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Yesterday, RailAmerica Inc. reported February carloads of 66,409, up 1.4 percent compared with February 2009 volume.

Carloadings increased in five of 12 commodity groups, with agricultural products and metallic ores/metals traffic driving the year-over-year gain.

Agricultural products carloads increased primarily due to higher shipments in the West, Central and Midwest regions; metallic ores and metals were up primarily due to higher shipments in the Northeast and Southeast, according to a RailAmerica prepared statement.

Through 2010’s first two months, the company’s carloads rose 3 percent to 133,853 units compared with volume from the same 2009 period.

RailAmerica owns and operates 40 regionals and short lines in the United States and Canada.