Shows weekly total outstanding export sales compared to the same weeks in previous years. Total outstanding sales includes the sum of outstanding sales in the current marketing year and the next. Includes filters to drill-down to specific countries and commodities.

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Line chart showing weekly Europe Brent Spot Price in dollars per barrel from the Energy Information Administration, filtered to include the last year of data. Filterable by date.

Average fuel surcharges over time. Shows all dates and averages across all 7 Class I railroads unless specific date or railroad filters are set.

Fuel surcharge data is collected monthly from individual railroad websites. Fuel surcharges apply per mile per car. They are typically billed on top of tariff rates, but note that tariff- and contract-specific fuel surcharges may differ from the reported surcharge. For instance, BNSF publishes three separate fuel surcharge series, based on different strike prices. Their $1.25 strike price was in effect on some grain tariffs prior to March 2011, when the $2.50 strike price calculation went into effect. In February 2015, BNSF removed the fuel surcharge from its grain tariffs. In January 2021, BNSF added the fuel surcharge back to its grain tariffs at the $3.25 strike price. All three series are included in this dataset.

Query from the weekly train speeds dataset that averages grain train speeds for each year, month, and railroad.

Query from the weekly secondary auction markets dataset that averages bids for each year, month, and railroad, either BNSF or UP. Year and month represent the contract delivery period, not when the bids were placed.

This chart shows historical grain train speeds, averaged by month, to provide a sense of long-term trends. Use the filters to select different date ranges, commodities, or railroads.

Daily Europe Brent Spot Price (FOB in dollars per barrel) from the Energy Information Administration

Weekly US on-highway diesel prices (all types) from the Energy Information Administration for the past two years, showing recent fuel price trends.