US coal train loadings grew 9.4% week on week on increased output from Appalachia and the Powder River Basin.
Data filed by the four major US railroads -- CSX, Union Pacific, BNSF and Norfolk Southern -- for the week ended January 19 shows US coal loadings averaged 94.7 trains/d, up from 86.5 trains/d the previous week.
Central Appalachian and Northern Appalachian loadings were up for the third straight week. CAPP loadings climbed to 14.8 trains/d from 10.6 trains/d, and NAPP counts were up to 10.3 trains/d from 7.3 trains/d.
PRB loadings increased to 56.9 trains/d from 53.6 trains/d the prior week.
Illinois Basin loadings slipped to 5.8 trains/d from 7.6 trains/d.
In other production areas, Utica Basin loadings were down to 3 trains/d from 4.1 trains/d, while loadings from the outside the primary basins were up to 3.9 trains/d from 3.4 trains/d.
