BTS | Table 1-10: Freight Railroads in Minnesota and the United States: 2000

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Table 1-10: Freight Railroads in Minnesota and the United States: 2000

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Type of railroad	Number of railroads		Miles operated²
	Number of railroads		United States	Minnesota
	United States	Minnesota	United States	Excluding trackage rights	Including trackage rights	Percent of U.S. total
Total	562	20	172,101	4,417	5,680	3.3
Class I	8	3	120,597	2,896	3,675	3.0
Regional	35	6	20,978	772	1,063	5.1
Local	304	8	21,512	581	739	3.4
Switching and terminal	213	2	7,425	112	144	1.9
Canadian¹	2	1	1,589	56	59	3.7

¹Refers to non-Class I, Canadian-owned lines.

²Miles operated is in terms of railroad so that a mile of single track is counted the same as a mile of double track. Sidings, turnouts, yard switching mileage, and mileage not operated are excluded. Miles operated under trackage rights provided by another (owning) railroad are included.

NOTES:

1. As defined by the Surface Transportation Board in 2000, a Class I Railroad is a railroad with operating revenues of at least $261.9 million.

2. A Regional Railroad is a non-Class I, line-haul railroad operating 350 or more miles of road or with revenues of at least $40 million or both.

3. A Local Railroad is a railroad which is neither a Class I nor a Regional Railroad, and is engaged primarily in line-haul service.

4. A Switching and Terminal Railroad is a non-Class I railroad engaged primarily in switching and/or terminal services for other railroads.

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Railroads and States - 2000, Washington, DC: 2002, available at http://www.aar.org/AboutTheIndustry/StateInformation.asp as of Mar. 19, 2002.