Econintersect: Rail traffic for w/e 18 December remains declined sharply viewing the data YoY. Early in 2010, rail’s performance YoY was growing. It stabilized in the middle of the 2Q – and early in the 4th quarter began trending down. YoY growth dropped sharply this week from approximately 12% to 2.2%. Four week rolling average growth declined from 8.7% to 7.6%.
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source: Railfax
| Major Commodity Groups | Total | Grain | Chemicals | Food | Forest | Metals | Coal | Autos | Intermodal |
| Current Week | |||||||||
| Vs. 2009 | 2.2% | 4.4% | 7.2% | (1.8%) | 5.3% | 5.7% | (3.0%) | (17.0%) | 5.0% |
| Vs. 2008 | 6.0% | 27.0% | 19.1% | 9.6% | (5.6%) | 19.9% | (11.1%) | 6.3% | 14.8% |
| 4 Week Rolling Avg. | |||||||||
| Vs. 2009 | 7.6% | (0.2%) | 8.1% | (1.3%) | 5.7% | 24.6% | 4.0% | (13.0%) | 10.9% |
| Vs. 2008 | 3.8% | 15.5% | 20.0% | 4.7% | (4.2%) | 26.8% | (10.2%) | 0.6% | 9.7% |
| Quarter to Date | |||||||||
| Vs. 2009 | 8.8% | 4.1% | 7.0% | (0.8%) | 4.4% | 30.3% | 4.1% | (6.0%) | 12.2% |
| Vs. 2008 | (0.7%) | 11.7% | 10.3% | 1.8% | (14.5%) | 7.9% | (10.7%) | (8.9%) | 4.7% |
| Year to Date | |||||||||
| Vs. 2009 | 10.0% | 10.6% | 8.8% | 2.3% | 3.9% | 38.2% | 0.8% | 17.5% | 14.1% |
| Vs. 2008 | (7.3%) | (6.0%) | (2.8%) | (5.6%) | (22.5%) | (15.5%) | (10.0%) | (23.3%) | (2.6%) |
