TABLE 13-8 Average Loaded U.S. Railcar Weight for Selected Commodities: 1993 and 2003
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TABLE 13-8 Average Loaded U.S. Railcar Weight for Selected Commodities: 1993 and 2003
Tons per carload
Excel | CSV | Graphic Version
| 1993 | 2003 | |
|---|---|---|
| Farm products | 90.1 | 93.0 |
| Coal | 100.5 | 111.4 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 91.8 | 96.8 |
| Food and kindred products | 63.5 | 69.1 |
| Chemicals and allied products | 83.4 | 84.2 |
| Transportation equipment | 21.1 | 20.4 |
| Miscellaneous mixed shipments | 16.8 | 14.5 |
NOTES: Miscellaneous mixed shipments is mostly intermodal traffic. Some intermodal traffic is included in commodity-specific categories as well.
SOURCES: 2003—Association of American Railroads (AAR), Railroad Facts 2004 (Washington, DC: 2004), pp. 25 and 29. 1993—U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, calculations based on AAR, Railroad Ten-Year Trends 1990-1999 (Washington, DC: 2000).