US  coal  carload volumes in the week ending November 11 slid 1.7% from the prior week as 

counts continued to trend below year-ago levels, the Association of American Railroads said 

Wednesday. 

The AAR reported 85,378 coal carloads traveled US railways in most recent reporting week, 

down 7.3% from the year-ago week. 

Coal shipments have remained below year-ago counts in nine straight weeks. 

Despite recent declines during a slow domestic market in the fall shoulder season, coal counts 

year to date are up 9.5%, or about 332,000 carloads, compared to the first 45 weeks of 2016. 

Canadian  railroads   --  which  include  the US operations of Canadian National, which serves 

several  mines  in the Illinois Basin, and Canadian Pacific -- saw originations fall to 6,301 coal 

carloads, down 10.8% from the previous week and down 13.3% from the same week last year. 

Canadian coal volumes are up 6.4% year to date.