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TABLE I-4 New and Rebuilt Locomotives and Freight Cars: 1995-2005

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  Locomotives Percentage of fleet Freight cars Percentage of fleet
1995 1,129 6.0 66,052 5.4
1996 821 4.3 59,993 4.8
1997 811 4.1 51,963 4.1
1998 1,061 5.2 83,076 6.3
1999 865 4.3 77,901 5.7
2000 721 3.6 58,245 4.2
2001 755 3.8 35,475 2.7
2002 778 3.8 18,832 1.4
2003 621 3.0 33,155 2.6
2004 1,126 5.1 47,843 3.7
2005 911 4.0 70,154 5.3

NOTES: Locomotive data are for Class I railroads only. Freight car data cover Class I railroads, other railroads, and private car owners.

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2006 (Washington, DC: 2006), pp. 49, 51, and 55.