Rail Profile
Rail Profile
FINANCIAL
1960 | 1970f | 1980 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | (R) 2005 | 2006 | |
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Class I a,1 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | 34,576 | 35,327 | 36,639 | 40,517 | 46,118 | 52,152 |
Passenger | 640 | 421 | 446 | 94 | 88 | 89 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 65 | 70 |
Freight | 8,025 | 10,922 | 26,350 | 27,471 | 29,931 | 31,356 | 31,889 | 32,322 | 32,247 | 32,680 | 33,083 | 33,533 | 34,110 | 35,413 | 39,131 | 44,457 | 50,315 |
Other | 849 | 649 | 1,462 | 805 | 790 | 835 | 745 | 736 | 843 | 780 | 957 | 981 | 1,155 | 1,164 | 1,323 | 1,597 | 1,767 |
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 | 29,164 | 29,592 | 31,440 | 35,107 | 37,843 | 40,980 |
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Total revenue ($ millions) | N | 162 | 429 | 1,308 | 1,413 | 1,490 | 1,550 | 1,669 | 2,244 | 2,011 | 2,111 | 2,109 | 2,228 | (R) 1,994 | (R) 1,865 | 1,886 | 2,042 |
Total expenses ($ millions) | N | 301 | 1,103 | 2,012 | 2,246 | 2,257 | 2,258 | 2,359 | 2,548 | 2,660 | 2,876 | 3,288 | 3,224 | (R) 3,100 | (R) 2,950 | 2,940 | 3,005 |
INVENTORY
1960 | 1970f | 1980 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | (R) 2005 | 2006 | |
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Class Ia, 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Number of vehicles, total | (R) 1,994,517 | (R) 1,811,258 | (R) 1,738,921 | (R) 1,231,096 | (R) 1,210,917 | (R) 1,237,739 | (R) 1,259,842 | (R) 1,290,103 | (R) 1,335,928 | (R) 1,389,092 | (R) 1,400,824 | (R) 1,333,881 | (R) 1,320,176 | (R) 1,299,751 | (R) 1,309,935 | 1,335,024 | 1,370,239 |
Class I freight cars | 1,658,292 | 1,423,921 | 1,168,114 | 658,902 | 590,930 | 583,486 | 570,865 | 568,493 | 575,604 | 579,140 | 560,154 | 499,860 | 477,751 | 467,063 | 473,773 | 474,839 | 475,415 |
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 | 814,276 | 821,919 | 811,917 | 814,147 | 837,406 | 871,092 |
Number of Locomotives | 29,031 | 27,077 | 28,094 | 18,835 | 18,505 | 18,812 | 19,269 | 19,684 | 20,261 | 20,256 | 20,028 | 19,745 | 20,506 | 20,771 | 22,015 | 22,779 | 23,732 |
Number of companies | 106 | 71 | 38 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
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 | 162,155 | 157,372 | 154,652 | 157,699 | 162,438 | 167,581 |
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 | (R) 97,817 | (R) 100,125 | (R) 99,126 | (R) 97,662 | 95,830 | 94,614 |
Amtrak | |||||||||||||||||
Number of passenger vehicles3 | |||||||||||||||||
Train-cars | N | 1,569 | 2,128 | 1,863 | 1,852 | 1,722 | 1,730 | 1,728 | 1,962 | 1,992 | 1,894 | 2,084 | 2,896 | 1,623 | 1,211 | 1,186 | 1,191 |
Locomotives | N | 185 | 419 | 318 | 338 | 313 | 299 | 332 | 345 | 329 | 378 | 401 | 372 | 442 | 276 | 258 | 319 |
Number of employees4 | N | 1,500 | 21,416 | 24,000 | 25,049 | 23,646 | 23,278 | 23,555 | 24,528 | 25,291 | 25,624 | 27,316 | 22,649 | 20,905 | 20,938 | 19,234 | 18,659 |
System route mileage5 | N | N | 24,000 | 24,000 | 25,000 | 24,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 22,000 | 23,000 | 23,000 | 23,000 | 23,000 | 22,675 | 22,256 | 22,007 | 21,708 |
PERFORMANCE
1960 | 1970f | 1980 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | (R) 2005 | 2006 | |
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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 | 34,243,000 | 34,680,000 | 35,555,000 | 37,071,000 | 37,712,000 | 38,955,000 |
