The following table details the number of freight carloads on major Canadian railroads for the week ended March 10 compared with the same week a year ago, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Raw goods including coal, lumber, and grain account for most carloads. For that reason, intermodal traffic -- truck trailers and multi-use containers hauled by rail, representing mainly finished goods, is reported separately.

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                       Total  Year Ago   YOY %   YTD 2012   YTD 2011   YTD %
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Intermodal total      49,253    42,168   16.8%    482,252    451,279    6.9%
 Containers           47,866    40,609   17.9%    468,546    436,970    7.2%
 Trailers              1,387     1,559  -11.0%     13,706     14,309   -4.2%

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Total carloads        75,100    71,691    4.8%    750,911    703,564    6.7%
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                       Total  Year Ago   YOY %   YTD 2012   YTD 2011   YTD %
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Grain                  8,958     8,338    7.4%     89,577     82,335    8.8%
Farm, ex-grain         2,755     2,716    1.4%     30,544     27,838    9.7%
Metallic ores         10,826    11,597   -6.6%    121,618    115,225    5.5%
Coal                   8,937     6,648   34.4%     86,056     69,047   24.6%
Crushed stone          2,095     1,477   41.8%     17,856     13,021   37.1%
Non-metal minerals     1,401     1,552   -9.7%     14,668     14,275    2.8%
Grain mill products    1,475     1,786  -17.4%     16,254     17,049   -4.7%
Food                   2,167     2,117    2.4%     21,774     21,127    3.1%
Primary forest         1,693     1,540    9.9%     15,575     14,480    7.6%
Lumber                 2,735     2,588    5.7%     26,759     23,458   14.1%
Pulp and paper         3,358     3,661   -8.3%     34,041     36,872   -7.7%
Chemicals             10,261    11,784  -12.9%    100,825    114,887  -12.2%
Petroleum Prod.        5,767     4,560   26.5%     52,809     46,069   14.6%
Stone, Clay, Glass     1,469     1,288   14.1%     13,412     11,276   18.9%
Coke                     458       436    5.0%      4,139      3,112   33.0%
Metals                 2,214     2,108    5.0%     22,829     19,991   14.2%
Motor vehicles         5,969     5,218   14.4%     55,175     49,429   11.6%
Iron & Steel Scrap     1,023       817   25.2%     10,739      9,074   18.3%
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                       Total  Year Ago   YOY %   YTD 2012   YTD 2011   YTD %
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Waste/nonferrous         437       246   77.6%      4,830      2,850   69.5%
All others             1,102     1,214   -9.2%     11,431     12,149   -5.9%
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NOTE: Major, or Class 1, railroads include Burlington Northern- Santa
Fe, CSX, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific.
U.S. subsidiaries of Canadian railroads -- Canadian National and
Canadian Pacific -- are counted separately.

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads,

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