TABLE 24 Average
Loaded U.S. Railcar Weight for Selected Commodities: 1991 and 2001
(Tons per carload)
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| Farm products |
90 |
94 |
| Coal |
99 |
110 |
| Nonmetallic minerals |
92 |
96 |
| Food and kindred
products |
63 |
68 |
| Chemicals and allied
products |
81 |
84 |
| Transportation equipment |
21 |
21 |
| Miscellaneous mixed
shipments |
17 |
15 |
NOTE: Miscellaneous mixed shipments is mostly
intermodal traffic. Some intermodal traffic is included in commodity-specific
categories, as well.
SOURCES: Association of American
Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 2001 and 2002 issues). 1991 data-U.S.
Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
calculations based on Association of American Railroads, Railroad Ten-Year Trends 1990-1999 (Washington, DC: 2000).
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