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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 |
276 |
258 |
319 |
270 |
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 |
1,211 |
1,186 |
1,191 |
1,164 |
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 |
37 |
36 |
36 |
37 |
Car-miles |
253 |
235 |
251 |
301 |
313 |
307 |
303 |
304 |
292 |
276 |
288 |
312 |
342 |
368 |
378 |
379 |
332 |
308 |
265 |
264 |
267 |
Locomotive fuel consumed |
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Electric (million of kWh
hours) |
180 |
254 |
295 |
330 |
303 |
300 |
301 |
(R) 309 |
(R) 336 |
(R) 363 |
(R) 390 |
(R) 416 |
(R) 443 |
(R) 470 |
456 |
518 |
537 |
551 |
531 |
549 |
578 |
Diesel (million gallons) |
63 |
64 |
65 |
82 |
82 |
82 |
83 |
(R) 74 |
(R) 72 |
(R) 71 |
(R) 76 |
(R) 76 |
(R) 79 |
(R) 95 |
97 |
84 |
75 |
69 |
65 |
62 |
62 |
Average miles traveled
per car (thousands) |
132 |
110 |
135 |
162 |
175 |
171 |
164 |
164 |
170 |
160 |
167 |
159 |
172 |
194 |
181 |
131 |
204 |
255 |
223 |
222 |
229 |
KEY: kWh = kilowatt hour; R = revised; U = data are not available.
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).
2001–07: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 77 and similar pages in earlier editions.
Miles traveled:
Train-miles:
1975–2002: Amtrak, Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
2003–07: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), 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.
2001–07: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 77 and similar pages in earlier editions.
Locomotive fuel consumed:
1975–93: Amtrak, State and Local Affairs Department, personal communication.
1994–2006: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and U.S. Department of Energy, Transportation Energy Data Book, available at http://cta.ornl.gov/data/index.shtml as of June 10, 2009.
2007: Amtrak, Government Affairs, Personal Communication, June 10, 2009.
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