Train mileage, freight (thousands)1 | 404,464 | 427,065 | 428,498 | 379,582 | 440,896 | 458,271 | 468,792 | 474,954 | 474,947 | 490,442 | 504,001 | 499,546 | 499,668 | 515,999 | 534,696 | 547,566 | 562,607 |
Locomotive mileage, total (thousands)6 | 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 | 1,477,546 | 1,443,531 | 1,484,074 | 1,538,385 | U | U |
Freight | 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 | 1,327,669 | 1,300,574 | 1,353,885 | 1,398,450 | U | U |
Train and yard switching | N | N | 212,040 | 135,806 | 143,224 | 150,840 | 153,798 | 141,461 | 153,997 | 154,367 | 148,229 | 149,876 | 142,957 | 130,190 | 139,935 | U | U |
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 | 1,495,472 | 1,507,011 | 1,551,438 | 1,662,598 | 1,696,425 | 1,771,897 |
Average length of haul, freight (miles)1 | 461 | 515 | 616 | 726 | 817 | 843 | 842 | 851 | 835 | 835 | 843 | 859 | 853 | 862 | 902 | 894 | 906 |
Fuel consumed in freight service (million gallons)1 | 3,463 | 3,545 | 3,904 | 3,115 | 3,334 | 3,480 | 3,579 | 3,575 | 3,583 | 3,715 | 3,700 | 3,710 | 3,730 | 3,826 | 4,059 | 4,098 | 4,192 |
Average miles traveled per vehicle | |||||||||||||||||
Car | 14,124 | 16,502 | 16,836 | 21,249 | 23,523 | 24,547 | 25,174 | 24,541 | 24,445 | 24,369 | 24,693 | 25,672 | 26,269 | 27,355 | 28,300 | 28,248 | 28,429 |
Locomotive | N | N | 54,497 | 67,978 | 75,910 | 76,796 | 76,037 | 72,304 | 71,058 | 74,247 | 75,036 | 74,831 | 70,396 | 71,449 | 69,879 | U | U |
Average miles traveled per gallon | |||||||||||||||||
Car | 8.13 | 8.43 | 7.50 | 8.40 | 8.54 | 8.73 | 8.86 | 8.86 | 9.11 | 9.11 | 9.35 | 9.23 | 9.30 | 9.29 | 9.13 | 9.20 | 9.29 |
Train | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
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Passenger train car-miles (millions)7 | N | 213 | 235 | 301 | 304 | 292 | 276 | 288 | 312 | 342 | 371 | 378 | 379 | 332 | 308 | 265 | 264 |
Passenger train-miles (millions)2 | N | 26 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 36 |
Passenger locomotive-miles (millions)2 | N | N | 41 | 49 | 51 | 48 | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U |
Revenue passengers carried (millions)2 | N | 17 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
Revenue passenger-miles (millions)2 | N | 3,039 | 4,503 | 6,057 | 5,921 | 5,545 | 5,050 | 5,166 | 5,304 | 5,330 | 5,498 | 5,559 | 5,314 | 5,680 | 5,511 | 5,381 | 5,410 |
Average passenger fare (dollars)2 | N | 8.30 | 17.72 | 38.50 | 39.10 | 39.92 | 43.31 | 45.26 | 44.75 | 46.85 | 49.61 | 51.58 | 56.05 | 57.78 | 56.81 | 58.29 | 65.43 |
Average passenger revenue / passenger-mile (cents)2 | N | 4.5 | 8.2 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 17.7 | 17.8 | 18.9 | 20.3 | 21.8 | 24.5 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 27.16 | 29.69 |
Average passenger trip length (miles)2 | N | 182.6 | 217.0 | 273.0 | 279.3 | 267.9 | 256.3 | 255.7 | 251.4 | 247.9 | 244.4 | 236.6 | 228.4 | 230.9 | 218.6 | 214.6 | 220.4 |
Locomotive fuel consumed8 | |||||||||||||||||
Diesel (million gallons) | N | N | 64 | 82 | 75 | 66 | 71 | 75 | 75 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 86 | 78 | 70 | 68 | U |
Electric kWh (millions) | N | N | 254 | 330 | 309 | 304 | 293 | 282 | 275 | 283 | 350 | 377 | 593 | 666 | 648 | 500 | U |
SAFETY d,9
1960 | 1970f | 1980 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | (R) 2005 | 2006 | |
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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 | 1,063 | 1,008 | 932 | 937 | 971 | 951 | (R) 868 | (R) 895 | 887 | 910 |
Passengers on Trains | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 2 |
