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Table 4-18M: 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 |
Kilometers traveled
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Train-kilometers |
48 |
48 |
48 |
53 |
55 |
55 |
56 |
55 |
51 |
48 |
51 |
53 |
55 |
56 |
58 |
61 |
60 |
60 |
58 |
58 |
60 |
Car-kilometers |
407 |
378 |
404 |
484 |
504 |
494 |
488 |
489 |
470 |
444 |
463 |
502 |
550 |
592 |
608 |
609 |
534 |
496 |
426 |
425 |
429 |
Locomotive fuel consumed |
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Electric (million of kWh) |
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 litres) |
238 |
242 |
246 |
310 |
310 |
310 |
314 |
(R) 278 |
(R) 274 |
(R) 270 |
(R) 286 |
(R) 288 |
(R) 300 |
(R) 359 |
367 |
320 |
282 |
260 |
248 |
236 |
234 |
Average kilometers traveled per
car |
(R)
212,788 |
(R)
177,724 |
(R)
217,878 |
(R)
260,017 |
(R)
282,041 |
(R)
275,321 |
(R)
263,369 |
(R)
264,169 |
(R)
272,897 |
(R)
256,751 |
(R) 268,224 |
(R)
255,920 |
(R)
276,303 |
(R)
312,692 |
(R)
291,678 |
(R)
210,361 |
(R)
329,071 |
(R)
409,894 |
(R)
359,315 |
356,607 |
368,525 |
KEY: kWh = kilowatt hour; R = revised.
NOTE:
1 Gallon = 3.78541178 litre and 1 mile = 1.609344 kilometer.
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 2006 (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 2006 (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 2006 (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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