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Figure 3-5 Rail Coal Shipments: 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012

Thursday, March 31, 2016

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  1997 2002 2007 2012
Rail coal shipments (million short tons) 642 815 974 916
Rail as share of total coal shipments 56.36% 67.59% 71.12% 69.08%

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