Shari Domow Bacsardi, Dillon Redding, Joshua Wabnik

In the year since the East Palestine train derailment, rail safety has been a hot button issue in the United States. After the East Palestine derailment dominated news headlines in late February and March of 2023, there seemed to be... read more

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The Association of American Railroads reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 21, 2019 was 507,589 carloads and intermodal units, down 10.5% compared with the same week last year. read more

DEC 30, 2019 - 6:25 am

In its weekly release, the Association of American Railroads revealed that for the first 44 weeks of 2016, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 11.08 million carloads, down 9.8% year-over-year. read more

NOV 14, 2016 - 7:17 am

According to the most recent data from the AAR, during the first 33 weeks of 2016, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 8,126,642 carloads, down 11.4% from the same point last year. read more

AUG 25, 2016 - 7:11 am

The AAR reported that cumulative volume of carloads and intermodal units dropped 11.7% and 2.8%, respectively, in the first 31 weeks of the year. read more

AUG 11, 2016 - 6:31 am

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending May 21, 2016 was 506,983 carloads and intermodal units, down 8.5% compared with the same week a year ago. read more

MAY 26, 2016 - 6:52 am

According to reported volumes from the Association of American Railroads, carload traffic in April totaled 944,339 carloads, down 16.1% or 180,598 from April 2015. read more

MAY 11, 2016 - 6:36 am

GE Capital, Rail Services announced that five of its employees have been elected to the Association of American Railroads Associate Advisory Board committees. read more

DEC 19, 2014 - 6:10 am