short line tax credit permanent and in comprehensively addressing U.S. infrastructure and transportation systems."

​The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 16, 2017.

For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 554,779 carloads and intermodal units, up 5.9 percent compared with the same week last year.