Rail Profile
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Amtrak figures are based on Amtrak fiscal year (October 1-September 30).
Description:
KEY: kWh = kilowatt-hour; N = data do not exist.
a Excluding Amtrak and all non-Class I railroads, except for Section IV.
b Operating expenses include equipment, joint facility rents, leased roads and equipment, and all taxes except Federal income.
c Data for 2003 indicates operating revenues and expenses instead of total revenues and expenses, the data source has changed.
d Safety figures from U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration are for all railroads.
e Figures may not appear directly in data source.
f Amtrak data in this column are for 1972, Amtrak's first full year of operation.
Source:
Unless otherwise noted, refer to chapter tables for sources
Financial:
Class I:
Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC), pp. 3, 9, 10, 27, 33, 34, 36, 40, 49, 52, 77 and similar pages in earlier issues.
Amtrak:
1970-2016: Amtrak, National Railroad Passenger Corporation Annual Report, Statistical Appendix to Amtrak Annual Report, Annual issues.
2017-20: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC), pp. 73 and similar pages in earlier issues.
Inventory:
Number of companies and employees:
1970-90: Amtrak, Public Affairs, personal communication. 1994-1997: Ibid., National Railroad Passenger Corporation Annual Report,1972, 1980, 1990, and 1993-95.
1998-2020: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC), pp. 65 & 73 and similar pages in earlier issues.
Class I, Track mileage:
Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC), p.47.
Performance:
All data except Locomotive mileage, total and Revenue passenger-carried:
As cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, Tables 1-35, 1-38, 1-40, 1-50, 3-18, 3-20, 4-5, and 4-18, available at https://www.bts.gov/.
Locomotive mileage, total:
1980-2001: Association of American Railroads, Analysis of Class 1 Railroads (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
2002-04: Ibid., Railroad Ten-Year Trends (Washington, DC), pp. 119 and 121, personal communication, Feb. 16, 2005.
Safety:
1960-70: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Systems Support Division, RRS-22, personal communication.
1980-99: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, Accident Trends - Summary Statistics, table 4.08, Casualties by Type Person and Primary Event, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx as of Mar. 5, 2020.
2000-20: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, Accident Trends - Summary Statistics, table 3.01, Summary by Incident and Type Person, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx as of Oct. 14, 2021.