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Table 4-18:
Amtrak Fuel Consumption and Travel
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Number
in use |
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Locomotives |
355 |
419 |
291 |
318 |
316 |
336 |
360 |
338 |
313 |
299 |
332 |
345 |
329 |
378 |
401 |
372 |
442 |
Cars |
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 |
2,084 |
2,896 |
1,623 |
Miles
traveled (millions) |
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Train-miles |
30 |
30 |
30 |
33 |
34 |
34 |
35 |
34 |
32 |
30 |
32 |
33 |
34 |
35 |
36 |
38 |
37 |
Car-miles |
253 |
235 |
251 |
301 |
313 |
307 |
303 |
304 |
292 |
276 |
288 |
312 |
342 |
368 |
378 |
379 |
332 |
Locomotive
fuel consumed |
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Electric
(million of kWh hours) |
180 |
254 |
295 |
330 |
303 |
300 |
301 |
309 |
304 |
293 |
282 |
275 |
283 |
350 |
U |
U |
U |
Diesel
(million gallons) |
63 |
64 |
65 |
82 |
82 |
82 |
83 |
75 |
66 |
71 |
75 |
75 |
74 |
76 |
U |
U |
U |
Average
miles traveled per car |
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 |
181,000 |
131,000 |
204,000 |
KEY: Btu = British thermal unit; kWh = kilowatt
hour; U = data are not available.
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:
1975-80: Amtrak, State and Local Affairs Department, personal
communication.
1985-2000: Ibid., Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
2001-03: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2004 (Washington,
DC: 2004), p. 77 and similar pages in earlier editions.
Miles traveled:
Train-miles:
1975-2002: Amtrak, Amtrak Annual
Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington,
DC: Annual issues).
2003: Association of American Railroads, Railroad
Facts 2004 (Washington, DC: 2004), p. 77
and similar pages in earlier editions.
Car-miles:
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.
2001-03: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2004 (Washington,
DC: 2004), p. 77 and similar pages in earlier editions.
Locomotive fuel consumed:
1975-2000: Amtrak, State and Local Affairs Department, personal
communication.
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