Weekly US coal train loadings average 74.5 trains/day, down 14.2 trains/day on year: STB

Houston — Weekly US coal train loadings averaged 74.5 trains/day in the week ended February 28, up 1.3 trains/day from the previous week, Surface Transportation Board data showed Monday.

From the year-ago week loadings declined 14.2 trains/day.

Through the first two months of 2020, weekly loadings averaged 79.3 trains/day.

Central Appalachian loadings averaged 13.9 trains/day in the most recent week, a five-week high.

Loadings from the basin rose 3.2 trains/day week on week and down 2.7 trains/day from the year-ago week.

From the Northern Appalachian basin loadings reached a six-week high, averaging 10 trains/day. From the prior week, loadings were up 1.4 trains/day. Year-on-year, loadings dropped 2.2 trains/day.

Through January and February, NAPP loadings averaged 11.6 trains/day.

Illinois Basin loadings averaged 3.3 trains/day, the fewest weekly average loadings per day since the start of the year. Over the first two months IB loadings averaged 4.2 trains/day.

Week-on-week loadings declined 0.3 train/day and from the year-ago loadings declined 3.4 trains/day.

Powder River Basin loadings averaged 41.5 trains/day in the most recent week, down 3 trains/day from the week before. From the year-ago week, loadings declined 3.7 trains/day.

Over two months, PRB loadings averaged 46 trains/day.