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Rail
Profile
FINANCIAL
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Class I a,1 |
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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 |
Passenger |
640 |
421 |
446 |
94 |
88 |
89 |
59 |
60 |
61 |
61 |
62 |
62 |
61 |
62 |
63 |
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 |
Other |
849 |
649 |
1,462 |
805 |
790 |
835 |
745 |
736 |
843 |
780 |
957 |
981 |
1,155 |
1,164 |
1,323 |
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 |
Amtrakc,2 |
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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 |
2,062 |
1,842 |
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 |
3,081 |
2,973 |
INVENTORY
Class Ia, 1 |
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Number of vehicles, total |
1,965,486 |
1,784,181 |
1,710,827 |
1,212,261 |
1,192,412 |
1,218,927 |
1,240,573 |
1,270,419 |
1,315,667 |
1,368,836 |
1,380,796 |
1,314,136 |
1,299,670 |
1,278,980 |
1,287,920 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Number of companies |
106 |
71 |
38 |
14 |
12 |
11 |
10 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
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 |
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 |
97,631 |
99,943 |
98,944 |
97,334 |
Amtrak |
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Number of passenger vehicles3 |
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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 |
Locomotives |
N |
185 |
419 |
318 |
338 |
313 |
299 |
332 |
345 |
329 |
378 |
401 |
372 |
442 |
276 |
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 |
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 |
PERFORMANCE
Class Ia |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Average length of haul, freight (miles)1 |
461 |
515 |
616 |
726 |
817 |
843 |
842 |
851 |
835 |
835 |
843 |
859 |
853 |
862 |
902 |
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 |
Average miles traveled per vehicle |
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Locomotive |
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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 |
Car |
14,332 |
16,753 |
17,113 |
21,579 |
23,889 |
24,926 |
25,565 |
24,921 |
24,822 |
24,730 |
25,051 |
26,057 |
26,684 |
27,799 |
28,784 |
Average miles traveled per gallon |
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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 |
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 |
Amtrak |
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Passenger
train car-miles (millions)7 |
N |
213 |
235 |
301 |
304 |
292 |
276 |
288 |
312 |
342 |
371 |
378 |
379 |
332 |
308 |
Passenger
train-miles (millions)2 |
N |
26 |
30 |
33 |
34 |
32 |
30 |
32 |
33 |
34 |
35 |
36 |
38 |
37 |
37 |
Passenger
locomotive-miles (millions)2 |
N |
N |
41 |
49 |
51 |
48 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Average
passenger revenue / passenger-mile (cents)2 |
N |
4.5 |
8.2 |
14.1 |
13.7 |
14.6 |
16.6 |
17.3 |
17.5 |
18.4 |
23.2 |
24.9 |
24.5 |
25.0 |
26.0 |
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 |
Locomotive fuel consumed8 |
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Diesel (million gallons) |
N |
N |
64 |
82 |
75 |
66 |
71 |
75 |
75 |
74 |
76 |
75 |
86 |
78 |
70 |
Electric kWh (millions) |
N |
N |
254 |
330 |
309 |
304 |
293 |
282 |
275 |
283 |
350 |
377 |
593 |
666 |
648 |
SAFETYd,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) 867 |
898 |
Passengers
on Trains |
34 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
14 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
(R) 3 |
3 |
Employees on duty |
215 |
179 |
97 |
40 |
31 |
34 |
33 |
37 |
27 |
31 |
24 |
22 |
20 |
19 |
25 |
Employees not on duty |
N |
N |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Trespassers |
637 |
607 |
566 |
700 |
682 |
660 |
620 |
646 |
644 |
570 |
570 |
673 |
646 |
634 |
628 |
Nontrespassers |
1,459 |
1,535 |
746 |
554 |
505 |
443 |
365 |
363 |
326 |
305 |
332 |
269 |
(R) 266 |
(R) 204 |
232 |
Contractor employees |
N |
N |
7 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
9 |
11 |
5 |
12 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
Grade
crossing only |
1,421 |
1,440 |
772 |
698 |
615 |
579 |
488 |
461 |
431 |
402 |
425 |
421 |
357 |
(R) 334 |
368 |
Railroad onlye |
924 |
785 |
645 |
599 |
611 |
567 |
551 |
602 |
577 |
530 |
512 |
550 |
594 |
(R) 533 |
530 |
KEY: kWh = kilowatt-hour; N = data do not exist;
R = revised; U = data are not available.
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.
NOTE
Amtrak figures are based on Amtrak fiscal year (October
1-September 30).
SOURCES
(Unless otherwise noted, refer to chapter tables for sources)
1 Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2004 (Washington,
DC: 2004), pp. 3, 9, 10, 27, 33, 34, 36, 40, 49, 52, 77 and similar pages in
earlier issues.
2 1970-2002: Amtrak, National Railroad Passenger Corporation Annual Report,
Statistical Appendix to Amtrak Annual Report, Annual issues. 2003:
Association of American Railroads, Railroad
Facts 2004 (Washington, DC: 2004), p. 77.
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.
2001-03: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2004 (Washington,
DC, 2004), 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. 1998-2003:
Association of American Railroads, Railroad
Facts 2004 (Washington, DC: 2004), 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.
2002-03: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2004
(Washington, DC, 2004), 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. 2000-04: Association of American Railroads,
Railroad Facts 2005 (Washington, DC: 2005), p. 77 and similar pages in earlier
issues.
8 Amtrak General Accounting, Pennsylvania, personal
communication, June 1999. 2002-04:
Amtrak, personal communication, Dec. 9, 2005.
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.
1995-2004: Ibid., Interim Railroad Safety Statistics, Annual Report 2004 (Washington, DC: 2005), table 1-3, and similar tables in
earlier editions.
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