Rail Profile
Rail Profile
FINANCIAL | 1960 | 1970e | 1980 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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Class Ia | |||||||||||
Operating revenues, total ($ millions) | 9,514 | 11,992 | 28,258 | 28,370 | 30,809 | 32,280 | 32,693 | 33,118 | 33,151 | 33,521 | 34,102 |
Passenger1 | 640 | 421 | 446 | 94 | 88 | 89 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 61 | 62 |
Freight | 8,025 | 10,922 | 26,350 | 27,471 | 29,931 | 31,356 | 31,889 | 32,322 | 32,247 | 32,680 | 33,083 |
Other | 849 | 649 | 1,462 | 805 | 790 | 835 | 745 | 736 | 843 | 780 | 957 |
Operating expenses ($ millions)b | 8,775 | 11,478 | 26,355 | 24,652 | 25,511 | 27,897 | 26,331 | 27,291 | 27,916 | 28,011 | 29,040 |
Amtrak | |||||||||||
Total revenue ($ millions) | N | 162 | 429 | 9 1,308 | 1,413 | 9 1,490 | 9 1,550 | 9 1,669 | 9 2,244 | 9 2,011 | 9 2,111 |
Total expenses ($ millions) | N | 301 | 1,103 | 2,012 | 2,246 | 2,257 | 2,258 | 2,359 | 2,548 | 2,660 | 9 2,876 |
INVENTORY | 1960 | 1970e | 1980 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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Class Ia | |||||||||||
Number of vehicles, total | 1,965,486 | 1,784,181 | 1,710,827 | 1,212,261 | 2,025,403 | 1,218,927 | 1,240,573 | 1,270,419 | 1,315,667 | 1,368,836 | 1,380,796 |
Class I freight cars | 1,658,292 | 1 1,423,921 | 1 1,168,114 | 1 658,902 | 590,930 | 1 583,486 | 1 570,865 | 1 568,493 | 1 575,604 | 1 579,140 | 1 560,154 |
Other nonclass I freight cars | 307,194 | 360,260 | 542,713 | 553,359 | 601,482 | 635,441 | 669,708 | 701,926 | 740,063 | 789,696 | 820,642 |
Locomotives | 29,031 | 27,077 | 28,094 | 18,835 | 18,505 | 18,812 | 19,269 | 19,684 | 20,261 | 20,256 | 20,028 |
Number of companies | 106 | 71 | 38 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Number of employees | 780,494 | 566,282 | 458,994 | 216,424 | 189,962 | 188,215 | 181,809 | 177,981 | 178,222 | 177,557 | 168,360 |
Miles of road owned | 207,334 | 196,479 | 164,822 | 119,758 | 109,332 | 108,264 | 105,779 | 102,128 | 100,570 | 99,430 | 99,250 |
Amtrak | |||||||||||
Number of passenger vehicles | |||||||||||
Train-cars | N | 4 1,569 | 4 2,128 | 9 1,863 | 1,852 | 9 1,722 | 9 1,730 | 9 1,728 | 9 1,962 | 9 1,992 | 9 1,894 |
Locomotives | N | 185 | 419 | 318 | 338 | 313 | 299 | 332 | 345 | 329 | 378 |
Number of employees | N | 5 1,500 | 5 21,416 | 5 24,000 | 25,049 | 23,646 | 4 23,278 | 4 23,555 | 1 24,528 | 1 25,291 | 1 25,624 |
System route mileage | N | N | 8 24,000 | 8 24,000 | 25,000 | 24,000 | 9 25,000 | 9 25,000 | 9 22,000 | 9 23,000 | 9 23,000 |
PERFORMANCE | 1960 | 1970e | 1980 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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Class Ia | |||||||||||
Car mileage, freight (thousands)1 | 28,170,000 | 29,890,000 | 29,277,000 | 26,159,000 | 28,485,000 | 30,383,000 | 31,715,000 | 31,660,000 | 32,657,000 | 33,851,000 | 34,590,000 |
Train mileage, freight (thousands) | 404,464 | 427,065 | 428,498 | 379,582 | 440,896 | 458,271 | 468,792 | 474,954 | 474,947 | 490,442 | 504,001 |
Locomotive mileage, total (thousands) | N | N | 1,531,050 | 1,280,365 | 1,404,706 | 1,444,691 | 1,465,149 | 1,423,229 | 1,439,703 | 1,503,947 | 1,502,819 |
Freight 2 | 421,900 | 1,278,200 | 1,319,010 | 1,144,559 | 1,261,482 | 1,293,851 | 1,311,351 | 1,281,768 | 1,285,706 | 1,349,580 | 1,354,590 |
Train and yard switching | N | N | 212,040 | 135,806 | 143,224 | 150,840 | 153,798 | 141,461 | 153,997 | 154,367 | 148,229 |
Revenue ton-miles of freight (millions)1 | 572,309 | 764,809 | 918,958 | 1,033,969 | 1,200,701 | 1,305,688 | 1,355,975 | 1,348,926 | 1,376,802 | 1,433,461 | 1,465,960 |
Average length of haul, freight (miles) | 461 | 515 | 616 | 726 | 817 | 843 | 842 | 851 | 835 | 835 | 843 |
Fuel consumed in freight service (million gallons) | 3,463 | 3,545 | 3,904 | 3,115 | 3,334 | 3,480 | 3,579 | 3,575 | 3,583 | 3,715 | 3,700 |
Average miles traveled per vehicle | |||||||||||
Locomotive | N | N | 54,497 | 67,978 | 75,910 | 76,796 | 76,037 | 72,304 | 71,058 | 74,247 | 75,036 |
