Fourteen of the 20 carload commodity groups posted increases compared with the same week in 2010, including: metallic ores, up 57.1 percent; nonmetallic minerals, up 38 percent, and crushed stone, sand and gravel, up 29 percent. The groups showing a decrease in weekly traffic included: farm products excluding grain, down 9.8 percent.
December 24, 2011
Trains potting.
For those that like to stay on track, US rail data
An overall increase in traffic with a shift to commodities, draw your own conclusions,