North American Rail Freight Carloads for Aug. 6

The following table details the number of freight carloads on major North American railroads for the week ended Aug. 6 compared with the same week a year ago, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Raw goods including coal, lumber, and grain account for most carloads. For that reason, intermodal traffic -- truck trailers and multi-use containers hauled by rail, representing mainly finished goods, is reported separately.

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                        Total  Year Ago   YOY %   YTD 2011   YTD 2010   YTD %
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Intermodal total      291,955   287,960    1.4%  8,696,923  8,180,074    6.3%
 Containers           258,248   252,596    2.2%  7,627,511  7,154,578    6.6%
 Trailers              33,707    35,364   -4.7%  1,069,412  1,025,496    4.3%

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Total carloads        373,732   370,788    0.8% 11,678,789 11,412,782    2.3%
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                        Total  Year Ago   YOY %   YTD 2011   YTD 2010   YTD %
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Grain                  26,658    31,086  -14.2%  1,003,236    996,626    0.7%
Farm, ex-grain          3,314     3,589   -7.7%    116,072    116,278   -0.2%
Metallic ores          22,393    21,272    5.3%    660,156    590,798   11.7%
Coal                  139,521   137,558    1.4%  4,200,551  4,211,682   -0.3%
Crushed stone          21,452    20,982    2.2%    591,654    582,845    1.5%

Non-metal minerals      7,196     7,006    2.7%    206,788    212,513   -2.7%
Grain mill products    10,935    11,528   -5.1%    352,273    365,379   -3.6%
Food                    8,796     9,306   -5.5%    292,633    285,170    2.6%
Primary forest          2,853     2,887   -1.2%     92,640     98,385   -5.8%
Lumber                  4,752     4,312   10.2%    162,890    151,323    7.6%

Pulp and paper          9,500     9,547   -0.5%    298,982    282,167    6.0%
Chemicals              39,996    39,366    1.6%  1,324,705  1,241,924    6.7%
Petroleum Prod.        11,446    11,466   -0.2%    357,867    342,535    4.5%
Stone, Clay, Glass     11,209    10,398    7.8%    318,458    306,050    4.1%
Coke                    4,778     4,525    5.6%    137,661    140,253   -1.8%
Metals                 13,909    12,351   12.6%    442,046    407,641    8.4%
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                        Total  Year Ago   YOY %   YTD 2011   YTD 2010   YTD %
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Motor vehicles         20,443    19,322    5.8%    641,359    599,214    7.0%
Iron & Steel Scrap      5,152     3,917   31.5%    184,755    175,567    5.2%
Waste/nonferrous        3,985     4,530  -12.0%    113,233    128,527  -11.9%
All others              5,444     5,840   -6.8%    180,830    177,905    1.6%
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NOTE: Major, or Class 1, railroads include Burlington Northern- Santa
Fe, CSX, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific.
U.S. subsidiaries of Canadian railroads -- Canadian National and
Canadian Pacific -- are counted separately.

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads,

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