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15 September 2026

US rail booming but all eyes remain on merger fight

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US rail booming but all eyes remain on merger fight

Key takeaway: American freight railroads are in the middle of their strongest sustained run since before the pandemic. The industry is too busy fighting over a merger to notice. US freight railroads just posted their 22nd consecutive week of year-over-year traffic gains, and the reaction across the logistics trade has been roughly equivalent to a shrug. For the week ending September 5, total US rail traffic hit 533,545 carloads and intermodal ... The post US rail booming but all eyes remain on merger fight appeared first on The Loadstar .

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