2010 Rail Traffic tops 2009 during most recent week

Union Pacific Locomotives hauling freight through Oregon. Freight traffic on U.S. railroads registered small gains in comparison to the same week ended February 6, 2009 but continued to trail levels reported in 2008 according to a report by the Association of American Railroads. For the week ending Feb. 6, 2010, U.S. railroads originated 268,033 carloads, up 1.4 percent compared with the same week in 2009, but down 14.7 percent from the same week in 2008.