Employees on duty | 215 | 179 | 97 | 40 | 31 | 34 | 33 | 37 | 27 | 31 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 16 |
Employees not on duty | N | N | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trespassers | 637 | 607 | 566 | 700 | 682 | 660 | 620 | 646 | 644 | 570 | 570 | 673 | 646 | 634 | (R) 621 | 600 | 665 |
Nontrespassers | 1,459 | 1,535 | 746 | 554 | 505 | 443 | 365 | 363 | 326 | 305 | (R) 335 | 269 | (R) 267 | (R) 206 | (R) 242 | 241 | 220 |
Contractor employees | N | N | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
Grade crossing only | 1,421 | 1,440 | 772 | 698 | 615 | 579 | 488 | 461 | 431 | 402 | 425 | 421 | 357 | 334 | (R) 372 | 358 | 369 |
Railroad onlye | 924 | 785 | 645 | 599 | 611 | 567 | 551 | 602 | 577 | 530 | 512 | 550 | 594 | (R) 534 | (R) 523 | 529 | 541 |
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 Data for 2003 indicates operating revenues and expenses instead of total revenues and expenses, the data source has changed.
d Safety figures from U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration are for all railroads.
e Figures may not appear directly in data source.
f 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, Railroad Facts 2006 (Washington, DC: 2004), pp. 3, 9, 10, 27, 33, 34, 36, 40, 49, 52, 77 and similar pages in earlier issues.
2 1970-2006: Amtrak, National Railroad Passenger Corporation Annual Report, Statistical Appendix to Amtrak Annual Report, Annual issues.
3 1970-80: Amtrak, National Railroad Passenger Corporation Annual Report,1972, 1980, 1990, and 1993-95. 1990-2000: Ibid., National Railroad Passenger Corporation Annual Report, Statistical Appendix to Amtrak Annual Report, Annual issues. 2001-05: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2006 (Washington, DC, 2006), p.77.
4 1970-90: Amtrak, Public Affairs, personal communication. 1994-1997: Ibid., National Railroad Passenger Corporation Annual Report,1972, 1980, 1990, and 1993-95. 1998-2005: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2006 (Washington, DC: 2006), p. 77 and similar pages in earlier issues.
5 1980-90: Amtrak, Route Miles by Railroad, Corp. Planning & Development. 1994-2001: Amtrak, National Railroad Passenger Corporation Annual Report, Statistical Appendix to Amtrak Annual Report, Annual issues. 2002-05: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2006 (Washington, DC, 2006), p. 77.
6 1980-2001: Association of American Railroads, Analysis of Class 1 Railroads (Washington, DC: Annual issues). 2002-04: Ibid., Railroad Ten-Year Trends (Washington, DC: 2005), pp. 119 and 121, personal communication, Feb. 16, 2005.
7 1970-90: Amtrak, Train Information System Reports. 1994-99: Amtrak Corporate Reporting, Route Profitability System, Washington DC, personal communication, August 2001. 2000-05: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2006 (Washington, DC: 2006), p. 77 and similar pages in earlier issues.
8 Amtrak General Accounting, Pennsylvania, personal communication, June 1999. 2002-05: Amtrak, personal communications, Dec. 9, 2005 and Dec. 19, 2007
9 1960-80: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Systems Support Division, RRS-22, personal communication. 1990-94: Ibid., Accident / Incident Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables 7 and 9. 1995-2005: Ibid., Interim Railroad Safety Statistics, Annual Report 2005 (Washington, DC: 2005), table 1-3, and similar tables in earlier editions. 2006: Ibid, Office of Safety Analysis, table 4.08, at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.asp as of Dec. 12, 2007.