Table 4-18: Amtrak Fuel Consumption and Travel

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	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Number in use
Locomotives	355	419	291	318	316	336	360	338	313	299	332	345	329	378	401	372	442	276	258	319	270	278	274
Cars	1,913	2,128	1,854	1,863	1,786	1,796	1,853	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	1,164	1,177	1,214
Miles traveled (millions)
Train-miles	30	30	30	33	34	34	35	34	32	30	32	33	34	35	36	38	37	37	36	36	37	38	38
Car-miles	253	235	251	301	313	307	303	304	292	276	288	312	342	368	378	379	332	308	265	264	267	272	283
Locomotive fuel consumed
Electric (million of kWhs)	180	254	295	330	303	300	301	309	336	363	390	416	443	470	456	518	537	551	531	549	578	582	565
Diesel (million gallons)	63	64	65	82	82	82	83	74	72	71	76	76	79	95	97	84	75	69	65	62	62	63	62
Average miles traveled per car (thousands)	132	110	135	162	175	171	164	164	170	160	167	159	172	194	181	131	204	255	223	222	229	231	233

KEY: kWh = kilowatt hour.

SOURCES

Number of locomotives and cars:

197580: National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), State and Local Affairs Department, personal communication.

19852000: Ibid., Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).

200109: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 77 and similar pages in earlier editions.

Miles traveled:

Train-miles:

19752002: National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).

200309: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 77 and similar pages in earlier editions.

Car-miles:

1975: Association of American Railroads, Yearbook of Railroad Facts 1975 (Washington, DC: 1976), p. 40.

198085: National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), State and Local Affairs Department and Public Affairs Department, personal communication.

19902000: Ibid., Amtrak Corporate Reporting, Route Profitability System, personal communication, Aug. 22, 2001.

200109: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 77 and similar pages in earlier editions.

Locomotive fuel consumed:

1975-2000: National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), State and Local Affairs Department, personal communication.

2001-09: National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), personal communication, May 2, 2011.