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Rail Profile

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Financial	1960	1970^a	1980	1990	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Class I^b
Operating revenues ($ millions)
Passenger	640^f	421^f	446^f	94^f	88^f	89^f	59^f	60^f	61^f
Freight	8,025	10,922	26,350	27,471	29,931	31,356	31,889	32,322	32,247
Other	849	649	1,462	805	790	835	745	736	843
Total	9,514	11,992	28,258	28,370	30,809	^R32,279	32,693	33,118	33,151
Operating expenses ($ millions)^c	8,775	11,478	26,355	24,652	25,511	27,897	26, 331	27,291	27,916
Amtrak
Total revenue ($ millions)	N	162	429	1,308^h	1,413	1,497^h	1,555^h	1,674^h	2,285^h
Total expenses ($ millions)	N	301	1,103	2,012	^r2246	2,305	2,318	2,436	2,638
Inventory
Class I^b
Number of vehicles
Class I freight cars	1,658,292	1,423,921^f	1,168,114^f	658,902^f	590,930^f	583,486^f	570,865^f	568,493^f	575,604^f
Other nonclass I freight cars	307,194	360,260	542,713	553,359	601,482	635,441	669,708	701,926	740,063
Freight cars, total	1,965,486	1,784,181	1,710,827	1,212,261	1,192,412	1,218,927	1,240,573	1,270,419	1,315,667
Locomotives	29,031	27,077	28,094	18,835	18,505	18,812	19,269	19,684	20,261
Number of companies	106	71	38	14	12	11	10	9	9
Number of employees	780,494	566,282	458,994	216,424	189,962	188,215	181,809	177,981	178,222
Miles of road owned	207,334	196,479	164,822	119,758	109,332	108,264	105,779	102,128	100,570
Amtrak
Number of vehicles
Passenger
Train-cars	N	1,569^g	2,128^g	1,863^h	^r1,852	1,722^h	1,730^h	1,728^h	1,962^h
Locomotives	N	185	419	318	^r338	313	299	332	345
Number of employees	N	1,500^j	21,416^j	24,000^j	25,049	23,646	23,278^g	23,555^g	24,528^f
System route mileage	N	N	24,000^k	24,000^k	25,000	24,000	25,000^h	25,000^h	22,000^h
Performance
Class I^b
Car mileage, freight (thousands)	28,170,000^f	29,890,000^f	29,277,000^f	26,159,000^f	28,485,000^f	30,383,000^f	31,715,000^f	31,660,000^f	32,657,000^f
Train mileage, freight (thousands)	404,464	427,065	428,498	379,582	440,896	458,271	468,792	474,954	474,947
Locomotive mileage (thousands)
Freight	421,900^l	1,278,200^l	1,319,010^l	1,144,559^l	1,261,482^l	1,293,851^l	1,311,351^l	1,281,768^l	1,285,706^l
Train and yard switching	N	N	212,040	135,806	143,224	150,840	153,798	141,461	153,997
Total	N	N	1,531,050	1,280,365	1,404,706	1,444,691	1,465,149	1,423,229	1,439,703
Revenue ton-miles of freight (millions)	572,309^f	764,809^f	918,958^f	1,033,969^f	1,200,701^f	1,305,688^f	1,355,975^f	1,348,926^f	1,376,802^f
Average length of haul, freight (miles)	461	515	616	726	817	843	842	851	835
Fuel consumed in freight service (million gallons)	3,463	3,545	3,904	3,115	3,334	3,480	3,579	3,575	3,583
Average miles traveled per vehicle
Locomotive	N	N	54,497	67,978	75,925	76,796	76,037	72,304	71,058
Car	14,332	16,753	17,113	21,579	23,889	24,926	25,565	24,921	24,822
Average miles traveled per gallon
Train	0.12	0.12	0.11	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.13
Car	8.13	8.43	7.50	8.40	8.54	8.73	8.86	8.86	9.11
Amtrak
Passenger train car-miles (millions)	N	213^m	235^m	301^m	304	292^p	276^p	288^p	312^p
Passenger train-miles (millions)	N	26	30	33	^r34	32	30	32	33
Passenger locomotive-miles (millions)	N	N	41	49	51	48	U	U	U
Revenue passengers carried (millions)	N	17	21	22	21	21	20	20	21
Revenue passenger-miles (millions)	N	3,039	4,503	6,057^h	5,921^h	5,545^h	5,050^h	5,166^h	5,304^h
Average passenger fare (dollars)	N	8.3	17.7	38.5	38.2	39.0	42.5	44.3	44.0
Average passenger revenue/passenger-mile (cents)	N	4.5	8.2	14.1	13.7	14.6	16.6	17.3	17.5
Average passenger trip length (miles)	N	182.6	217.0	273.0	271.1	267.6	256.9	255.8	251.5
Locomotive fuel consumed
Diesel (million gallons)	N	N	64	82	U	66	71^q	75^q	75^q
Electric kWh (millions)	N	N	254	330	U	304	293	282	275
Safety^d,o
Number of fatalities, railroads and grade crossings
Passenger on trains	34	10	4	3	5	0	12	6	4
Employees on duty	215	179	97	40	31	34	33	37	27
Employees not on duty	N	N	4	0	0	2	0	0	2
Trespassers	637	607	566	700	682	660	620	646	644
Non-trespassers	1,459	1,535	^R746	^R554	505	443	365	363	326
Contractor employees	N	N	7	3	3	7	9	11	5
Railroad and grade crossing, total	2,345	2,225	1,417	1,297	1,226	1,146	1,039	1,063	1,008
Grade crossing only	1,421	1,440	^R772	698	615	579	488	461	431
Railroad only^e	924	785	^R645	599	611	567	551	602	577

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available
^aAmtrak data in this column are for 1972, Amtrak's first full year of operation.
^bExcluding Amtrak and all non-Class I railroads, except for Section IV.
^cOperating expenses include equipment, joint facility rents, leased roads and equipment, and all taxes except Federal income.
^dSafety figures from U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration are for all railroads.
^eFigures may not appear directly in data source.
NOTE: Amtrak figures are based on Amtrak fiscal year (October 1-September 30).
SOURCES: Unless otherwise noted, refer to chapter tables for sources.
^fAssociation of American Railroads (AAR), Railroad Facts,Annual issues, 1990-1998, pp. 3, 10, 12, 13, 14, 33, 34, 36, 40, 44, 48, 50, 56, 78.
^gAmtrak, National Railroad Passenger Corporation Annual Report,1972, 1980, 1990, 1993-95.
^hIbid., Statistical Appendix to Amtrak Annual Report, annual issues.
ⁱIbid., Human Resources Information Center, personal communication.
^jIbid., Public Affairs, personal communication.
^kIbid., Route Miles by Railroad, Corp. Planning & Development.
^lAssociation of American Railroads (AAR), Analysis of Class 1 Railroads, annual issues.
^mAmtrak, Train Information System Reports.
ⁿIbid., Train Earnings Reports.
^o1960-80: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Systems Support Division, RRS-22, personal communication. 1990-96: Ibid., Accident/Incident Bulletin,annual issues, tables 7 and 9. 1997-98: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics, Annual Report 1997, table 1-3.
^pAmtrak Corporate Reporting, Route Profitability System, Washington D.C., personal communication, June 1999.
^qAmtrak General Acounting, Pennsylvania, personal communication, June 1999.

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