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Weekly Railroad Service Report Update – 2/5/15

  • February 6, 2015
  • by wbabler
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) published the 16th weekly service report update for Class 1 railroads spanning data acquired from January 25th to January 31st. Overall, ethanol and grain transportation speeds were flat to higher while weekly held cars increased marginally. Ethanol Transportation: • Average train speeds for ethanol transportation increased 4.8% week-over-week to 22.2 MPH. Ethanol train speeds were 12.6% higher than the initial data point released 15 weeks ago and 6.4% higher than the previous 15 week average ethanol train speeds. Weekly Average Train Speed-Ethanol - Feb 5 • Ethanol cars held 48-120 hours increased 14.1% week-over-week to a four week high. Ethanol cars held 48-120 hours were 31.4% higher than the initial data point released 15 weeks ago and 0.3% higher than the previous 15 week average cars held 48-120 hours. Weekly Cars Held 48-120 Hours-Ethanol - Feb 5 • Ethanol cars held longer than 120 hours increased 44.3% off of the previous 15 week low. Ethanol cars held longer than 120 hours were 0.3% lower than the initial data point released 15 weeks ago and 23.1% lower than the previous 15 week average cars held longer than 120 hours. Weekly Cars Held Greater Than 48-120 Hours-Ethanol - Feb 5 Grain Transportation: • Average train speeds for grain transportation remained mostly flat for the fourth consecutive week, increasing 0.2% week-over-week to 21.8 MPH. Grain train speeds remain 4.9% higher than the initial data point released 15 weeks ago and 4.4% higher than the previous 15 week average grain train speeds. Weekly Average Train Speed-Grain - Feb 5 • Grain cars held 48-120 hours increased to a four week high, finishing up 9.4% week-over-week. Grain cars held 48-120 hours were 72.5% higher than the initial data point released 15 weeks ago and 10.6% higher than the previous 15 week average cars held 48-120 hours. Weekly Cars Held 48-120 Hours-Grain - Feb 5 • After three consecutive weekly declines, grain cars held longer than 120 hours increased slightly week-over-week, finishing up 6.3%. Grain cars held longer than 120 hours were 13.5% higher than the initial data point released 15 weeks ago but remain 5.1% lower than the previous 15 week average cars held longer than 120 hours. Weekly Cars Held Greater Than 48-120 Hours-Grain - Feb 5
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