Figure 5: Railroad Ton-Miles,,,,,,,,,,,,
,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001
"Waybill Ton-Miles, US Terminations1 ","1,055","1,033","1,089","1,124","1,208","1,303","1,362","1,374","1,433","1,490","1,530","1,581"
US-Can. Term. (mil Metric Tons)2,11.479,10.398,11.362,12.482,14.502,15.391,16.474,18.403,17.099,15.175,17.624,19.813
Convert to Short Tons (mil),12.653,11.462,12.525,13.759,15.986,16.966,18.16,20.286,18.849,16.728,19.427,21.84
Average US Length of Haul3,725.7,751.3,762.5,794.2,816.8,842.6,841.7,850.9,835.1,834.9,843.3,858.5
"Ton-Miles, US-Can. Term. (bil)",9.18,8.61,9.55,10.93,13.06,14.3,15.28,17.26,15.74,13.97,16.38,18.75
Railroad Ton-Miles (Improved BTS),"1,064","1,042","1,098","1,135","1,221","1,317","1,377","1,391","1,448","1,504","1,546","1,599"
Class I Ton-Miles (NTS)4,"1,034","1,039","1,067","1,109","1,201","1,306","1,356","1,349","1,377","1,433","1,466","1,495"
Railroad Ton-Miles (Eno)5,"1,091","1,100","1,138","1,183","1,275","1,375","1,426","1,421","1,442","1,499","1,534","1,558"
Sources:,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1  Surface Transportation Board, Carload Waybill Sample, various years.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"2  Transport Canada, Transportation In Canada, Addendum, 2002, Table A6-10.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"3  AAR, Railroad Facts, various years, p. 36.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"4 BTS, National Transportation Statistics, 2003, Table 1-44. ",,,,,,,,,,,,
"5 Eno Transportation Foundation, Transportation in America, 2002, p. 42. ",,,,,,,,,,,,