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TABLE 2-3 - New and Rebuilt Locomotives and Freight Cars: 2004-2009

Monday, September 10, 2012

TABLE 2-3 - New and Rebuilt Locomotives and Freight Cars: 2004-2009

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  Locomotives Percent of fleet Freight cars Percent of fleet
2004 1,126 5.1 47,843 3.7
2005 911 4.0 70,154 5.3
2006 1,080 4.6 76,528 5.6
2007 1,069 4.4 65,196 4.7
2008 948 3.9 60,911 4.4
2009 563 2.3 21,828 1.6

NOTES: Locomotive data are for Class I railroads only. Freight car data cover Class I railroads, other railroads, private car owners, and shippers.

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts 2010 (Washington, DC: 2010), pp. 49, 51, and 55.