Railroads, Class I--Summary statistics

[As of Dec. 31, or calendar year data, except as noted. Compiled from annual reports of class I railroads only except where noted. Beginning 1983, financial data are not comparable with earlier years due to change in method of accounting for track and related structures. Minus sign (-) indicates deficit]


Item	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983		1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998


Class I line-hauling companies ¹	Number	71	69	68	68	67	67	52	52	52	41	40	38	33	32		29	23	22	18	17	15	14	14	13	13	13	11	10	9	9

Employees ²	1,000	566	544	526	520	525	488	483	483	472	483	458	436	378	322		323	302	276	249	236	228	216	206	197	193	190	188	182	178	178
Compensation	Mil. dol	5,711	6,000	6,425	7,088	7,476	7,475	8,278	8,939	9,701	10,908	11,318	11,650	11,021	10,345		11,004	10,563	9,900	9,373	9,301	9,043	8,654	8,695	8,753	8,732	8,874	9,070	9,202	9,235	9,938
Average per hour	Dollars	4.14	4.6	5.0	5.5	5.8	6.4	7.1	7.7	8.4	9.3	10.2	11.1	12.3	13.3		13.8	14.3	14.8	15.1	15.6	15.8	15.8	16.8	17.8	17.9	18.5	19.0	20.1	20.3	21.3
Average per year	Dollars	10,086	11,023	12,213	13,627	14,235	15,324	17,144	18,518	20,573	22,585	24,695	26,698	29,087	32,125		34,064	34,991	35,894	37,716	39,431	39,742	39,987	42,131	44,336	45,354	46,714	48,188	50,611	51,882	55,764

Mileage:
Railroad line owned ³	1,000	206	205	203	202	201	199	192	191	191	185	178	168	165	161		157	162	157	158	150	148	146	144	141	140	138	137	136	133	132
Railroad track owned ⁴	1,000	336	335	331	329	327	324	313	311	310	300	292	278	275	270		264	269	262	261	251	248	244	242	238	236	232	228	228	225	224

Equipment:
Locomotives in service	Number	27,077	27,189	27,358	27,790	28,084	27,846	27,612	27,667	27,400	28,097	28,094	27,421	26,795	25,448		24,117	22,548	20,790	19,647	19,364	19,015	18,835	18,344	18,004	18,161	18,505	18,812	19,269	19,684	20,261
Average horsepower	1,000 lb	1,926	(NA)	(NA)	2,058	2,094	2,121	2,071	2,167	2,140	2,188	2,302	2,326	2,341	2,246		2,415	2,469	2,531	2,549	2,579	2,624	2,665	2,714	2,750	2,777	2,832	2,927	2,985	3,060	3,126
Cars in service:
Passenger train	Number	11,177	8,713	7,589	7,189	6,848	6,471	5,478	5,512	4,493	4,241	4,347	3,945	3,736	2,610	⁵	2,580	2,502	2,307	2,350	2,332	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Freight train ⁵	1,000	1,784	1,762	1,717	1,711	1,721	1,724	1,699	1,667	1,653	1,700	1,711	1,673	1,588	1,543		1,486	1,422	1,339	1,288	1,239	1,224	1,212	1,190	1,173	1,173	1,192	1,219	1,241	1,270	1,316
Freight cars ⁶	1,000	1,424	1,422	1,411	1,395	1,375	1,359	1,332	1,287	1,227	1,217	1,168	1,111	1,039	1,007		948	867	799	749	725	682	659	633	605	587	591	583	571	568	576
Average capacity ⁶	Tons	67.1	68.4	69.6	70.5	71.6	72.9	73.8	75.5	76.9	77.7	78.5	80.5	81.6	82.4		83.4	83.2	84.1	85.0	86.4	87.8	87.5	87.9	88.0	88.0	88.1	88.6	91.6	92.2	92.4
Aggregate capacity ⁶	Mil. tons	95.6	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	92.7	(NA)	84.8	83.0		78.1	72.1	67.2	63.6	62.4	59.2	57.7	55.7	53.2	51.6	52.1	51.7	52.3	52.4	53.2
Box ⁶	1,000	590	524	511	502	494	475	449	422	(NA)	380	347	314	278	271		245	216	180	163	150	133	123	116	110	106	105	103	97	94	93
Gondola and hopper ⁶	1,000	724	708	697	685	675	680	675	661	(NA)	645	636	621	594	577		552	505	473	445	437	423	411	401	385	371	374	365	361	361	365
Other ⁶	1,000	140	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	185	(NA)	167	159		151	145	146	141	138	132	124	116	110	110	112	116	113	113	118

