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Figure 3-4 Domestic Coal Shipments by Mode: 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012

Thursday, March 31, 2016

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Thousand short tons

  1997 2002 2007 2012
Truck 213,314 147,410 212,055 223,564
Rail 641,687 815,408 974,440 916,302
Water 63,367 36,753 47,759 43,227
Air (include truck-air) 1 78 0 0
Multiple modes & mail 74,006 55,443 45,067 45,888
Other and unknown 146,163 151,245 90,819 97,462

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Freight Analysis Framework, Version 3.4, November 2015.