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
 |
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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