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Rail traffic declines by 18 percent.

Publication: Manufacturing & Technology News
Publication Date: 17-JUL-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The recession is hurting American railroads. Freight carloads declined by 20 percent in June to 1,039,889 carloads, 255,668 fewer carloads compared with June 2008, according to the Association of American Railroads. Intermodal rail traffic, which includes trailers and containers on flat cars that are not counted in the carload...

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