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Freight Facts and Figures 2008

Table 4-2. Economic Characteristics of Freight Railroads: 2000 and 2006

Revenue grew while employment declined in both the national (Class I) railroads and the regional and local railroads during the first half of the decade.

Table in Excel format | Historical data

Blank cell. Class I
2000
Class I
2006
Non-Class I
2000
Non-Class I
2006
Total
2000
Total
2006
Number of railroads 8 7 552 552 560 559
Freight revenue (billions $) 33.1 50.3 3.2 3.7 36.3 54.0
Operating revenue (billions $) 34.1 52.2 NA NA NA NA
Employees 168,360 167,581 23,448 19,376 191,808 186,957

Key: NA = not available.

Source:

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

 

 


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