Rail Freight Revenue Ton-Miles
Rail Freight Revenue Ton-Miles
Quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted
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Freight carried by rail accounts for a very large share of transportation activity in the U.S. In the 2007 Commodity Flow Survey, rail acounted for 46% of total national ton-miles. Coal accounted for nearly half of this activity, and grains and chemical products also contributed large shares.
Rail Freight Revenue Ton-Miles (Class I only) | 2011 Quarter 1 | 2012 Quarter 1 |
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Rail Freight Revenue Ton-Miles (billions) | 425.6 | 429.2 |
Percent change from same quarter previous year | 6.4 | 0.8 |
NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
SOURCE: Surface Transportation Board; Office of Economics, Environmental Analysis, and Administration; Quarterly Earnings Reports; available at http://www.stb.dot.gov/ as of June 2012.