UNP - U.S. weekly rail traffic shows marginal growth at 0.6%

The Association of American ((AAR)) reports total weekly US rail traffic up 0.6% to 451,825 carloads and intermodal units for the week ending July 10, 2021.Total carloads up 4.3% to 210,297; intermodal volume down 2.4% to 241,528 containers and trailers when compared to the same period last year.4 of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase, including metallic ores and metals, up 8,599 carloads, to 22,486; coal, up 6,575 carloads, to 58,469; and chemicals, up 923 carloads, to 31,220; Motor vehicles and grain among the ones posting decline.For the first 27 weeks of 2021, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 6,212,822 carloads, up 9.3% from the same point last year; and 7,573,595 intermodal units, up 16.8%.Combined weekly data: North America,  604,472 carloads and intermodal units (-2%); That includes Canadian railroads, 64,203 carloads (-6.2%) and 51,982 intermodal units (-20.9%); Mexican railroad, 20,596 carloads (+10.1%) and 15,866 intermodal units (+5.2% Y/Y).Related Tickers: Canadian National Railway (CNI), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), CSX Corp. (CSX), Kansas City Southern (KSU), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Union Pacific (UNP), and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP) (BIPC).Kansas City Southern will

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U.S. weekly rail traffic shows marginal growth at 0.6%