Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Rail Freight Intermodal Traffic

Title Rail Freight Intermodal Traffic
Series ID RAILFRTINTERMODALD11
Source U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Release Transportation Services Index and Seasonally-Adjusted Transportation Data (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Containers and Trailers
Date Range 2000-01-01 to 2024-11-01
Last Updated 2025-01-17 1:55 PM CST
Notes Monthly rail carloads and intermodals are estimated by dividing the weekly sum by 7 (7 days in a week) and then summing for the number of days in the month (31 days for May, 30 days for June, etc.).

This data is collected by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) calculation from data collected by Association of American Railroads.
DATE VALUE
2000-01-01 744345
2000-02-01 745826
2000-03-01 745931
2000-04-01 743099
2000-05-01 741958
2000-06-01 733834
2000-07-01 735856
2000-08-01 735002
2000-09-01 744481
2000-10-01 761312
2000-11-01 742522
2000-12-01 734894
2001-01-01 740623
2001-02-01 724830
2001-03-01 731729
2001-04-01 712329
2001-05-01 706598
2001-06-01 712782
2001-07-01 711603
2001-08-01 726457
2001-09-01 737664
2001-10-01 732604
2001-11-01 728104
2001-12-01 710349
2002-01-01 725314
2002-02-01 751152
2002-03-01 741198
2002-04-01 759115
2002-05-01 771643
2002-06-01 779948
2002-07-01 778059
2002-08-01 784130
2002-09-01 777204
2002-10-01 702866
2002-11-01 772546
2002-12-01 768156
2003-01-01 789028
2003-02-01 797328
2003-03-01 804432
2003-04-01 806495
2003-05-01 800644
2003-06-01 807533
2003-07-01 817433
2003-08-01 793931
2003-09-01 819697
2003-10-01 829749
2003-11-01 837869
2003-12-01 843019
2004-01-01 843441
2004-02-01 850923
2004-03-01 885533
2004-04-01 885443
2004-05-01 893925
2004-06-01 896458
2004-07-01 897251
2004-08-01 885700
2004-09-01 905243
2004-10-01 916558
2004-11-01 932925
2004-12-01 942548
2005-01-01 942118
2005-02-01 959533
2005-03-01 926324
2005-04-01 925983
2005-05-01 937524
2005-06-01 932484
2005-07-01 944466
2005-08-01 952326
2005-09-01 957276
2005-10-01 979636
2005-11-01 981781
2005-12-01 988432
2006-01-01 1008687
2006-02-01 971976
2006-03-01 997039
2006-04-01 1017190
2006-05-01 1004992
2006-06-01 1004704
2006-07-01 1003797
2006-08-01 1015904
2006-09-01 1006990
2006-10-01 1000151
2006-11-01 992064
2006-12-01 1001540
2007-01-01 995580
2007-02-01 997269
2007-03-01 988765
2007-04-01 978519
2007-05-01 983021
2007-06-01 990170
2007-07-01 976730
2007-08-01 968073
2007-09-01 980546
2007-10-01 959052
2007-11-01 971747
2007-12-01 962344
2008-01-01 962997
2008-02-01 965833
2008-03-01 942019
2008-04-01 950593
2008-05-01 955818
2008-06-01 952823
2008-07-01 961524
2008-08-01 945522
2008-09-01 939951
2008-10-01 935285
2008-11-01 900517
2008-12-01 813723
2009-01-01 830905
2009-02-01 785358
2009-03-01 792228
2009-04-01 788974
2009-05-01 778334
2009-06-01 773770
2009-07-01 788239
2009-08-01 795051
2009-09-01 804901
2009-10-01 821532
2009-11-01 844550
2009-12-01 848564
2010-01-01 870653
2010-02-01 870908
2010-03-01 894457
2010-04-01 882210
2010-05-01 905331
2010-06-01 924899
2010-07-01 938431
2010-08-01 953372
2010-09-01 949517
2010-10-01 942864
2010-11-01 937421
2010-12-01 939127
