Figure 24 - Average Loaded U.S. Railcar Weight for Selected Commodities: 1991 and 2001

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NOTE: Miscellaneous mixed shipments is mostly intermodal traffic. Some intermodal traffic is included in commodity-specific categories instead.

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).