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Table 4-25M: Energy Intensity of Class I Railroad^a Freight Service

	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	(R) 2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Revenue freight tonne-kilometers (millions)	835,555	1,018,882	1,116,600	1,101,187	1,341,653	1,280,372	1,509,566	1,516,728	1,557,470	1,619,560	1,752,990	1,906,268	1,979,686	1,969,394	2,010,092	2,092,813	2,140,261	2,183,347	2,200,194	2,265,056	2,427,347	2,476,733	2,586,920	2,584,946	2,594,715	2,236,990
Car-kilometers (millions)	45,335	47,212	48,103	44,508	47,117	40,105	42,099	41,244	42,049	43,264	45,842	48,897	51,040	50,952	52,556	54,478	55,667	55,109	55,812	57,220	59,660	60,692	62,692	61,454	59,909	51,684
Tonnes per car load	(R) 40.3	(R) 44.4	(R) 49.8	(R) 55.2	(R) 60.9	(R) 61.4	(R) 60.4	(R) 60.1	(R) 59.9	(R) 58.4	(R) 57.5	(R) 59.2	(R) 60.4	(R) 57.5	(R) 58.2	(R) 57.5	(R) 56.8	(R) 58.1	(R) 57.4	(R) 56.5	(R) 55.6	55.3	(R) 55.2	56.0	57.2	58.2
Fuel consumed (million liters)	13,109	13,597	13,419	13,843	14,778	11,773	11,792	11,000	11,375	11,689	12,621	13,173	13,548	13,533	13,563	14,063	14,006	14,044	14,120	14,483	15,365	15,513	15,868	15,376	14,710	12,083
Energy intensity (kilojoule / revenue freight tonne-kilometer)	(R) 606	(R) 516	(R) 465	(R) 486	(R) 426	(R) 355	(R) 302	(R) 280	(R) 282	(R) 279	(R) 278	(R) 267	(R) 265	(R) 266	(R) 261	(R) 260	(R) 253	(R) 249	(R) 248	(R) 247	(R) 245	242	237	230	219	209
Energy intensity (kilojoule / car-kilometer)	(R) 11,178	(R) 11,133	(R) 10,784	(R) 12,023	(R) 12,124	(R) 11,347	(R) 10,827	(R) 10,310	(R) 10,457	(R) 10,444	(R) 10,642	(R) 10,414	(R) 10,261	(R) 10,267	(R) 9,976	(R) 9,979	(R) 9,726	(R) 9,851	(R) 9,779	(R) 9,784	(R) 9,956	9,880	9,784	9,672	9,492	9,037

KEY: R = revised.

^a The threshold for classification as a Class I Railroads is based on operating revenues; the 2009 threshold is $389.8 million.

NOTES

The heat equivalent factor used for joule conversion is 38,655.900 joules/liter.

1.459972 tonne-kilometer = 1 ton-mile.

1.609344 kilometers = 1 mile.

0.9071847 tonnes = 1 ton.

3.785412 liters = 1 gallon.

1.055056 kilojoules = 1 British thermal unit (Btu).

SOURCE

Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2010 (Washington, DC: 2010), pp. 34, 37, and 40, and similar tables in earlier editions.

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Table 4-25M: Energy Intensity of Class I Railroada Freight Service

Table 4-25M: Energy Intensity of Class I Railroad^a Freight Service