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US weekly coal rail traffic falls 11.5% YOY

Total U.S. coal rail traffic for the week ended Sept. 28 declined 11.5% year over year to 79,066 carloads, according to data from the Association of American Railroads.

Year-to-date coal rail traffic dropped 6.9% through the week, while total rail traffic for the week decreased 7.4% year over year to 529,336 carloads and intermodal units.

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BNSF Railway Co. coal shipment volumes clocked in at 39,691 carloads in the week ended Sept. 28, up 7.7% from the previous week's 36,853 carloads, but down less than 1% compared to 39,909 carloads in the year-ago week.

Union Pacific Corp.'s coal shipment volumes this week were at 17,130 carloads, falling 1.9% from 17,465 carloads the previous week and 18.9% lower than the previous year's weekly volume of 21,125.

Eastern railroad CSX Transportation Inc.'s shipment volumes of coal stood at 13,981 carloads, decreasing 15.1% from the previous week's 16,466 carloads and falling 25.2% compared to 18,689 carloads the same week in the previous year.

Norfolk Southern Corp.'s coal shipment volumes totaled 15,419 carloads for the week, falling 2.2% from the previous week's 15,760 carloads and dropped 13.6% compared to 17,849 carloads the same week a year ago.

Kansas City Southern's latest weekly coal shipment volume was 3,625 carloads, increasing 13.9% from 3,184 carloads the previous week. The railroad serves 10 U.S. states and Mexico.

Data collected by S&P Global Market Intelligence from railroads indicate both cars originated on their lines during the week and cars received from a connecting railroad during the same week.