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Freight Facts and Figures 2012

Table 4-3. Economic Characteristics of Freight Railroads: 2000 and 2006-2010 (Historical)

Table in Excel format

Blank cell. Class I Non-Class I Total
2000 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2000 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2000 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Number of railroads 8 7 7 7 7 7 552 552 556 558 556 558 560 559 563 565 563 565
Freight revenue (billions of current dollars) 33.1 50.3 52.9 59.4 46.1 56.3 3.2 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.3 3.3 36.3 54.0 56.8 63.4 49.4 59.6
Operating revenue (billions of current dollars) 34.1 52.2 54.6 61.2 47.8 58.4 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Employees 168,360 167,581 167,216 164,439 151,906 151,854 23,448 19,376 19,596 19,304 17,985 17,426 191,808 186,957 186,812 183,743 169,891 169,280

Key: NA = not available

Source:

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

 


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