Carloads
STB reported · carloads
Railroad Trends · Indexed comparison
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See how selected measures changed from the same starting quarter. Exact values and annual traffic remain separate.
3 measures · 2025 Q1–2026 Q2Quarterly · relative movement
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Average employeesOperating revenueTotal capital expenditures
Canadian National · solid
STB reportedRailStats calculatedIndexed comparison
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2026 Q2 · change from 2025 Q1
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| Railroad / measure | Exact value | Index | Change from start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian National · Average employeesRailStats calculated | 6,198 | 96.0 | -4.0% |
| Canadian National · Operating revenueRailStats calculated | $1,024,534,542 | 112.7 | +12.7% |
| Canadian National · Total capital expendituresRailStats calculated | $145,029,617 | 93.3 | -6.7% |
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| Railroad / measure | 2025 Q1 | 2025 Q2 | 2025 Q3 | 2025 Q4 | 2026 Q1 | 2026 Q2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian National · Average employeesRailStats calculated | 6,453Index 100.0 | 6,459Index 100.1 | 6,451Index 100.0 | 6,365Index 98.6 | 6,254Index 96.9 | 6,198Index 96.0 |
| Canadian National · Operating revenueRailStats calculated | $908,949,883Index 100.0 | $909,207,053Index 100.0 | $927,368,707Index 102.0 | $927,315,465Index 102.0 | $914,326,587Index 100.6 | $1,024,534,542Index 112.7 |
| Canadian National · Total capital expendituresRailStats calculated | $155,381,755Index 100.0 | $145,711,189Index 93.8 | $213,856,861Index 137.6 | $243,543,493Index 156.7 | $124,913,752Index 80.4 | $145,029,617Index 93.3 |
Separate period · annual traffic
2025 full-year traffic
Only one annual year is available, so these are snapshots, not trend lines. Annual totals are not repeated across quarters or plotted on the quarterly index. Timeline controls above do not change this full-year view.
Tons
STB reported · tons
Gross freight revenue
STB reported · nominal USD
Each measure has its own bar scale. Larger totals reflect scale of operations; they do not by themselves indicate efficiency or better performance.
Sources, formulas, and limits
Average employees
RailStats calculated · Quarterly Wage A&B
Sum of the six STB-reported occupational-group average-employee values. Quarterly average. Not a point-in-time headcount.
Operating revenue
RailStats calculated · Quarterly Revenue, Expenses & Income
Sum of five STB-reported operating-revenue line items. Quarterly nominal dollars.
Total capital expenditures
RailStats calculated · Quarterly Condensed Balance Sheet
STB-reported road expenditures plus STB-reported equipment expenditures. Quarter-only nominal dollars.
Index = selected-quarter value ÷ first-quarter value × 100. A zero, negative, or missing starting value cannot be indexed and is marked unavailable; later missing values break the line. Annual traffic uses the reported annual Freight Commodity Statistics totals.
How to read this view
Patterns can guide questions, not prove causes.
Reported facts, RailStats.org-calculated totals, and indexed values remain labeled separately. Annual traffic stays outside the quarterly overlay because its reporting period does not align.