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Coal weighs down US rail freight volume

2016 was "challenging for freight railroads".

Lou Caruana

US carload traffic for 2016 was 13,096,860 carloads, down 8.2%, while intermodal containers and trailers were 13,490,491 units, down 1.6% when compared to 2015. Association of American Railroads senior...

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