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Index of Railroad Fuel Prices

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Index of Railroad Fuel Prices

(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
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
Jan-07 342.4
Feb-07 360
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

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 February 2008.