BTS | Table 1-26: Class I Railroad Locomotive Fleet by Year Built

Table 1-26: Class I Railroad Locomotive Fleet by Year Built

(Locomotive units)

Year built^a	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total	18,835	18,344	18,004	18,161	18,505	18,812	19,269	19,684	20,261	20,256	20,028
Before 1970	5,117	4,353	4,038	3,766	3,535	^b	^b	^b	^b	^b	^f
1970-74	3,852	3,617	3,384	3,248	3,184	^c6,048	^c5,783	^c5,529	^c5,565	^c5196	^f
1975-79	4,432	4,375	4,292	4,352	4,275	4,254	4,274	4,219	4,116	4,000	^g8,541
1980-84	2,837	2,826	2,784	2,730	2,625	2,754	2,735	2,728	2,723	2,581	2,411
1985-89	1,989	1,985	1,970	1,968	1,971	1,890	1,866	1,829	1,830	1,779	1,775
1990	608	605	604	604	599	^d2,965	^d2,959	^d2,958	^d2,736	^d2,688	^d2,648
1991		583	595	595	594	^e	^e	^e	^e	^e	^e
1992			337	340	339	^e	^e	^e	^e	^e	^e
1993				558	602	^e	^e	^e	^e	^e	^e
1994					781	^e	^e	^e	^e	^e	^e
1995						901	945	983	953	951	973
1996							707	696	708	706	697
1997								742	741	743	745
1998									889	890	890
1999										722	713
2000											635

^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.

^e Included in 1990 category.

^f Included in 1975-79 category.

^g Includes all locomotives built before 1980.

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual issues).