TABLE D-4 Rail Freight Average Speeds, Revenue Ton-Miles, and Terminal Dwell Times
Line-haul speed is a shipper-related indicator of the performance of the railroad industry. The average speed is the over-the-road train speed and does not include terminal dwell time, time for local pickup and delivery, and the time shipments spend in storage yards.
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| 1999 Q3 |
23.0 |
364.0 |
U |
| 1999 Q4 |
23.3 |
372.8 |
U |
| 2000 Q1 |
24.2 |
358.6 |
U |
| 2000 Q2 |
23.9 |
359.7 |
U |
| 2000 Q3 |
23.8 |
376.0 |
U |
| 2000 Q4 |
24.0 |
361.3 |
U |
| 2001 Q1 |
24.4 |
370.4 |
U |
| 2001 Q2 |
24.0 |
364.6 |
U |
| 2001 Q3 |
24.3 |
367.7 |
U |
| 2001 Q4 |
24.8 |
371.3 |
U |
| 2002 Q1 |
25.4 |
352.0 |
U |
| 2002 Q2 |
25.6 |
369.1 |
U |
| 2002 Q3 |
24.9 |
361.2 |
U |
| 2002 Q4 |
25.2 |
364.2 |
U |
| 2003 Q1 |
24.7 |
368.4 |
U |
| 2003 Q2 |
24.3 |
379.2 |
U |
| 2003 Q3 |
23.7 |
387.6 |
U |
| 2003 Q4 |
23.6 |
396.0 |
U |
| 2004 Q1 |
23.2 |
395.6 |
U |
| 2004 Q2 |
22.3 |
409.8 |
27.0 |
| 2004 Q3 |
22.5 |
417.3 |
26.4 |
| 2004 Q4 |
22.1 |
429.3 |
27.3 |
| 2005 Q1 |
21.7 |
416.7 |
27.4 |
| 2005 Q2 |
21.6 |
417.8 |
26.3 |
| 2005 Q3 |
21.7 |
421.0 |
25.9 |
| 2005 Q4 |
20.8 |
420.6 |
27.2 |
KEY: U = data are unavailable.
NOTES: The Bureau of Transportation Statistics calculated the average overall line-haul speed by taking a weighted average (using freight car-miles) of the individual railroad average speeds. Data cover Class I railroads only (see Glossary for definition). Average line-haul speed and terminal dwell time exclude the Canadian National Railway because they have stopped releasing those data. Average line-haul speed data for 2005 are preliminary.
SOURCES: Average line-haul speed and terminal dwell time-U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, calculations using data reported by Class I railroads to the Association of American Railroads for posting at http://www.railroadpm.org/, and Surface Transportation Board (STB), Statistics of Class I Railroads in the United States, table 8, available at http://www.stb.dot.gov/, as of August 2006. Revenue ton-miles-STB, Quarterly Selected Earnings Report, available at http://www.stb.dot.gov/, as of August 2006
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