2011-01-01 947816
2011-02-01 964649
2011-03-01 960406
2011-04-01 969120
2011-05-01 977637
2011-06-01 966887
2011-07-01 955746
2011-08-01 960507
2011-09-01 964094
2011-10-01 977340
2011-11-01 979637
2011-12-01 993918
2012-01-01 983340
2012-02-01 974952
2012-03-01 997062
2012-04-01 1010659
2012-05-01 1006130
2012-06-01 1016606
2012-07-01 1011328
2012-08-01 1005002
2012-09-01 1007211
2012-10-01 998141
2012-11-01 983368
2012-12-01 986710
2013-01-01 1051125
2013-02-01 1067434
2013-03-01 1020303
2013-04-01 1008489
2013-05-01 1028576
2013-06-01 1032172
2013-07-01 1038109
2013-08-01 1046979
2013-09-01 1057392
2013-10-01 1060116
2013-11-01 1064493
2013-12-01 1049052
2014-01-01 1034169
2014-02-01 1070122
2014-03-01 1107971
2014-04-01 1115445
2014-05-01 1099938
2014-06-01 1103693
2014-07-01 1103294
2014-08-01 1092790
2014-09-01 1104225
2014-10-01 1114038
2014-11-01 1097326
2014-12-01 1105550
2015-01-01 1043219
2015-02-01 991264
2015-03-01 1174163
2015-04-01 1174377
2015-05-01 1146552
2015-06-01 1138885
2015-07-01 1143543
2015-08-01 1136572
2015-09-01 1121930
2015-10-01 1097292
2015-11-01 1088068
2015-12-01 1070897
2016-01-01 1105211
2016-02-01 1117766
2016-03-01 1089005
2016-04-01 1079872
2016-05-01 1093898
2016-06-01 1086288
2016-07-01 1073738
2016-08-01 1082415
2016-09-01 1073925
2016-10-01 1089467
2016-11-01 1106876
2016-12-01 1130049
2017-01-01 1123326
2017-02-01 1129610
2017-03-01 1122502
2017-04-01 1130324
2017-05-01 1138642
2017-06-01 1142099
2017-07-01 1134096
2017-08-01 1145597
2017-09-01 1117759
2017-10-01 1155422
2017-11-01 1158967
2017-12-01 1168020
2018-01-01 1167165
2018-02-01 1194955
2018-03-01 1203570
2018-04-01 1199371
2018-05-01 1212783
2018-06-01 1215088
2018-07-01 1210440
2018-08-01 1201031
2018-09-01 1193473
2018-10-01 1199244
2018-11-01 1193606
2018-12-01 1211486
2019-01-01 1195499
2019-02-01 1174970
2019-03-01 1171261
2019-04-01 1155276
2019-05-01 1136664
2019-06-01 1134195
2019-07-01 1138503
2019-08-01 1128625
2019-09-01 1124406
2019-10-01 1107384
2019-11-01 1099684
2019-12-01 1089742
2020-01-01 1100146
2020-02-01 1077632
2020-03-01 1018147
2020-04-01 958225
2020-05-01 983032
2020-06-01 1064431
2020-07-01 1128573
2020-08-01 1168706
2020-09-01 1203246
2020-10-01 1202202
2020-11-01 1236848
2020-12-01 1247880
2021-01-01 1274007
2021-02-01 1101276
2021-03-01 1257025
2021-04-01 1261502
2021-05-01 1222066
2021-06-01 1195206
2021-07-01 1152976
2021-08-01 1129265
2021-09-01 1127374
2021-10-01 1110248
2021-11-01 1111881
2021-12-01 1115425
2022-01-01 1107641
2022-02-01 1122027
2022-03-01 1169110
2022-04-01 1163218
2022-05-01 1170456
2022-06-01 1134525
2022-07-01 1120824
2022-08-01 1111837
2022-09-01 1079737
2022-10-01 1088779
2022-11-01 1057839
2022-12-01 1029970
2023-01-01 1034845
2023-02-01 1022062
2023-03-01 1011658
2023-04-01 1020980
2023-05-01 1035632
2023-06-01 1045221
2023-07-01 1060993
2023-08-01 1046393
2023-09-01 1077558
2023-10-01 1110230
2023-11-01 1114017
2023-12-01 1129016
2024-01-01 1087954
2024-02-01 1140793
2024-03-01 1134144
2024-04-01 1090041
2024-05-01 1112957
2024-06-01 1141635
2024-07-01 1153165
2024-08-01 1186154
2024-09-01 1202191
2024-10-01 1170788
2024-11-01 1225678

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