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Freight Facts and Figures 2013

Table 4-3. Economic Characteristics of Freight Railroads: 2000 and 2011

Railroads include Class I (national), Class II (regional), and Class III (local) carriers. In all three classes of railroads, revenue grew while employment declined between 2000 and 2011.

Table 4-3

Table in Excel format | Historical data

Blank cell. Class I
Non-Class I
Total
2000 2011 2000 2011 2000 2011
Number of railroads 8 7 552 560 560 567
Freight revenue (billions of current dollars) 33.1 65.0 3.2 4.0 36.3 68.9
Operating revenue (billions of current dollars) 34.1 67.4 NA NA NA NA
Employees 168,360 158.23 23,448 17,317 191,808 175,940

Key: NA = not available.

Notes:

Class I railroads have annual carrier operating revenue of $433.2 million or more. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

Source:

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

 


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