Income and expenses:
Operating revenues	Mil. dol	11,992	12,689	13,410	14,770	16,923	16,402	18,536	20,090	21,829	25,352	28,258	30,898	27,504	26,729		29,453	27,586	26,204	26,622	27,934	27,956	28,370	27,845	28,349	28,825	30,809	32,279	32,693	33,118	33,151
Operating expenses	Mil. dol	11,478	11,947	12,528	13,845	15,783	15,936	17,881	19,533	21,121	24,090	26,355	28,587	26,490	24,106		25,800	25,225	24,896	23,878	24,811	25,038	24,652	28,061	25,325	24,517	25,511	27,897	26,331	27,291	27,916
Net revenue from operations	Mil. dol	514	742	881	925	1,140	466	655	(NA)	706	1,225	1,902	2,258	1,013	2,623		3,653	2,361	1,308	2,744	3,123	2,918	3,718	-216	3,024	4,308	5,298	4,383	6,361	5,827	5,235
Income before fixed charges	Mil. dol	994	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	2,897	4,147	2,465	3,608		4,893	3,393	2,480	3,932	4,460	4,162	4,627	928	4,127	4,990	6,184	5,016	7,055	6,168	5,803
Provision for taxes ⁷	Mil. dol	88	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	592	982	340	851		1,185	660	163	1,051	1,162	1,040	1,088	-156	1,092	1,810	1,935	1,556	2,056	1,886	1,573
Ordinary income	Mil. dol	227	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	1,129	2,041	1,152	1,778		2,654	1,788	747	1,965	2,286	2,009	1,961	-91	2,055	2,258	3,315	2,439	3,885	3,156	2,807
Net income	Mil. dol	227	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	202	913	1,129	2,141	1,152	1,797		2,701	1,882	544	2,055	2,382	2,203	1,977	-281	1,800	2,240	3,298	2,324	3,885	3,156	2,807
Net railway operating income	Mil. dol	486	595	654	650	768	351	452	343	446	861	1,339	1,361	742	1,838		2,537	1,746	507	1,756	1,980	1,894	2,648	-37	1,955	2,517	3,392	2,858	4,338	3,984	3,698
Total taxes ⁸	Mil. dol	1,069	1,190	1,317	1,548	1,990	1,706	1,927	2,064	2,150	2,418	2,585	3,280	2,628	3,014		3,605	3,169	2,728	3,553	3,871	3,742	3,780	2,649	3,732	4,343	4,512	4,075	4,669	4,514	4,411
Indus. return on net investment	Percent	1.7	2.1	2.3	2.3	2.7	1.2	1.6	1.2	1.6	2.9	4.2	4.0	2.1	4.3		5.7	4.6	1.3	4.8	6.7	6.3	8.1	1.3	6.3	7.1	9.4	7.0	9.4	7.6	7.0
Gross capital expenditures	Mil. dol	1,351	1,178	1,216	1,342	1,565	1,790	1,725	2,290	2,673	3,145	3,238	2,751	2,168	2,985		4,121	4,485	3,645	3,076	3,546	3,865	3,591	3,439	3,680	4,504	5,035	5,720	6,550	6,737	7,357
Equipment	Mil. dol	993	864	848	893	1,038	1,303	1,175	1,540	1,939	2,264	2,280	1,501	848	455		806	965	693	657	1,027	1,171	996	1,068	874	1,382	1,734	2,343	2,202	2,146	2,321
Roadway and structures	Mil. dol	358	314	368	449	527	486	550	751	733	866	953	1,248	1,318	2,306		2,938	3,458	2,908	2,314	2,654	2,538	2,644	2,369	2,736	2,795	3,152	3,651	3,899	4,121	4,875
Other	Mil. dol	0	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	5	1	2	224		377	62	44	105	-135	156	-49	2	69	327	150	-275	449	471	161

