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 2024-08-01
Last Updated 2024-10-30 9:05 AM CDT
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 744582
2000-02-01 745866
2000-03-01 745911
2000-04-01 743035
2000-05-01 742172
2000-06-01 733868
2000-07-01 736121
2000-08-01 734864
2000-09-01 744433
2000-10-01 761213
2000-11-01 742320
2000-12-01 734547
2001-01-01 740797
2001-02-01 725026
2001-03-01 731725
2001-04-01 712542
2001-05-01 706298
2001-06-01 713021
2001-07-01 711690
2001-08-01 726827
2001-09-01 737258
2001-10-01 732529
2001-11-01 728221
2001-12-01 710008
2002-01-01 725006
2002-02-01 751332
2002-03-01 741395
2002-04-01 759178
2002-05-01 771758
2002-06-01 779803
2002-07-01 778184
2002-08-01 784620
2002-09-01 777123
2002-10-01 702303
2002-11-01 772885
2002-12-01 767654
2003-01-01 788844
2003-02-01 797503
2003-03-01 804558
2003-04-01 806224
2003-05-01 800770
2003-06-01 807714
2003-07-01 816948
2003-08-01 794628
2003-09-01 819614
2003-10-01 829571
2003-11-01 837796
2003-12-01 842922
2004-01-01 843435
2004-02-01 850972
2004-03-01 885558
2004-04-01 885396
2004-05-01 893940
2004-06-01 896452
2004-07-01 897299
2004-08-01 886253
2004-09-01 904725
2004-10-01 916599
2004-11-01 933087
2004-12-01 942297
2005-01-01 942521
2005-02-01 959655
2005-03-01 925822
2005-04-01 926128
2005-05-01 937630
2005-06-01 932089
2005-07-01 944681
2005-08-01 952924
2005-09-01 957210
2005-10-01 979664
2005-11-01 981455
2005-12-01 988098
2006-01-01 1008864
2006-02-01 972026
2006-03-01 997114
2006-04-01 1016961
2006-05-01 1005204
2006-06-01 1004719
2006-07-01 1004035
2006-08-01 1015648
2006-09-01 1007266
2006-10-01 1000003
2006-11-01 991515
2006-12-01 1001538
2007-01-01 995801
2007-02-01 997223
2007-03-01 988859
2007-04-01 979083
2007-05-01 982484
2007-06-01 990439
2007-07-01 976772
2007-08-01 968218
2007-09-01 980343
2007-10-01 958990
2007-11-01 971558
2007-12-01 962379
2008-01-01 962441
2008-02-01 966097
2008-03-01 942332
2008-04-01 950969
2008-05-01 955868
2008-06-01 952901
2008-07-01 960943
2008-08-01 945711
2008-09-01 940050
2008-10-01 935166
2008-11-01 900145
2008-12-01 813727
2009-01-01 830719
2009-02-01 785262
2009-03-01 792181
2009-04-01 789573
2009-05-01 778472
2009-06-01 773694
2009-07-01 788199
2009-08-01 795104
2009-09-01 804633
2009-10-01 821426
2009-11-01 844699
2009-12-01 848347
2010-01-01 870612
2010-02-01 870844
2010-03-01 894534
2010-04-01 883142
2010-05-01 905212
2010-06-01 924715
2010-07-01 938354
2010-08-01 953149
2010-09-01 949094
2010-10-01 942923
2010-11-01 937775
2010-12-01 939492
2011-01-01 947681
2011-02-01 964653
2011-03-01 959727
2011-04-01 970311
2011-05-01 977591
2011-06-01 966295
2011-07-01 955819
2011-08-01 960314
2011-09-01 964046
2011-10-01 977366
2011-11-01 979869
2011-12-01 994600
2012-01-01 982788
2012-02-01 974940
2012-03-01 997054
2012-04-01 1011251
2012-05-01 1005493
