Coal carloads rebound 10 percent for the end of March

[Brian Schmidt]

WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 31 as well as volumes for March 2018. U.S. railroads originated 1,050,653 carloads in March 2018, up 3.6 percent, or 36,157 carloads,...

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[466lex]

per AAR: "For the first three months of 2018, total carloads were down 9,027, or 0.3%, to 3.30 million carloads. Other than 2016, this year had the fewest January-March carloads since sometime prior to 1988, when our data begin."