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Index of Railroad Fuel Prices

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The price data, which include federal excise taxes, transportation, and handling expenses, represent the average monthly price for gallons purchased by freight railroads during each month

Index of Railroad Fuel Prices	Oct-05	Oct-06
Index of Railroad Fuel Prices	459.3	364.7
Percent change from same month previous year	49.41	−20.60

NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Monthly Railroad Fuel Price Indexes, available at http://www.aar.org/, as of November 2006.