Weak Carload Performance Hurt Kansas City’s Rail Traffic Volume
Kansas City Southern’s (KSU) rail traffic volume inched down 0.5% in week 48 as the benefit from higher intermodal volume was more than offset by a decline in carload traffic. The fall was in contrast to the 0.4% gain registered by US railroad companies (XTN). The smallest class I railroad company hauled 45,219 railcars in week 48 compared with 45,449 wagons in the same week of the previous year.