Table 3-4: Rail Shipments: 2012
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
| State | Rail shipments terminating in state | Rail shipments originating in state | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All commodities (thousands of tons) |
Top commodity by weight |
All commodities (thousands of tons) |
Top commodity by weight |
|
| Alabama | 51,082 | Coal | 38,161 | Coal |
| Alaska | 5,561 | Stone, sand, gravel | 5,561 | Stone, sand, gravel |
| Arizona | 26,052 | Coal | 3,281 | Stone, sand, lime |
| Arkansas | 27,429 | Coal | 14,493 | Stone, sand, gravel |
| California | 98,903 | Intermodal | 59,066 | Intermodal |
| Colorado | 29,703 | Coal | 30,647 | Coal |
| Connecticut | 1,324 | Primary metal prod. | 1,271 | Waste & scrap |
| Delaware | 4,442 | Stone, sand, gravel | 842 | Coke & metal products |
| District of Columbia | 17 | All traffic | 37 | All traffic |
| Florida | 66,677 | Phospate rock | 43,721 | Phospate rock |
| Georgia | 67,689 | Coal | 31,841 | Stone, sand, gravel |
| Hawaii | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Idaho | 7,380 | Chemicals | 7,081 | Food products |
| Illinois | 157,810 | Coal | 115,899 | Intermodal |
| Indiana | 56,517 | Coal | 54,154 | Coal |
| Iowa | 35,389 | Coal | 46,269 | Food products |
| Kansas | 23,383 | Coal | 17,913 | Farm products |
| Kentucky | 36,761 | Coal | 59,158 | Coal |
| Louisiana | 44,592 | Coal | 29,344 | Chemicals |
| Maine | 2,573 | Ground minerals | 2,126 | Pulp & paper |
| Maryland | 35,538 | Coal | 5,815 | Waste & scrap |
| Massachusetts | 6,671 | Intermodal | 2,829 | Empty containers |
| Michigan | 32,653 | Coal | 21,874 | Motor veh. & parts |
| Minnesota | 70,254 | Metallic ores | 90,337 | Metallic ores |
| Mississippi | 13,579 | Coal & metallic ores | 7,699 | Chemicals |
| Missouri | 68,908 | Coal | 16,716 | Food products |
| Montana | 4,771 | Prod. of petr. refining | 38,320 | Coal & coke |
| Nebraska | 23,323 | Coal | 27,027 | Farm products |
| Nevada | 5,060 | Coal | 2,075 | Concrete & gypsum prod. |
| New Hampshire | 780 | Coal & cement | 321 | Stone, sand, gravel |
| New Jersey | 23,625 | Chemicals | 11,789 | Intermodal |
| New Mexico | 3,772 | Food products | 12,068 | Coal |
| New York | 20,575 | Chemicals | 7,439 | Waste & scrap |
| North Carolina | 47,903 | Coal | 10,362 | Chemicals |
| North Dakota | 22,003 | Farm products | 49,480 | Farm products |
| Ohio | 77,297 | Coal | 66,191 | Coal |
| Oklahoma | 34,810 | Coal | 18,299 | Stone, sand, gravel |
| Oregon | 19,304 | Chemicals | 10,187 | Lumber & wood |
| Pennsylvania | 54,495 | Coal | 51,550 | Coal |
| Rhode Island | 836 | Chemicals | 49 | All traffic |
| South Carolina | 27,757 | Coal | 12,114 | Chemicals |
| South Dakota | 4,813 | Coal & cement | 14,276 | Farm products |
| Tennessee | 26,558 | Chemicals | 15,695 | Intermodal |
| Texas | 206,591 | Coal | 92,892 | Chemicals |
| Utah | 10,752 | Coal & cement | 15,775 | Coal |
| Vermont | 1,552 | Salt & ground miner. | 659 | Ground minerals |
| Virginia | 77,551 | Coal | 32,231 | Coal |
| Washington | 48,340 | Farm products | 21,892 | Intermodal |
| West Virginia | 14,281 | Coal | 92,328 | Coal |
| Wisconsin | 57,490 | Coal | 20,625 | Stone, sand, gravel |
| Wyoming | 15,755 | Coal | 434,299 | Coal |
| United States, total | 1,800,883 | Coal | 1,764,078 | Coal |
KEY: NA = not applicable.
NOTE: The top commodity is based on the 38 two-digit Standard Transportation Commodity Code groupings and is determined by the tonnage either originating or terminating in the state (including intrastate shipments.) Commodity tonnage data are rounded estimates based on the Carload Waybill Sample. Individual state shipments may not add to total.
SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Ten-Year Trends, available at www.aar.org/StatisticsAndPublications as of July 2015.