Over the past ten days, 65,666 containers moved east on these two routes through the southwest United States. BNSF moved 58.5% of the total container volume and 61% of the domestic container volume.
Southbound rail volume into the USs remained largely unchanged from August, dropping just 0.7% in September. CN’s southbound volume dropped 1.8% while CPKC had a moderate increase of 1.1%.
Grain export carloads saw the biggest increase in September, as was expected with the start of the grain harvest season. Total grain carloads rose 75% from August.
Total train volume westbound to the Port of Vancouver increased 14.1% in September compared to August. The biggest gain came from Grain trains, which jumped 65.2% from 46 trains in August to 76 trains in September.
The total average daily volume headed eastbound from the Western Canada ports was down 15.6% in September compared to August. Compared to earlier in the year when CPKC moved about one third of international intermodal containers from the western ports, CPKC moved 42% in September.
Schedule your in-depth demo today to explore how Rail Network Intelligence can unlock insights for your rail supply chain.
Take the uncertainty out of rail with the only independent source of data on train volumes, commodity flows, corridor performance, system bottlenecks, train lengths, and more.
Copyright © 2025 RailState LLC