BTS | Table 4-18: Amtrak Fuel Consumption and Travel

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Table 4-18: Amtrak Fuel Consumption and Travel

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	1972	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Number in use
Locomotives	185	355	419	291	318	316	336	360	338	313	299	332	345	329	378
Cars	1,569	1,913	2,128	1,854	1,863	1,786	1,796	1,853	1,852	1,722	1,730	1,728	1,962	1,992	1,894
Miles traveled (millions)
Train-miles	26	30	30	30	33	34	34	35	34	32	30	32	33	34	35
Car-miles	213	253	235	251	301	313	307	303	304	292	276	288	312	342	368
Locomotive fuel consumed
Electric (million of kWh hours)	N	180	254	295	330	303	300	301	309	304	293	282	275	283	350
Diesel (million gallons)	N	63	64	65	82	82	82	83	75	66	71	75	75	74	76
Average miles traveled per car	136,000	132,000	110,000	135,000	162,000	175,000	171,000	164,000	164,000	170,000	160,000	167,000	159,000	172,000	194,000

KEY: Btu = British thermal unit; kWh = kilowatt hour; N = data do not exist.

NOTE: The heat equivalent factors used in Btu conversions are: diesel = 138,700 Btu/gallon; electric = 3,412 Btu/kWh, negating electrical system loses (to include electrical system loses, multiply this conversion factor by approximately three).

SOURCES:

Number of locomotives and cars:

1972–80: Amtrak, State and Local Affairs Department, personal communication.

1985–2000: Ibid., Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual issues).

Miles traveled

Train-miles:

1972–2000: Amtrak, Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual issues).

Car-miles:

1972: Ibid., Train Information System Reports (Washington, DC).

1975: Association of American Railroads, Yearbook of Railroad Facts 1975 (Washington, DC: 1976), p. 40.

1980–85: Amtrak, State and Local Affairs Department and Public Affairs Department, personal communication.

1990–2000: Ibid., Amtrak Corporate Reporting, Route Profitability System, personal communication, Aug. 22, 2001.

Locomotive fuel consumed:

1975–2000: Amtrak, State and Local Affairs Department, personal communication.