Weekly Railfax Report

Summary of Rail Freight Traffic from Atlantic Systems Inc.
2005 Annual Summary

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Total Industry

Major Commodity Groups Total Grain Chemicals Food Forest Metals Coal Autos Intermodal
Current Week                  
Vs. 2004 4.6% (2.6%) (5.0%) 2.0% (6.4%) (4.2%) 5.9% 14.1% 8.6%
Vs. 2003 9.7% (14.4%) (1.8%) 4.4% 4.2% (22.0%) 2.4% 94.3% 27.5%
4 Week Rolling Avg.                  
Vs. 2004 4.7% 1.1% 0.0% 4.4% (0.5%) (2.0%) 1.8% (0.0%) 9.6%
Vs. 2003 12.1% (6.1%) 5.1% 5.6% 5.0% (13.9%) 5.2% 9.9% 27.7%
Quarter to Date                  
Vs. 2004 2.0% (3.2%) (3.7%) 3.8% (1.9%) (5.1%) 0.2% (0.3%) 6.6%
Vs. 2003 7.3% (10.7%) (0.4%) 3.3% 1.0% (13.3%) 3.1% (3.3%) 20.6%
Year to Date                  
Vs. 2004 2.9% 0.3% (0.8%) 3.9% (0.1%) (2.9%) 1.5% (2.2%) 6.4%
Vs. 2003 7.6% 2.2% 3.7% 1.2% 1.1% (9.7%) 4.6% (5.1%) 17.5%

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Individual Carriers

Carriers   CSX NSC BNSF KSU UNP CNI CP TFM
Current Week                  
Vs. 2004   (1.0%) 6.5% 4.8% 4.5% 5.4% 1.6% 6.8% 3.1%
Vs. 2003   (1.2%) 26.6% 16.4% 9.2% 11.1% 15.5% (2.0%) 24.1%
4 Week Rolling Avg.                  
Vs. 2004   1.6% 5.2% 5.5% 5.8% 4.4% 0.2% 7.6% (10.9%)
Vs. 2003   5.0% 22.2% 18.9% 11.8% 7.7% 15.8% 11.0% 11.9%
Quarter to Date                  
Vs. 2004   (0.9%) 3.3% 4.0% (1.6%) 1.8% (2.2%) 2.6% (6.7%)
Vs. 2003   (0.3%) 15.3% 15.7% 1.5% 4.1% 10.5% 3.5% 6.3%
Year to Date                  
Vs. 2004   (0.2%) 4.5% 5.4% 2.0% 1.2% (0.1%) (0.6%) 0.0%
Vs. 2003   1.7% 13.7% 16.2% 11.4% 3.5% 11.1% 5.6% 6.6%
Market Share                  
2005   25.4% 26.9% 34.6% 3.6% 33.0%      
2004   26.2% 26.5% 33.8% 3.7% 33.5%      

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Total North American Rail Traffic

Combined US, Canadian and Mexican Traffic

North American Major Commodity Groups Total Grain Chemicals Food Forest Metals Coal Autos Intermodal
Current Week                  
Vs. 2004 5.3% 7.2% (4.8%) 1.4% (5.6%) (2.0%) 5.9% 16.7% 9.6%
Vs. 2003 10.8% (13.8%) (3.3%) 3.6% 6.5% (3.7%) 2.7% 103.9% 25.3%
4 Week Rolling Avg.                  
Vs. 2004 4.3% 4.4% (1.8%) 3.2% (0.4%) (2.7%) 1.7% (0.5%) 9.7%
Vs. 2003 13.2% (0.5%) 4.1% 4.5% 11.5% 1.1% 5.5% 10.7% 26.0%
Quarter to Date                  
Vs. 2004 1.5% (0.4%) (4.5%) 2.7% (3.0%) (5.2%) (0.3%) (2.1%) 6.5%
Vs. 2003 8.1% (4.9%) (0.3%) 1.9% 7.9% 1.8% 2.7% (2.7%) 18.6%
Year to Date                  
Vs. 2004 2.4% 0.2% (1.1%) 3.0% (1.1%) (2.6%) 1.5% (2.9%) 5.9%
Vs. 2003 8.5% 4.8% 4.2% 1.3% 8.5% 6.3% 4.9% (3.7%) 15.1%

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Total North American Rail Traffic (US, Canada and Mexico)
4 Week Rolling Averages
Total Rail Traffic Intermodal Traffic

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Total Industry Charts

Year over Year Percent Change
13 Week Rolling Averages
Total Traffic Intermodal Traffic
Baseline Traffic Cyclical Traffic

Weekly Loaded Units
4 Week Rolling Averages
Total Rail Traffic Intermodal Traffic
Baseline Traffic Cyclical Traffic

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Individual Carrier Charts

Total Carrier Traffic Trends
4 Week Rolling Averages
CSX Norfolk Southern
BNSF Union Pacific
Kansas City Southern
Canadian National Canadian Pacific
TFM


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Industrial Production

Motor Vehicles and Chemicals are the two largest commodities in the cyclical traffic chart presented above. Tracking these two economically sensitive commodities gives an up to the minute view of the nation's economy. Recession or momentary downturn? These commodities could be key leading indicators. As with all Railshare data, these charts track shipments through the week ending on the preceeding Saturday.
Total North American Carloads
4 Week Rolling Average
(Includes Canadian and Mexican traffic)
Motor Vehicle Traffic Chemicals and Allied Products

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What is Railshare

Railshare is a comprehensive database of North American rail traffic. The data are provided each Thursday by the Association of American Railroads. Atlantic Systems Inc. processes this information and redistributes the data in an easy to use format. Each week's report covers the seven day period ending the preceding Saturday. Rail traffic is disaggregated between carload (traffic moving in traditional freight cars such as box cars, tank cars and hoppers) and intermodal traffic (containers and piggyback service). Railshare provides commodity breakdowns for carload traffic; commodity detail for intermodal traffic is unavailable. Railroads originate and also move traffic jointly with other originating carriers. The carrier totals shown in Railshare aggregate all traffic handled by individual carriers. Market shares are calculated as total handlings by carrier divided by total U.S. originated rail traffic. Railshare graphs show four major breakdowns of rail traffic. Total traffic includes all carload and intermodal traffic; carload traffic is further divided between economically sensitive commodities (cyclical) and those that are less affected by the business cycle (baseline).

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Last Updated on 01/09/06
By Mark Schulberg


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