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Table 4-25M: Energy Intensity of Class I Railroada Freight Service
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| Revenue
freight tonne-kilometers (millions) |
835,555 |
1,018,882 |
1,116,600 |
1,101,187 |
1,341,653 |
1,280,372 |
1,509,566 |
1,516,728 |
1,557,470 |
1,619,560 |
1,752,990 |
1,906,268 |
1,979,686 |
1,969,394 |
2,010,092 |
2,092,813 |
2,140,261 |
2,183,347 |
2,200,194 |
| Car-kilometers
(millions) |
45,335 |
47,212 |
48,103 |
44,508 |
47,117 |
40,105 |
42,099 |
41,244 |
42,049 |
43,264 |
45,842 |
48,897 |
51,040 |
50,952 |
52,556 |
54,478 |
55,667 |
55,109 |
55,812 |
| Tonnes
per car load |
40 |
44 |
50 |
55 |
61 |
61 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
58 |
58 |
59 |
60 |
58 |
58 |
58 |
57 |
58 |
57 |
| Fuel
consumed (million liters) |
13,109 |
13,597 |
13,419 |
13,843 |
14,778 |
11,773 |
11,792 |
11,000 |
11,375 |
11,689 |
12,621 |
13,173 |
13,548 |
13,533 |
13,563 |
14,063 |
14,006 |
14,044 |
14,120 |
| Energy
intensity (kilojoule / revenue freight tonne-kilometer) |
606 |
516 |
465 |
486 |
426 |
355 |
302 |
280 |
282 |
279 |
278 |
267 |
265 |
266 |
261 |
260 |
253 |
249 |
248 |
| Energy
intensity (kilojoule / car-kilometer) |
11,178 |
11,134 |
10,784 |
12,024 |
12,125 |
11,348 |
10,828 |
10,311 |
10,458 |
10,445 |
10,643 |
10,415 |
10,261 |
10,268 |
9,976 |
9,979 |
9,726 |
9,852 |
9,780 |
a Class I railroads are those that have operating revenues of $272 million or more.
NOTE
The heat equivalent factor used for joule conversion is 38,655,900 joules/liter.
1.459972 tonne-kilometer = 1 ton-mile.
1.609344 kilometers = 1 mile.
0.9071847 tonnes = 1 ton.
3.785412 liters = 1 gallon.
SOURCE
Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: November 2003), pp. 34, 37, and 40.
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