BTS | Table 4-26: Energy Intensity of Amtrak Services

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Table 4-26: Energy Intensity of Amtrak Services

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	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Revenue passenger-miles (millions)	3,931	4,503	4,785	6,057	6,273	6,091	6,199	5,921	5,545	5,050	5,166	5,304	5,330	5,498
Locomotive fuel consumed
Total fuel consumed (billion Btu)^a	9,367	9,673	9,995	12,512	12,406	12,328	12,511	11,457	10,191	10,875	11,365	11,341	11,229	11,735
Electric (millions of kWh)^a	180	254	295	330	303	300	301	309	304	293	282	275	283	350
Diesel (million gallons)	63	64	65	82	82	82	83	75	66	71	75	75	74	76
Energy intensity (Btu/revenue passenger-mile)^a	2,383	2,148	2,089	2,066	1,978	2,024	2,018	1,935	1,838	2,153	2,200	2,138	2,107	2,134

KEY: Btu = British thermal unit; kWh = kilowatt hour.

^a Does not include electric power generation and distribution losses, which, if included, would triple the electric conversion factor given below and increase the numbers in this row by about 20%.

NOTE: The heat equivalent factors used in Btu conversion are: diesel = 138,700 Btus/gallon; electric = 3,412 Btu/kWh.

SOURCES:

Revenue passenger-miles:

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

Locomotive fuel consumed:

1975-2000: Ibid., State and Local Affairs Department, personal communication.