BTS | Table 12 - U.S. Rail Total Carload and Intermodal Commodity Shipments: 2002

Table 12 - U.S. Rail Total Carload and Intermodal Commodity Shipments: 2002

SCTG code	Description	Tons (thousands)	Ton-miles (millions)	Miles per ton
15	Coal	849,060	569,552	671
42	Mixed freight	136,962	193,270	1,411
2	Cereal grains	127,365	107,159	841
12	Gravel and crushed stone	105,124	22,858	217
20	Basic chemicals	84,332	69,556	825
26	Wood products	66,446	71,331	1,074
14	Metallic ores and concentrates	65,570	12,979	198
32	Base metal in primary or semi finished forms and in finished basic shapes	57,131	37,075	649
13	Nonmetallic minerals n.e.c.	55,928	29,165	521
41	Waste and scrap	55,719	27,165	488
27	Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard	53,782	52,283	972
7	Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils	53,415	52,071	975
36	Motorized and other vehicles (including parts)	50,672	42,232	833
19	Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c.	47,675	32,859	689
22	Fertilizers	45,130	33,701	747
31	Nonmetallic mineral products	37,549	18,464	492
24	Plastics and rubber	37,360	34,804	932
4	Animal feed and products of animal origin, n.e.c.	35,012	26,620	760
3	Other agricultural products	28,952	28,804	995
6	Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products	22,058	16,876	765
11	Natural sands	17,848	7,443	417
23	Chemical products and preparations, n.e.c.	17,763	14,483	815
8	Alcoholic beverages	6,914	7,903	1,143
25	Logs and other wood in the rough	6,766	2,393	354
33	Articles of base metal	6,740	7,626	1,132
37	Transportation equipment, n.e.c.	4,589	2,167	472
18	Fuel oils	2,267	1,891	834
17	Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel	2,222	776	349
34	Machinery	2,130	2,584	1,213
28	Paper or paperboard articles	1,805	2,103	1,165
35	Electronic and other electrical equipment and components and office equipment	1,589	2,214	1,393
5	Meat, fish, seafood, and their preparations	1,246	2,340	1,878
16	Crude petroleum	1,121	391	349
39	Furniture, mattresses and mattress supports, lamps, lighting fittings, and...	869	1,389	1,599
40	Miscellaneous manufactured products	830	1,051	1,266
10	Monumental or building stone	634	323	509
29	Printed products	560	700	1,250
30	Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather	455	718	1,579
21	Pharmaceutical products	155	227	1,464
38	Precision instruments and apparatus	71	130	1,834
9	Tobacco products	11	22	2,059
99	Commodity unknown	18	22	1,223

NOTE: SCTG = Standard Classification of Transported Goods.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Surface Transportation Board, 2002 Carload Waybill Sample data.

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