Econintersect: Week 13 of 2014 shows same week total rail traffic (from same week one year ago) grew according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR) traffic data. The rolling averages are strengthening.
The weekly data is fairly noisy, and the best way to view it is to look at the rolling averages:
|  | Percent current rolling average  is larger than the rolling average of one year ago | Current rate of growth accelerating or decelerating | Current rolling average accelerating or decelerating compared to the rolling average one year ago |
| 4 week rolling average | 6.4% | accelerating | accelerating |
| 13 week rolling average | 2.3% | accelerating | accelerating |
| 52 week rolling average | 2.3% | accelerating | accelerating |
A summary of the data from the AAR:
