Rail Profile,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
FINANCIAL,1960,1970f,1980,1990,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,(R) 2005,2006
"Class I a,1",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Operating revenues, total ($ millions) ","9,514","11,992","28,258","28,370","30,809","32,280","32,693","33,118","33,151","33,521","34,102","34,576","35,327","36,639","40,517","46,118","52,152"
Passenger,640,421,446,94,88,89,59,60,61,61,62,62,61,62,63,65,70
Freight,"8,025","10,922","26,350","27,471","29,931","31,356","31,889","32,322","32,247","32,680","33,083","33,533","34,110","35,413","39,131","44,457","50,315"
Other,849,649,"1,462",805,790,835,745,736,843,780,957,981,"1,155","1,164","1,323","1,597","1,767"
Operating expenses ($ millions)b,"8,775","11,478","26,355","24,652","25,511","27,897","26,331","27,291","27,916","28,011","29,040","29,164","29,592","31,440","35,107","37,843","40,980"
"Amtrakc,2",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Total revenue ($ millions),N,162,429,"1,308","1,413","1,490","1,550","1,669","2,244","2,011","2,111","2,109","2,228","(R) 1,994","(R) 1,865","1,886","2,042"
Total expenses ($ millions),N,301,"1,103","2,012","2,246","2,257","2,258","2,359","2,548","2,660","2,876","3,288","3,224","(R) 3,100","(R) 2,950","2,940","3,005"
INVENTORY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Class Ia, 1",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Number of vehicles, total","(R) 1,994,517","(R) 1,811,258","(R) 1,738,921","(R) 1,231,096","(R) 1,210,917","(R) 1,237,739","(R) 1,259,842","(R) 1,290,103","(R) 1,335,928","(R) 1,389,092","(R) 1,400,824","(R) 1,333,881","(R) 1,320,176","(R) 1,299,751","(R) 1,309,935","1,335,024","1,370,239"
Class I freight cars,"1,658,292","1,423,921","1,168,114","658,902","590,930","583,486","570,865","568,493","575,604","579,140","560,154","499,860","477,751","467,063","473,773","474,839","475,415"
Other nonclass I freight cars,"307,194","360,260","542,713","553,359","601,482","635,441","669,708","701,926","740,063","789,696","820,642","814,276","821,919","811,917","814,147","837,406","871,092"
Number of Locomotives,"29,031","27,077","28,094","18,835","18,505","18,812","19,269","19,684","20,261","20,256","20,028","19,745","20,506","20,771","22,015","22,779","23,732"
Number of companies,106,71,38,14,12,11,10,9,9,9,8,8,7,7,7,7,7
Number of employees,"780,494","566,282","458,994","216,424","189,962","188,215","181,809","177,981","178,222","177,557","168,360","162,155","157,372","154,652","157,699","162,438","167,581"
Miles of road owned,"207,334","196,479","164,822","119,758","109,332","108,264","105,779","102,128","100,570","99,430","99,250","(R) 97,817","(R) 100,125","(R) 99,126","(R) 97,662","95,830","94,614"
Amtrak,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Number of passenger vehicles3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Train-cars,N,"1,569","2,128","1,863","1,852","1,722","1,730","1,728","1,962","1,992","1,894","2,084","2,896","1,623","1,211","1,186","1,191"
Locomotives,N,185,419,318,338,313,299,332,345,329,378,401,372,442,276,258,319
Number of employees4,N,"1,500","21,416","24,000","25,049","23,646","23,278","23,555","24,528","25,291","25,624","27,316","22,649","20,905","20,938","19,234","18,659"
System route mileage5,N,N,"24,000","24,000","25,000","24,000","25,000","25,000","22,000","23,000","23,000","23,000","23,000","22,675","22,256","22,007","21,708"
PERFORMANCE, , , , , , , , ,,,,,,,,,
Class Ia,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Car mileage, freight (thousands)1","28,170,000","29,890,000","29,277,000","26,159,000","28,485,000","30,383,000","31,715,000","31,660,000","32,657,000","33,851,000","34,590,000","34,243,000","34,680,000","35,555,000","37,071,000","37,712,000","38,955,000"
"Train mileage, freight (thousands)1","404,464","427,065","428,498","379,582","440,896","458,271","468,792","474,954","474,947","490,442","504,001","499,546","499,668","515,999","534,696","547,566","562,607"
