Summary of Rail Traffic from Atlantic Systems Inc.
1999 Summary Report
| Major Commodity Groups |
Total |
Grain |
Chemicals |
Food |
Forest |
Metals |
Coal |
Autos |
Intermodal |
| Current Week |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Vs. 1998 |
4.0% |
5.4% |
5.3% |
1.3% |
12.9% |
12.9% |
(9.1%) |
39.0% |
9.9% |
| Vs. 1997 |
(0.9%) |
(7.8%) |
3.8% |
(1.7%) |
0.2% |
(7.0%) |
(16.3%) |
65.7% |
12.0% |
| 4 Week Rolling Avg. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Vs. 1998 |
4.7% |
(2.1%) |
6.0% |
3.1% |
10.3% |
11.2% |
0.3% |
5.5% |
6.9% |
| Vs. 1997 |
4.4% |
1.0% |
5.0% |
(0.4%) |
(0.4%) |
(1.7%) |
(2.7%) |
33.4% |
9.9% |
| Quarter to Date |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Vs. 1998 |
1.9% |
1.0% |
5.0% |
3.2% |
4.1% |
4.7% |
(2.4%) |
(2.0%) |
4.6% |
| Vs. 1997 |
3.6% |
5.7% |
4.3% |
3.2% |
(3.8%) |
(6.2%) |
0.2% |
18.2% |
6.8% |
| Year to Date |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Vs. 1998 |
0.5% |
6.2% |
2.9% |
1.7% |
(2.0%) |
(5.7%) |
(3.1%) |
4.6% |
3.1% |
| Vs. 1997 |
2.1% |
5.0% |
1.3% |
1.4% |
(5.6%) |
(8.4%) |
0.3% |
20.5% |
3.9% |
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| Carriers |
CSX |
NSC |
IC |
BNSF |
KSU |
UNP |
WCLX |
CNI |
CP |
| Current Week |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Vs. 1998 |
37.2% |
50.6% |
15.7% |
1.2% |
(10.1%) |
5.4% |
21.7% |
4.3% |
0.4% |
| Vs. 1997 |
18.7% |
31.9% |
16.1% |
3.6% |
(14.2%) |
4.8% |
2.5% |
(0.5%) |
(8.6%) |
| 4 Week Rolling Avg. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Vs. 1998 |
36.1% |
48.4% |
13.2% |
5.1% |
1.2% |
9.3% |
7.0% |
14.9% |
9.2% |
| Vs. 1997 |
29.4% |
42.7% |
19.3% |
7.3% |
(7.3%) |
12.1% |
4.8% |
12.8% |
6.9% |
| Quarter to Date |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Vs. 1998 |
29.2% |
46.8% |
12.3% |
4.8% |
0.1% |
8.2% |
6.2% |
9.9% |
7.0% |
| Vs. 1997 |
27.9% |
43.0% |
15.9% |
9.2% |
2.8% |
13.4% |
1.3% |
4.6% |
5.9% |
| Year to Date |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Vs. 1998 |
16.1% |
24.3% |
6.3% |
2.7% |
(0.4%) |
7.2% |
3.3% |
6.2% |
4.3% |
| Vs. 1997 |
16.6% |
25.4% |
8.4% |
10.5% |
4.8% |
1.4% |
(0.4%) |
2.5% |
1.7% |
| Market Share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1999 |
24.5% |
22.0% |
4.1% |
29.9% |
2.9% |
31.6% |
2.1% |
|
|
| 1998 |
21.2% |
17.8% |
3.9% |
29.3% |
3.0% |
29.6% |
2.0% |
|
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Year over Year Percent Change
13 Week Rolling Averages
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Weekly Loaded Units
4 Week Rolling Averages
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Total Carrier Traffic Trends
4 Week Rolling Averages
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The following charts aggregate rail traffic as reported by the eastern carriers.
The acquisition of Conrail by Norfolk Southern and CSX Corp. was completed on June 1, 1999. NS and CSX
have not restated any prior year traffic so it has been difficult to accurately assess the impact of the transaction.
We have combined all the carriers in the east (Norfolk Southern, CSX, Illinois Central and Conrail (thru May 31, 1999))
to represent the entire region. At this level we can present more accurate year over year traffic trends.
4 Week Rolling Averages
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What is Railshare
Rail traffic figures are provided each Thursday by the Association of American Railroads.
Atlantic Systems Inc. distributes the data covering the week ending the preceding Saturday in our Railshare data base.
Rail traffic is disaggregated between carload (traffic moving in traditional freight cars such as box cars, tank cars and hoppers) and intermodal traffic (containers and piggyback service). Railshare provides commodity breakdowns for carload traffic; commodity detail for intermodal traffic is unavailable.
Railroads originate and also move traffic jointly with other originating carriers. The carrier totals shown in Railshare aggregate all traffic handled by individual carriers. Market shares are calculated as total handlings by carrier divided by total U.S. originated rail traffic.
Railshare graphs show four major breakdowns of rail traffic. Total traffic includes all carload and intermodal traffic; carload traffic is further divided between economically sensitive commodities (cyclical) and those that are less affected by the business cycle (baseline).
For further information please contact
Atlantic Systems Inc.
11 East 44th Street
New York, New York 10017
(347) 293-1776
Last Updated on 1/6/00
By Mark Schulberg
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