Table 4-25M: Energy Intensity of Class I Railroada Freight Service
Table 4-25M: Energy Intensity of Class I Railroada Freight Service
1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
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Revenue freight tonne-kilometers (millions) | 835,555 | 1,018,882 | 1,116,600 | 1,101,187 | 1,341,653 | 1,280,372 | 1,509,566 | 1,516,728 | 1,557,470 | 1,619,560 | 1,752,990 | 1,906,268 | 1,979,686 | 1,969,394 | 2,010,092 | 2,092,813 | 2,140,261 | 2,183,347 | 2,200,194 | 2,265,056 | 2,427,347 | 2,730,131 | 2,586,920 |
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 | 54,478 | 55,667 | 55,109 | 55,812 | 57,220 | 59,660 | 60,692 | 62,692 |
Tonnes per car load | 44.4 | 48.9 | 54.9 | 60.8 | 67.1 | 67.7 | 66.6 | 66.2 | 66.0 | 64.4 | 63.4 | 65.3 | 66.6 | 63.4 | 64.1 | 63.4 | 62.6 | 64.0 | 63.3 | 62.3 | 61.3 | 61.0 | 60.9 |
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 | 14,063 | 14,006 | 14,044 | 14,120 | 14,483 | 15,365 | 15,513 | 15,868 |
Energy intensity (kilojoule / revenue freight tonne-kilometer) | 606 | 516 | 465 | 486 | 426 | 355 | 302 | 280 | 282 | 279 | 278 | 267 | 265 | 266 | 261 | 260 | 253 | 249 | 248 | 247 | 245 | 242 | 237 |
Energy intensity (kilojoule / car-kilometer) | 11,178 | 11,134 | 10,784 | 12,024 | 12,125 | 11,348 | 10,828 | 10,311 | 10,458 | 10,445 | 10,643 | 10,415 | 10,261 | 10,268 | 9,976 | 9,979 | 9,726 | 9,852 | 9,780 | 9,785 | 9,956 | 9,881 | 9,784 |
a Class I railroads are those that have operating revenues of $289.4 million or more in 2004.
NOTES
The heat equivalent factor used for joule conversion is 38,655.900 joules/liter.
1.459972 tonne-kilometer = 1 ton-mile.
1.609344 kilometers = 1 mile.
0.9071847 tonnes = 1 ton.
3.785412 liters = 1 gallon.
SOURCE
Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2007 (Washington, DC: 2007), pp. 34, 37, and 40, and similar tables in earlier editions.