"Locomotive mileage, total (thousands)6",N,N,"1,531,050","1,280,365","1,404,706","1,444,691","1,465,149","1,423,229","1,439,703","1,503,947","1,502,819","1,477,546","1,443,531","1,484,074","1,538,385",U,U
Freight ,"421,900","1,278,200","1,319,010","1,144,559","1,261,482","1,293,851","1,311,351","1,281,768","1,285,706","1,349,580","1,354,590","1,327,669","1,300,574","1,353,885","1,398,450",U,U
Train and yard switching,N,N,"212,040","135,806","143,224","150,840","153,798","141,461","153,997","154,367","148,229","149,876","142,957","130,190","139,935",U,U
Revenue ton-miles of freight (millions)1,"572,309","764,809","918,958","1,033,969","1,200,701","1,305,688","1,355,975","1,348,926","1,376,802","1,433,461","1,465,960","1,495,472","1,507,011","1,551,438","1,662,598","1,696,425","1,771,897"
"Average length of haul, freight (miles)1",461,515,616,726,817,843,842,851,835,835,843,859,853,862,902,894,906
Fuel consumed in freight service (million gallons)1,"3,463","3,545","3,904","3,115","3,334","3,480","3,579","3,575","3,583","3,715","3,700","3,710","3,730","3,826","4,059","4,098","4,192"
Average miles traveled per vehicle,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Car,"14,124","16,502","16,836","21,249","23,523","24,547","25,174","24,541","24,445","24,369","24,693","25,672","26,269","27,355","28,300","28,248","28,429"
Locomotive,N,N,"54,497","67,978","75,910","76,796","76,037","72,304","71,058","74,247","75,036","74,831","70,396","71,449","69,879",U,U
Average miles traveled per gallon,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Car,8.13,8.43,7.50,8.40,8.54,8.73,8.86,8.86,9.11,9.11,9.35,9.23,9.30,9.29,9.13,9.20,9.29
Train,0.12,0.12,0.11,0.12,0.13,0.13,0.13,0.13,0.13,0.13,0.14,0.13,0.13,0.13,0.13,0.13,0.13
Amtrak,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Passenger train car-miles (millions)7,N,213,235,301,304,292,276,288,312,342,371,378,379,332,308,265,264
Passenger train-miles (millions)2,N,26,30,33,34,32,30,32,33,34,35,36,38,37,37,36,36
Passenger locomotive-miles (millions)2,N,N,41,49,51,48,U,U,U,U,U,U,U,U,U,U,U
Revenue passengers carried (millions)2,N,17,21,22,21,21,20,20,21,22,23,24,23,25,25,25,25
Revenue passenger-miles  (millions)2,N,"3,039","4,503","6,057","5,921","5,545","5,050","5,166","5,304","5,330","5,498","5,559","5,314","5,680","5,511","5,381","5,410"
Average passenger fare (dollars)2,N,8.30,17.72,38.50,39.10,39.92,43.31,45.26,44.75,46.85,49.61,51.58,56.05,57.78,56.81,58.29,65.43
Average passenger revenue / passenger-mile (cents)2,N,4.5,8.2,14.1,14.0,14.9,16.9,17.7,17.8,18.9,20.3,21.8,24.5,25.0,26.0,27.16,29.69
Average passenger trip length (miles)2,N,182.6,217.0,273.0,279.3,267.9,256.3,255.7,251.4,247.9,244.4,236.6,228.4,230.9,218.6,214.6,220.4
Locomotive fuel consumed8,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Diesel (million gallons),N,N,64,82,75,66,71,75,75,74,76,75,86,78,70,68,U
Electric kWh (millions),N,N,254,330,309,304,293,282,275,283,350,377,593,666,648,500,U
"SAFETY d,9",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Number of fatalities, railroads and grade crossings, total","2,345","2,331","1,424","1,300","1,226","1,146","1,039","1,063","1,008",932,937,971,951,(R) 868,(R) 895,887,910
Passengers on Trains,34,10,4,3,5,0,12,6,4,14,4,3,7,3,3,16,2
 Employees on duty,215,179,97,40,31,34,33,37,27,31,24,22,20,19,25,25,16
 Employees not on duty,N,N,4,0,0,2,0,0,2,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,0
 Trespassers,637,607,566,700,682,660,620,646,644,570,570,673,646,634,(R) 621,600,665
 Nontrespassers,"1,459","1,535",746,554,505,443,365,363,326,305,(R) 335,269,(R) 267,(R) 206,(R) 242,241,220
 Contractor employees,N,N,7,3,3,7,9,11,5,12,3,4,10,5,4,5,7
Grade crossing only,"1,421","1,440",772,698,615,579,488,461,431,402,425,421,357,334,(R) 372,358,369
Railroad onlye,924,785,645,599,611,567,551,602,577,530,512,550,594,(R) 534,(R) 523,529,541
