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U.S. Rail Traffic Remains Flat in Week 20, AAR
Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor![(BNSF Photograph)](https://www.railwayage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/bnsf.png)
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For the week ending May 18, 2024 (Week 20), total U.S. rail traffic came in at 474,886 carloads and intermodal units, up 0.9%—virtually flat—vs. the same week last year, according to a May 22 Association of American Railroads (AAR) report. It is the fourth consecutive week that carloads and intermodal containers and trailers combined were comparable to the prior-year periods.