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You can add this one https://www.aar.org/pages/freight-rail-traffic-data.aspx https://www.aar.org/pages/freight-rail-traffic-data.aspx Monthly Rail Traffic Dat
by SFJulie 10y ago
You can add this one
https://www.aar.org/pages/freight-rail-traffic-data.aspx https://www.aar.org/pages/freight-rail-traffic-data.aspx
Monthly Rail Traffic Data
How can USA be selling and consuming as much products as in 2007 if the railroad traffic is still 10%~15% less? And this year looks bad.
- adventured 10y agoHalf that drop is solely from the reduction in coal carrying by rail in the last ten years. 1/3 of the entire coal industry in the US no longer exists vs 2006. Its biggest companies have gone or are going bankrupt. Production of coal has gone from a high of near 1.2 billion tons between 2007-2008 to maybe 800-825 million for 2016. If you follow railroad companies or railcar builders, you know how big of an impact the drop in coal has caused.
- tomwalker 10y agoYou can exclude coal and grain from the charts linked from your parent comment. There is still a significant drop.
- empath75 10y agoChina.