Key Performance Metrics

Carloads and Revenue Ton Miles (RTMs)

Week Ending March 23, 2024

 

156,411

Weekly Carloads

2 weeks ago: 156,270

3 weeks ago: 154,992

 

8,040

Revenue Ton Miles

2 weeks ago: 7,706

3 weeks ago: 7,642

Definitions

Weekly Carloads
Weekly carloads as reported to the AAR.
RTMs
Weekly Revenue Ton Miles (RTMs) by key market segments in millions. RTMs are calculated by multiplying the weight of freight by the number of tariff miles.

 

Weekly Key Performance Metrics

Week Ending March 22, 2024*

*Union Pacific transitioned to a new transportation system in early January.  In addition to the impact of winter weather, the system change may result in some variability to metrics over the next few weeks.

 

203

Freight Car Velocity

2 weeks ago: 205

3 weeks ago: 201

 

19.5

Train Velocity

2 weeks ago: 19.4

3 weeks ago: 19.1

 

7.6

Switch & Run-through

Car Dwell

2 weeks ago: 7.6

3 weeks ago: 7.7

 

175,613

Operating Car Inventory

2 weeks ago: 175,864

3 weeks ago: 177,912

Definitions

Car Velocity:
Measures the average daily miles a car moves on Union Pacific from release/interchange to placement/interchange, loaded or empty. Excludes non-revenue cars.
Train Velocity
Measures the time from origin departure until final arrival, including time at intermediate terminals. Calculated by dividing train miles by train hours (mph) for through freight trains.
Switch & Run-through Car Dwell
Measures dwell in hours for any car classification or run-through train activity at a railroad station.
Operating Car Inventory
Daily snapshot of cars in normal movement, hold, or released at customer status on Union Pacific. Excludes cars at industry for loading or unloading, offline or stored. Articulated well and spine cars counted individually. Excludes non-revenue cars.

 

 

24.0

AAR Train Speed

2 weeks ago: 23.8

3 weeks ago: 23.5

 

306,523

System Inventory

2 weeks ago: 306,926

3 weeks ago: 308,550

 

22.9

Terminal Dwell

2 weeks ago: 23.2

3 weeks ago: 23.2

Definitions

AAR Train Speed
AAR measure of the time from origin departure until final arrival, excluding intermediate terminal dwell. Calculated by divided train miles by train hours for through freight trains.
System inventory
AAR measure of average daily inventory of all freight cars in revenue fleet regardless of location or status. Includes cars located on shortline railroads, cars delivered to customer facilities and stored cars. Articulated cars are counted as a single unit.
Terminal dwell
AAR measure of average hours a car resides at the specified terminal location. Begins with train arrival, customer release or interchange receipt. Ends with train departure, customer placement, interchange offering or delivery. Excludes cars that move through a terminal on run-through trains.