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Freight Facts and Figures 2010

Table 4-2. Economic Characteristics of Freight Railroads: 2000, 2006, 2007, and 2008 (Historical)

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Blank cell. Class I
2000
Class I
2006
Class I
2007
Class I
2008
Non-Class I
2000
Non-Class I
2006
Non-Class I
2007
Non-Class I
2008
Total
2000
Total
2006
Total
2007
Total
2008
Number of railroads 8 7 7 7 552 552 556 558 560 559 563 565
Freight revenue (billions of current dollars) 33.1 50.3 52.9 59.4 3.2 3.7 3.9 4.0 36.3 54.0 56.8 63.4
Operating revenue (billions of current dollars) 34.1 52.2 54.6 61.2 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Employees 168,360 167,581 167,216 164,439 23,448 19,376 19,596 19,304 191,808 186,957 186,812 183,743

Key: NA = not available.

Source:

Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual issues), p. 3.

 


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