BTS | Table 1-29: Class I Railroad Locomotive Fleet by Year Built

Table 1-29: Class I Railroad Locomotive Fleet by Year Built

(Locomotive units)

Year built^a	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	18,835	18,344	18,004	18,161	18,505	18,812	19,269	19,684	20,261	20,256	20,028	19,745	20,506	20,774	22,015	22,779	23,732
Before 1970	5,117	4,353	4,038	3,766	3,535	b	b	b	b	b	f	f	f	f	f	j	j
1970-74	3,852	3,617	3,384	3,248	3,184	^c6,048	^c5,783	^c5,529	^c5,565	^c5196	f	f	f	f	f	j	j
1975-79	4,432	4,375	4,292	4,352	4,275	4,254	4,274	4,219	4,116	4,000	^g8,541	^g7,862	^g7,133	^g6,889	^g 7,056	j	j
1980-84	2,837	2,826	2,784	2,730	2,625	2,754	2,735	2,728	2,723	2,581	2,411	2,153	1,790	1,655	1,585	^k 8,705	^k8237
1985-89	1,989	1,985	1,970	1,968	1,971	1,890	1,866	1,829	1,830	1,779	1,775	1,672	1,807	1,791	1,799	1,786	1,735
1990	608	605	604	604	599	^d2,965	^d2,959	^d2,958	^d2,736	^d2,688	^d2,648	^d2,667	^d2,702	^d2,700	^d2,715	^d2,783	^d2740
1991		583	595	595	594	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e
1992			337	340	339	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e
1993				558	602	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e
1994					781	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e	e
1995						901	945	983	953	951	973	^h4,020	^h4,582	^h4,673	^h4,672	^h4,348	^h4535
1996							707	696	708	706	697	i	i	i	i	i	i
1997								742	741	743	745	i	i	i	i	i	i
1998									889	890	890	i	i	i	i	i	i
1999										722	713	i	i	i	i	i	i
2000											635	691	987	863	863	^l4,350	^l4673
2001												680	810	891	891	m	m
2002													695	725	722	m	m
2003														587	591	m	m
2004															1,121	m	m
2005																807	881
2006																	931

^a Disregards year of rebuilding.

^b Included in 1970-74 category.

^c Includes all locomotives built before 1975.

^d Includes locomotives built between 1990-94.

^eIncluded in 1990 category.

^fIncluded in 1975-79 category.

^g Includes all locomotives built before 1980.

^h Includes locomotives built between 1995-99.

ⁱ Included in 1995 category.

^j Included in 1980-84 category.

^k Includes all locomotives built before 1985.

^l Includes locomotives built between 2000-04.

^m Included in 2000 category.

SOURCE

Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2007 (Washington, DC: 2007), p. 50 and similar pages in earlier editions.