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Table 1-14: Miles of Freight Railroad Operated by Class of Railroad: 2006

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Table 1-14: Miles of Freight Railroad Operated by Class of Railroad: 2006

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State Class I Regional Local Switching and terminal Canadian3 Total4
Alabama 2,684 344 572 159 0 3,759
Alaska 0 506 0 0 0 506
Arizona 1,281 0 382 145 0 1,808
Arkansas 2,541 208 725 114 0 3,588
California 5,488 403 654 352 0 6,897
Colorado 2,924 191 412 98 0 3,625
Connecticut 69 411 222 0 0 702
Delaware 247 0 24 11 0 282
District of Columbia 33 0 0 5 0 38
Florida 1,801 431 726 4 0 2,962
Georgia 3,421 0 1,468 1 0 4,890
Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho 972 81 453 147 0 1,653
Illinois 7,941 845 744 402 0 9,932
Indiana 3,448 430 1,130 219 0 5,227
Iowa 2,768 1,006 376 45 0 4,195
Kansas 3,977 1,838 43 243 0 6,101
Kentucky 2,204 290 220 0 0 2,714
Louisiana 2,613 0 579 60 0 3,252
Maine 0 876 287 2 0 1,165
Maryland 828 125 176 27 0 1,156
Massachusetts 434 502 310 10 0 1,256
Michigan 2,571 440 1,220 260 1 4,492
Minnesota 4,035 714 889 156 44 5,838
Mississippi 1,957 46 424 170 0 2,597
Missouri 4,157 488 74 153 0 4,872
Montana 2,067 865 338 0 0 3,270
Nebraska 2,603 366 450 15 0 3,434
Nevada 2,004 0 0 0 0 2,004
New Hampshire 0 172 296 0 0 468
New Jersey 1,581 108 195 873 68 2,825
New Mexico 2,037 0 94 310 0 2,441
New York 2,154 455 1,283 129 803 4,824
North Carolina 2,552 0 550 226 0 3,328
North Dakota 2,273 1,308 158 0 0 3,739
Ohio 4,188 1,117 850 396 0 6,551
Oklahoma 2,625 78 978 318 0 3,999
Oregon 1,450 982 344 134 0 2,910
Pennsylvania 3,598 759 1,549 745 452 7,103
Rhode Island 0 87 0 0 0 87
South Carolina 2,044 0 250 93 0 2,387
South Dakota 932 793 172 24 0 1,921
Tennessee 2,044 0 742 67 0 2,853
Texas 12,219 1,058 697 991 0 14,965
Utah 1,762 396 12 125 0 2,295
Vermont 0 79 538 0 0 617
Virginia 3,147 0 382 63 0 3,592
Washington 2,154 17 1,055 211 0 3,437
West Virginia 2,145 10 343 6 0 2,504
Wisconsin 3,326 620 180 7 0 4,133
Wyoming 1,847 6 0 30 0 1,883
United States, total2 119,146 19,451 23,566 7,546 1,368 171,077

1 Miles of railroad operated is synonymous with route-miles (so that a mile of single track is counted the same as a mile of double track). Sidings, turnouts, yard switching mileage, and mileage not operated are excluded. Miles operated under trackage rights provided by another (owning) railroad are included. Year-to-year changes in miles operated are due to both changes in track mileage and changes in the number of railroads with rights for the same track.

2 Includes trackage rights.

3 Refers to non-Class I, Canadian-owned lines.

4 Excludes miles owned by Amtrak.

NOTE: For definition of railroad types see previous table.

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Profile of the U.S. Freight Railroad Industry - 2006, Washington, DC: 2007, personal communication, February 15, 2008.