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Freight Facts and Figures 2011

Table 4-3. Economic Characteristics of Freight Railroads: 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 (Historical)

Table in Excel format

Blank cell. Class I Non-Class I Total
2000 2006 2007 2008 2009 2000 2006 2007 2008 2009 2000 2006 2007 2008 2009
Number of railroads 8 7 7 7 7 552 552 556 558 556 560 559 563 565 563
Freight revenue (billions of current dollars) 33.1 50.3 52.9 59.4 46.1 3.2 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.3 36.3 54.0 56.8 63.4 49.4
Operating revenue (billions of current dollars) 34.1 52.2 54.6 61.2 47.8 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Employees 168,360 167,581 167,216 164,439 151,906 23,448 19,376 19,596 19,304 17,985 191,808 186,957 186,812 183,743 169,891

Key: NA = not available.

Source:

Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: annual issues), p. 3.

 


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