The Latest US railroad freight traffic (as on 12 September 2009) statistics have been released by the Association of American Railraods. The chart below provides an overivew. The statistics indicate that the freight handled was down 19.8 percent compared to an year earlier. All 19 carload freight commdity groups were donw from last year. Interestingly, the lowest declines were in farm products, excluding grain (1.5%) and the highest in metallic ores (52.3%). The "Cash-for-clunkers" programme was responsible for a big jump in the auto freight movement, which in turn positively impacted the overall statistics.
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