AAR February Report: Freight movement by railroads

March 07th, 2008 | Category: Housing, Commodities

The report of February rail freight movements was released Thursday March 6, by The organization of American Railroads. Again that month the report reveals some mentionable trends. The report on the AAR website indicates a gain in rail freight volume of 2.8 percent, for the first nine weeks of 2008. An estimated 296.1 billion ton-miles total volume was reported for the period.

There are declines showing in inter-modal traffic. Trailer and container loading is down 3.4 percent for the first two months of 2008. that means that a higher

volume of freight is moving by rail, yet less of it is getting to the rails via truck. I could speculate that railroads shall continue to become increasingly more cost effective for volume shipment of freight. Watch for new possibilities with direct-from-rail distribution centers. Watch for rapid growth and development in the RFID sector.

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Original post by Gary E. Sattler

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