Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 3-8:  Rail Shipments Originating in Pennsylvania

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Commodity 1999 Percent of total 2000 Percent of total
Coal 36,154,477 59.3 35,503,213 57.5
Primary metal products 7,346,847 12.0 6,984,608 11.3
Petroleum 4,885,179 8.0 5,362,734 8.7
Nonmetallic minerals 3,341,144 5.5 3,378,100 5.5
Mixed freight 2,025,360 3.3 2,452,800 4.0
All other commodities 7,239,874 11.9 8,082,560 13.1
Pennsylvania, total 60,992,881 100.0 61,764,015 100.0

NOTE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: Includes the five largest commodities (by tonnage terminated or originated) of the 38 two-digit Standard Transportation Commodity Code groupings plus all others for state total.  Includes intrastate shipments.

SOURCE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: Association of American Railroads, Railroads and States-2000, Washington, DC: January 2002, available at http://www.aar.org/abouttheindustry/stateinformation.asp as of Mar. 18, 2002; and Railroads and States -1999, Washington, DC: January 2002,  available at http://www.aar.org/abouttheindustry/stateinformation.asp as of Mar. 18, 2002.



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