Freight Facts and Figures 2010
Table 4-2. Economic Characteristics of Freight Railroads: 2000 and 2008
Revenue grew while employment declined in both the national (Class I) railroads and the regional and local railroads between 2000 and 2008.
Table in Excel format | Historical data
 |
Class I 2000 |
Class I 2008 |
Non-Class I 2000 |
Non-Class I 2008 |
Total 2000 |
Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of railroads | 8 | 7 | 552 | 558 | 560 | 565 |
| Freight revenue (billions of current dollars) | 33.1 | 59.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 36.3 | 63.4 |
| Operating revenue (billions of current dollars) | 34.1 | 61.2 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Employees | 168,360 | 164,439 | 23,448 | 19,304 | 191,808 | 183,743 |
Key: NA = not available.
Source:
Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: annual issues), p. 3.
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