Table 4-25M. Energy Intensity of Class I Railroada Freight Service

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Revenue freight tonne-kilometers (millions)	^R835,557	^R1,018,884	^R1,116,602	^R1,101,189	^R1,341,656	^R1,280,375	^R1,509,569	1,516,732	1,557,474	1,619,563	1,752,993	^R1,906,272	^R1,979,690	^R1,969,398	2,010,096
Car-kilometers (millions)	45,335	47,212	48,103	44,508	47,117	40,105	42,099	41,244	42,049	43,264	45,842	48,897	51,040	50,952	52,556
Tonnes per car load	40	44	50	55	61	61	60	60	60	58	58	59	60	57	58
Fuel consumed (million liters)	13,109	13,597	13,419	13,843	14,778	11,773	11,792	11,000	11,375	11,689	12,621	13,173	13,548	13,533	13,563
Energy intensiveness (1000 Joules/revenue freight tonne-kilometer)	^R607	516	465	486	426	355	302	280	282	279	278	267	265	266	261
Energy intensiveness (1000 Joules/car-kilometer)	11,178	11,134	^R10,785	12,024	12,125	11,348	10,828	10,311	10,458	10,445	10,643	10,415	10,261	10,268	9,977

^aClass I railroads are those that have operating revenues of $255 million or more.

KEY: R = revised.

NOTE: The heat equivalent factor used for joules conversion is 38,675,950 joules/liter.

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: October 1999), pp. 34, 37, and 40.

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