Table 1-8 Rail Transportation System: Fiscal Years 2000, 2010, 2013, and 2014
| 2000 | 2010 | 2013 | 2014 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment and Mileage Operated by Amtrak | ||||
| Locomotives | 378 | 282 | 418 | 428 |
| Passenger cars | 1,894 | 1,274 | 1,447 | 1,419 |
| System mileage | 23,000 | 21,178 | 21,356 | 21,356 |
| Stations | 515 | 519 | 516 | 518 |
| Passengers (millions) | 20.9 | 28.7 | 30.9 | 31.0 |
| Passenger-miles travelled (millions) | 5,498 | 6,420 | 6,810 | 6,675 |
| Equipment and Mileage Operated by Class I | ||||
| Locomotives | 20,028 | 23,893 | 25,033 | 25,916 |
| Freight cars | 560,154 | 397,730 | 373,838 | 371,642 |
| Car companies and shippers freight carsa | 688,194 | 809,544 | 873,679 | 1,184,929 |
| System mileage | 99,250 | 95,700 | 95,235 | 94,372 |
| Ton-miles (trillion) | 1.47 | 1.69 | 1.74 | 1.85 |
| Freight Rail Maintenance and Upgrades | ||||
| New rail and crossties laid | ||||
| Rail, thousand tons | 690 | 564 | 620 | 673 |
| Crossties, million | 11.5 | 15.6 | 16.2 | 15.4 |
| Capital expenditures, $billion | ||||
| Roadway and structures | $ 4.55 | $ 7.86 | $ 9.32 | $ 10.01 |
| Equipment | $ 1.51 | $ 1.91 | $ 3.77 | $ 5.07 |
| Total | $ 6.06 | $ 9.77 | $ 13.09 | $ 15.08 |
KEY: FY = Fiscal Year
NOTES: Fiscal year ending in September. aData for 2014 incudes totals for Canada and Mexico. North American freight cars have totaled 1.5 to 1.6 million over the period shown.
SOURCES: Amtrak-Locomotives, Railcars, System mileage, Stations and Passenger-miles travelled: Amtrak as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). National Transportation Statistics (NTS). Tables 1-1,1-7, 1-11, 1-40. Available at http://www.bts.gov/ as of May 2016. Passengers: USDOT, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, as cited in USDOT, BTS, Multimodal Transportation Indicators. Available at www.bts.gov as of May 2016. Class I railroads-Locomotives, Freight cars, and System Mileage: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Annual issues) as cited in USDOT/BTS/NTS. Tables 1-1, 1-11, 1-49. Available at http://www.bts.gov/ as of May 2016. Ton-miles, rail, crossties, and capital expenditures: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Annual issues), as of May 2016.