2012-06-01 1016818
2012-07-01 1011170
2012-08-01 1004721
2012-09-01 1006924
2012-10-01 998065
2012-11-01 984008
2012-12-01 987934
2013-01-01 1049750
2013-02-01 1067513
2013-03-01 1020561
2013-04-01 1008502
2013-05-01 1028564
2013-06-01 1031864
2013-07-01 1038076
2013-08-01 1046765
2013-09-01 1057472
2013-10-01 1059304
2013-11-01 1065484
2013-12-01 1050493
2014-01-01 1032976
2014-02-01 1070145
2014-03-01 1108173
2014-04-01 1114707
2014-05-01 1099967
2014-06-01 1103847
2014-07-01 1102530
2014-08-01 1092836
2014-09-01 1104244
2014-10-01 1113932
2014-11-01 1097563
2014-12-01 1107680
2015-01-01 1042326
2015-02-01 991242
2015-03-01 1174093
2015-04-01 1173521
2015-05-01 1146735
2015-06-01 1138899
2015-07-01 1143460
2015-08-01 1136673
2015-09-01 1121530
2015-10-01 1097237
2015-11-01 1088504
2015-12-01 1072030
2016-01-01 1104917
2016-02-01 1118087
2016-03-01 1088268
2016-04-01 1079944
2016-05-01 1093756
2016-06-01 1085720
2016-07-01 1073895
2016-08-01 1082421
2016-09-01 1073993
2016-10-01 1089668
2016-11-01 1106543
2016-12-01 1131512
2017-01-01 1123227
2017-02-01 1129561
2017-03-01 1122321
2017-04-01 1129825
2017-05-01 1138570
2017-06-01 1142029
2017-07-01 1134216
2017-08-01 1144874
2017-09-01 1118242
2017-10-01 1155416
2017-11-01 1158524
2017-12-01 1169258
2018-01-01 1167398
2018-02-01 1194928
2018-03-01 1203542
2018-04-01 1199016
2018-05-01 1211884
2018-06-01 1215431
2018-07-01 1210289
2018-08-01 1201034
2018-09-01 1193431
2018-10-01 1199434
2018-11-01 1193775
2018-12-01 1212413
2019-01-01 1195147
2019-02-01 1175090
2019-03-01 1171183
2019-04-01 1154700
2019-05-01 1136350
2019-06-01 1133915
2019-07-01 1138435
2019-08-01 1128694
2019-09-01 1124896
2019-10-01 1106949
2019-11-01 1100410
2019-12-01 1090478
2020-01-01 1100339
2020-02-01 1077857
2020-03-01 1017455
2020-04-01 956822
2020-05-01 982464
2020-06-01 1064331
2020-07-01 1128625
2020-08-01 1168643
2020-09-01 1203617
2020-10-01 1203067
2020-11-01 1238155
2020-12-01 1249214
2021-01-01 1275456
2021-02-01 1101709
2021-03-01 1255017
2021-04-01 1259611
2021-05-01 1219393
2021-06-01 1194485
2021-07-01 1153287
2021-08-01 1128953
2021-09-01 1128279
2021-10-01 1111786
2021-11-01 1114032
2021-12-01 1117770
2022-01-01 1109495
2022-02-01 1122576
2022-03-01 1165056
2022-04-01 1161432
2022-05-01 1166335
2022-06-01 1132844
2022-07-01 1121565
2022-08-01 1111603
2022-09-01 1081530
2022-10-01 1091059
2022-11-01 1060494
2022-12-01 1032745
2023-01-01 1036710
2023-02-01 1022671
2023-03-01 1007578
2023-04-01 1018775
2023-05-01 1030671
2023-06-01 1043659
2023-07-01 1061751
2023-08-01 1045799
2023-09-01 1079030
2023-10-01 1113656
2023-11-01 1117788
2023-12-01 1132465
2024-01-01 1090166
2024-02-01 1141122
2024-03-01 1129411
2024-04-01 1087819
2024-05-01 1106898
2024-06-01 1139542
2024-07-01 1153986
2024-08-01 1186432

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