KEY:  kWh = kilowatt-hour; N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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"a  Excluding Amtrak and all non-Class I railroads, except for Section IV.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"b  Operating expenses include equipment, joint facility rents, leased roads and equipment, and all taxes except Federal income.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"c  Data for 2003 indicates operating revenues and expenses instead of total revenues and expenses, the data source has changed.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"d  Safety figures from U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration are for all railroads.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
e  Figures may not appear directly in data source.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"f  Amtrak data in this column are for 1972, Amtrak's first full year of operation.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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NOTE  ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Amtrak figures are based on Amtrak fiscal year (October 1-September 30).,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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SOURCES  ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"(Unless otherwise noted, refer to chapter tables for sources)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1  Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2006 (Washington, DC: 2004), pp. 3, 9, 10, 27, 33, 34, 36, 40, 49, 52, 77 and similar pages in earlier issues.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"2 1970-2006: Amtrak, National Railroad Passenger Corporation Annual Report, Statistical Appendix to Amtrak Annual Report, Annual issues.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"3 1970-80: Amtrak, National Railroad Passenger Corporation Annual Report,1972, 1980, 1990, and 1993-95.  1990-2000: Ibid., National Railroad Passenger Corporation Annual Report, Statistical Appendix to Amtrak Annual Report, Annual issues.  2001-05: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2006 (Washington, DC, 2006), p.77.",,,,,,,,,
"4 1970-90: Amtrak, Public Affairs, personal communication.  1994-1997: Ibid., National Railroad Passenger Corporation Annual Report,1972, 1980, 1990, and 1993-95.  1998-2005: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2006 (Washington, DC: 2006), p. 77 and similar pages in earlier issues.",,,,,,,,,
"5  1980-90: Amtrak, Route Miles by Railroad, Corp. Planning & Development.  1994-2001: Amtrak, National Railroad Passenger Corporation Annual Report, Statistical Appendix to Amtrak Annual Report, Annual issues.  2002-05: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2006 (Washington, DC, 2006), p. 77.",,,,,,,,,
"6  1980-2001: Association of American Railroads, Analysis of Class 1 Railroads (Washington, DC: Annual issues).  2002-04: Ibid., Railroad Ten-Year Trends (Washington, DC: 2005), pp. 119 and 121, personal communication, Feb. 16, 2005.",,,,,,,,,
"7 1970-90: Amtrak, Train Information System Reports. 1994-99: Amtrak Corporate Reporting, Route Profitability System, Washington DC, personal communication, August 2001.  2000-05: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2006 (Washington, DC: 2006), p. 77 and similar pages in earlier issues.",,,,,,,,,
"8  Amtrak General Accounting, Pennsylvania, personal communication, June 1999.  2002-05: Amtrak, personal communications, Dec. 9, 2005 and Dec. 19, 2007",,,,,,,,,
"9  1960-80:  U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Systems Support Division, RRS-22,  personal communication.  1990-94:  Ibid., Accident / Incident Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables 7 and 9.  1995-2005:  Ibid., Interim Railroad Safety Statistics, Annual Report 2005 (Washington, DC: 2005), table 1-3, and similar tables in earlier editions.  2006:  Ibid, Office of Safety Analysis, table 4.08, at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.asp as of Dec. 12, 2007.",,,,,,,,,
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