Coal train loadings in the US dipped in the week ended November 3, declining to their lowest 

level since the holiday-shortened week ended July 7, according to Surface Transportation Bo

ard data. 

An average of 97.2 trains/d loaded during the week, down 2.8% from last week and down 10.8

% from  the year-ago  week.  Loadings have averaged more than 100 trains/d for much of the 

summer. 

In the Powder River Basin, an average of 55 trains/d loaded during the week, down 2% from t

he prior week and down 17.2% from the year-ago week. It was the lowest daily average since t

he week ended May 19. 

Illinois  Basin  loadings  averaged 8.2 trains/d, up 5.8% from the prior week and up 17.4% from 

the year-ago week. 

Central  Appalachia  loadings averaged 15.8 trains/d, down 8.8% from last week but up 17% 

from last year,  while  Northern  Appalachia  loadings  averaged  11.3 trains/d, up 1.3% from 

the prior week but down 14.1% from the year-ago week.