Key Performance Metrics
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Carloads and Revenue Ton Miles (RTMs)
Week Ending September 30, 2023
165,767
Weekly Carloads
2 weeks ago: 161,741
3 weeks ago: 163,805
8,348
Revenue Ton Miles
2 weeks ago: 8,002
3 weeks ago: 7,866
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 September 29, 2023
208
Freight Car Velocity
2 weeks ago: 209
3 weeks ago: 207
19.0
Train Velocity
2 weeks ago: 19.2
3 weeks ago: 18.9
7.8
Switch & Run-through
Car Dwell
2 weeks ago: 7.8
3 weeks ago: 7.8
176,426
Operating Car Inventory
2 weeks ago: 173,779
3 weeks ago: 172,315
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.
24.1
AAR Train Speed
2 weeks ago: 24.3
3 weeks ago: 24.1
308,553
System Inventory
2 weeks ago: 307,743
3 weeks ago: 308,113
23.3
Terminal Dwell
2 weeks ago: 23.2
3 weeks ago: 22.5
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.