Rail Traffic Up in November
OTTAWA - Jan 27/16 - SNS -- Freight handled by Canadian railways totalled 28.2 million metric tons (MT) in November, up 2.2% from the same month a year earlier, according to Statistics Canada.
Freight originating in Canada increased 4.9% to 25.7 million MT. These shipments are composed of both non-intermodal and intermodal freight.
Non-intermodal freight rose 4.6% to 281,000 carloads. The amount of freight loaded into these cars increased 4.8% to 23.0 million MT. The gain reflected an increase in freight loadings of iron ores and concentrates (up 0.6 million MT), lumber (up 0.1 million MT), animal feed and products (up 0.1 million MT) and wheat (up 0.1 million MT).
Intermodal freight loadings rose 5.7% to 177,000 units in November. In terms of weight, intermodal traffic was up 5.4% to 2.7 million MT as a result of an increase in containerized cargo shipments.
Freight traffic received from the United States fell 19.5% to 2.5 million MT as a result of a decline in non-intermodal shipments.
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