"Freight traffic on U.S. railroads is continuing to show solid signs of recovery with carload freight volume hitting its highest level since November 2008 during the week ended March 27, 2010, according to the weekly report from the Association of American Railroads. U.S. railroads originated 293,114 carloads during the week, up 16.5 percent from the comparable week in 2009, and the highest weekly carload total since the week ended November 29, 2008.
Combined North American rail volume for the first 12 weeks of 2010 on 13 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 4,324,920 carloads, up 4.8 percent from last year, and 3,036,161 trailers and containers, up 9 percent from last year."
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