Weekly US coal train loading decline 9.3 trains/day on week, driven by PRB drop: STB

Houston — Weekly US coal train loadings averaged 57.9 trains/day in the week ended Feb. 19, down 9.3 trains/day from the previous week and down 15.3 trains/day from the year-ago week, Surface Transportation Board data showed Feb. 26.

The drop week on week was largely driven by a decline in Powder River Basin loadings.

PRB loadings averaged 28.7 trains/day, down 6.8 trains/day from the week before and down 15.8 trains/day year on year.

In the Illinois Basin, loadings averaged 3.8 trains/day, down 0.5 train/day from the prior week and up 0.2 train/day from the year-ago week.

Northern Appalachian loadings rose 0.1 train/day week on week to 10.4 trains/day. From the year-ago week, they rose 1.8 trains/day.

Loadings in the Central Appalachian basin averaged 9.4 trains/day, down 2.3 trains/day from the previous week and down 0.7 train/day year on year.

In other basins, loadings rose 0.1 train/day week on week to 5.6 train/day. Loadings declined 0.1 train/day from the year-ago week.