https://www.aar.org/news/rail-traffic-for-the-week-ending-february-22-2020/
traffic is down 7.6 % y-o-y ... depending on which week you look at.
figure vary from negative 6.6 to neg 8.6% for different weeks in February.
by this measure, yes we are in recession. (still). it is not just a coronavirus problem. traffic has been negative even before the virus became an issue.
coal, down 23,225 carloads
Other than coal, carloads are flat.
Is the 6% fall in containers & intermodal the first sign of the import slowdown?