Class I Rail Freight Fuel Consumption and Travel

KEY:  N = data do not exist; U = data are unavailable.

^a For 1960-80, the total includes a small number of steam and electric units, which are not included in the per locomotive fuel consumption figure.

^b United States owners only. Includes cars owned by Class I railroads, other railroads, car companies, and shippers.

^c Based on the distance run between terminals and/or stations; does not include yard or passenger train-miles.

^d Excludes passenger and work trains.

Labor Productivity Indices for Selected Transportation Industries

^a Defined as output per hour, based on the number of paid hours.

^b Full-time and part-time employees are counted equally. Hence, these data do not reflect output per full-time equivalent employee.

Total Operating Revenues

KEY:  N = data do not exist; R = revised;  U = data are not available.

^a Data from 1990 through 1997 include local trucking (4212), trucking, except local (4213), local trucking, without storage (4214), and courier services, except air (4215) based on SIC (Standard Industrial Classification). For 1998 and later, data includes truck transportation (484) and couriers and messengers (492) based on NAICS (North American Industry Classification System). Therefore, data from 1998 onward are not directly comparable with data prior to 1998.

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Average Freight Revenue per Ton-Mile

KEY: N = data does not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a For 1990 and later, air carriers that did not report both financial data and all months of traffic data for a given period were excluded from the calculations. Cargo revenue includes both scheduled and charter property revenue and mail revenue.

^b General freight common carriers, most of which are LTL (less-than-truckload) carriers.

^c Total finished goods. Converted to 1990 base year index by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and therefore...

Number and Size of the U.S. Flag Merchant Fleet and Its Share of the World Fleet

KEY:  DWT = deadweight tons; N = data do not exist; RO/RO = roll-on/roll-off vessels; U = data are not available.

National Transportation and Economic Trends

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised, U = data are not available.

^a Annual estimates as of July 1 of each year. Data include Armed Forces abroad.

^b Industrial Production Index covers manufacturing, mining, and utilities.

May 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 2.2 percent in May from April, rising after a two-month decline, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS). The May 2017 index level (126.8) was 33.9 percent above the April 2009 low during the most recent recession.

Freight Transportation Services Index, May 2012 - May 2017

May TSI Excel Tables

Table 9: Combined Transportation Services Index from Year-to-Year, May 2017