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United States Department of Transportation

Index of Railroad Fuel Prices

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

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Date	Index of RR Fuel Cost July 15,1990=100
Jan-03	184.4
Feb-03	212.6
Mar-03	222.8
Apr-03	179.8
May-03	168.9
Jun-03	170.9
Jul-03	175.0
Aug-03	184.7
Sep-03	174.9
Oct-03	180.1
Nov-03	181.9
Dec-03	185.4
Jan-04	198.0
Feb-04	200.1
Mar-04	208.0
Apr-04	216.8
May-04	230.5
Jun-04	224.3
Jul-04	234.5
Aug-04	256.2
Sep-04	264.4
Oct-04	307.4
Nov-04	296.7
Dec-04	267.2
Jan-05	262.2
Feb-05	279.0
Mar-05	318.0
Apr-05	330.9
May-05	309.6
Jun-05	328.0
Jul-05	344.1
Aug-05	371.4
Sep-05	415.6
Oct-05	459.3
Nov-05	375.0
Dec-05	352.5
Jan-06	356.2
Feb-06	358.1
Mar-06	374.4
Apr-06	409.7
May-06	429.9
Jun-06	429.7
Jul-06	442.6
Aug-06	464.3
Sep-06	397.9
Oct-06	364.7
Nov-06	370.5
Dec-06	380.0
Jan-07	342.4
Feb-07	360.0
Mar-07	387.7
Apr-07	416.5
May-07	418.5
Jun-07	429.4
Jul-07	447.3
Aug-07	444.6
Sep-07	463.8
Oct-07	483.8
Nov-07	539.8
Dec-07	524.6
Jan-08	520.9
Feb-08	541.4
Mar-08	627.5
Apr-08	668.0
May-08	737.5
Jun-08	773.0
Jul-08	779.6
Aug-08	675.7
Sep-08	638.7
Oct-08	517.6
Nov-08	405.1
Dec-08	310.9
Jan-09	293.3
Feb-09	273.9
Mar-09	254.4
Apr-09	292.1
May-09	302.0
Jun-09	363.6
Jul-09	353.8
Aug-09	386.2
Sep-09	371.6
Oct-09	395.4
Nov-09	411.0
Dec-09	400.5
Jan-10	419.1
Feb-10	405.1
Mar-10	432.4
Apr-10	466.4
May-10	444.5
Jun-10	426.6
Jul-10	423.4
Aug-10	436.7
Sep-10	441.6
Oct-10	470.4
Nov-10	481.1
Dec-10	496.4
Jan-11	526.1
Feb-11	563.6
Mar-11	626.0
Apr-11	661.6
May-11	631.3
Jun-11	623.1
Jul-11
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SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Monthly Railroad Fuel Price Indexes, available at http://www.aar.org/ as of August 2011.

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