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Amtrak Fuel Consumption and Travel (Metric)
1 gallon = 3.785412 liters and 1 mile = 1.609344 kilometers.
KEY: kWh = kilowatt hour; U = data are not available.
Number of locomotives and cars:
1975–80: National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), State and Local Affairs Department, personal communication.
1985–2000: Ibid., Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).
2001–17: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 77 and similar pages in earlier editions.
Miles traveled:
Train-miles:
1975–2002: National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).
2003–17: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 77 and similar pages in earlier editions.
Car-miles:
1975: Association of American Railroads, Yearbook of Railroad Facts 1975 (Washington, DC: 1976), p. 40.
1980–85: National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), State and Local Affairs Department and Public Affairs Department, personal communication.
1990–2000: Ibid., Amtrak Corporate Reporting, Route Profitability System, personal communication, Aug. 22, 2001.
2001–17: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 77 and similar pages in earlier editions..
Locomotive fuel consumed:
1975-2000: National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), State and Local Affairs Department, personal communication.
2001-16: National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), personal communications, Apr. 20, 2011, May 9, 2013, Sept. 14, 2015, and Oct. 11, 2018.