Car | 14,332 | 16,753 | 17,113 | 21,579 | 23,889 | 24,926 | 25,565 | 24,921 | 24,822 | 24,730 | 25,051 |
Average miles traveled per gallon | |||||||||||
Train | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 |
Car | 8.13 | 8.43 | 7.50 | 8.40 | 8.54 | 8.73 | 8.86 | 8.86 | 9.11 | 9.11 | 9.35 |
Amtrak | |||||||||||
Passenger train car-miles (millions) | N | 6 213 | 6 235 | 6 301 | 304 | 10 292 | 10 276 | 10 288 | 10 312 | 10 342 | U |
Passenger train-miles (millions) | N | 26 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 |
Passenger locomotive-miles (millions) | N | N | 41 | 49 | 51 | 48 | U | U | U | U | U |
Revenue passengers carried (millions) | N | 17 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
Revenue passenger-miles (millions) | N | 3,039 | 4,503 | 9 6,057 | 5,921 | 9 5,545 | 9 5,050 | 9 5,166 | 9 5,304 | 9 5,330 | 9 5,498 |
Average passenger fare (dollars) | N | 7 8.3 | 17.7 | 38.5 | 38.2 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 44.3 | 44.0 | 45.7 | U |
Average passenger revenue / passenger-mile (cents) | N | 4.5 | 8.2 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 18.4 | U |
Average passenger trip length (miles) | N | 182.6 | 217.0 | 273.0 | 271.1 | 267.6 | 256.9 | 255.8 | 251.5 | 247.8 | U |
Locomotive fuel consumed | |||||||||||
Diesel (million gallons) | N | N | 64 | 82 | 75 | 11 66 | 11 71.2 | 11 75 | 11 75 | 11 74 | U |
Electric kWh (millions) | N | N | 254 | 330 | 309 | 304 | 293 | 282 | 275 | 283 | U |
SAFETY c,3 | 1960 | 1970e | 1980 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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Number of fatalities, railroads and grade crossings, total | 2,345 | 2,331 | 1,424 | 1,300 | 1,226 | 1,146 | 1,039 | 1,062 | 1,006 | 931 | 934 |
Passengers on trains | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
Employees on duty | 215 | 179 | 97 | 40 | 31 | 34 | 33 | 37 | 27 | 31 | 24 |
Employees not on duty | N | N | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Trespassers | 637 | 607 | 566 | 700 | 682 | 660 | 620 | 646 | 644 | R570 | 570 |
Nontrespassers | 1,459 | 1,535 | 746 | 554 | 505 | 443 | 365 | R362 | R324 | R304 | 332 |
Contractor employees | N | N | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
Grade crossing only | 1,421 | 1,440 | 772 | 698 | 615 | 579 | 488 | 461 | 431 | 402 | 425 |
Railroad onlyd | 924 | 785 | 645 | 599 | 611 | 567 | 551 | R602 | 577 | 530 | 509 |
KEY: kWh = kilowatt-hour; N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.
a Excluding Amtrak and all non-Class I railroads, except for Section IV.
b Operating expenses include equipment, joint facility rents, leased roads and equipment, and all taxes except Federal income.
c Safety figures from U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration are for all railroads.
d Figures may not appear directly in data source.
e Amtrak data in this column are for 1972, Amtrak's first full year of operation.
NOTE
Amtrak figures are based on Amtrak fiscal year (October 1-September 30).
SOURCES
Unless otherwise noted, refer to chapter tables for sources.
1 Association of American Railroads (AAR), Railroad Facts, Annual issues, pp. 3, 10, 12, 13, 14, 27, 33, 34, 36, 40, 44, 48, 50, and 77.
2 Ibid., Analysis of Class 1 Railroads, Annual issues.
3 1960-1980: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Systems Support Division, RRS-22, personal communication.
1990-1994: Ibid., Accident / Incident Bulletin, Annual issues, tables 7 and 9.
1995-2001: Ibid., Railroad Safety Statistics, Annual Report 2001, table 1-3.
4 Amtrak, National Railroad Passenger Corporation Annual Report,1972, 1980, 1990, and 1993-95.
5 Ibid., Public Affairs, personal communication.
6 Amtrak, Train Information System Reports.
7 Ibid., Train Earnings Reports.
8 Ibid., Route Miles by Railroad, Corp. Planning & Development.
9 Amtrak, National Railroad Passenger Corporation Annual Report, Statistical Appendix to Amtrak Annual Report, Annual issues.
10 Amtrak Corporate Reporting, Route Profitability System, Washington DC, personal communication, August 2001.
11 Amtrak General Accounting, Pennsylvania, personal communication, June 1999.