July Rail Traffic Mixed and Heading Down

Batten down the hatches boys, the storm ahead looks like it?s going to be another rough one.[/url] The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported this week mixed results for July monthly rail traffic compared with the same month last year, with U.S. railroads originating 1,111,682 carloads, down 1 percent, and 895,649 trailers and containers, up 1.3 percent.