Balance sheet:
Total property investment	Mil. dol	38,213	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	43,923	46,619	47,311	62,964		63,471	64,241	64,781	66,760	68,550	67,661	70,348	71,622	72,677	75,217	78,384	86,186	90,046	96,058	102,171
Accrued depreciation and
amortization	Mil. dol	10,027	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	10,706	11,622	12,051	19,480		20,098	19,756	20,940	21,070	21,497	21,481	22,222	23,057	23,378	23,892	24,200	23,439	23,932	21,862	23,338
Net investment	Mil. dol	28,186	28,096	27,736	27,979	28,855	29,740	26,926	28,222	28,946	30,439	33,419	34,997	35,260	43,483		45,435	46,237	45,344	45,690	47,053	47,370	48,126	48,565	49,299	51,325	54,184	62,746	66,113	74,196	78,832
Shareholder's equity	Mil. dol	17,323	16,568	16,110	16,338	14,945	14,942	15,230	15,727	16,175	17,796	19,860	21,725	21,349	26,461		27,986	27,605	25,442	25,616	26,467	25,753	23,662	22,603	23,115	24,658	27,389	31,419	32,255	34,996	32,976
Net working capital	Mil. dol	-59	-62	-61	158	220	68	343	571	561	567	922	1,692	1,372	1,325		1,844	1,084	743	34	-190	-2119	-3,505	-3,988	-4,372	-3,295	-3,059	-2,634	-2,942	-3,434	-4,443
Cash dividends	Mil. dol	421	38	410	421	510	434	444	497	503	562	610	714	1,038	1,085		1,066	1,444	1,376	1,252	1,814	1,910	2,074	915	830	1,054	1,398	1,518	3,937	995	1,521

AMTRAK passenger traffic:
Passenger revenue	Mil. dol	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	465.1	515.3		556.7	604.9	633.6	681.1	784.2	893.0	941.9	962.3	933.2	777.6	717.9	734.1	756.2	792.1	821.5
Revenue passengers carried	1,000	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	21,303	20,271	18,725	19,469		20,065	20,945	20,165	20,727	21,490	21,394	22,382	21,693	21,678	21,511	21,239	20,349	19,700	20,200	21,248
Revenue passenger miles	Million	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	4,645	4,661	4,122	4,343		4,566	4,977	5,015	5,368	5,686	5,912	6,125	6,249	6,181	6,068	5,869	5,401	5,066	5,166	5,325
Averages:
Revenue per passenger	Dollars	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	24.8	26.4		28.2	28.9	31.4	32.9	36.5	41.8	42.1	44.4	43.0	36.1	33.8	36.1	38.4	39.2	38.7
Revenue per passenger mile	Cents	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	11.3	11.8		12.4	12.2	12.6	12.7	13.8	15.1	15.4	15.4	15.1	12.8	12.2	13.6	14.9	15.3	15.4
Trip per passenger	Miles	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	218.1	230.0	220.4	223.1		227.6	237.6	248.7	259.0	264.6	276.3	273.7	288.0	285.1	277.7	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)

Freight service:
Freight revenue	Mil. dol	10,922	11,786	12,570	13,771	15,767	15,390	17,400	18,892	20,236	23,447	26,200	28,767	25,627	25,835		28,472	26,688	25,344	25,797	27,092	27,059	24,471	26,949	27,508	27,991	29,931	31,356	31,889	32,322	32,247
Per ton-mile	Cents	1.4	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	2.8	3.2	3.2	3.2		3.1	3.0	2.9	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3
Per ton originated	Dollar	7.7	8.8	9.0	9.4	10.7	11.4	12.8	13.9	15.0	16.7	17.7	20.2	20.2	20.0		19.9	20.2	19.4	18.8	19.0	19.3	19.3	19.5	19.7	20.0	20.4	20.2	19.8	20.4	19.6
Revenue-tons originated	Million	1,485	1,391	1,448	1,532	1,531	1,395	1,407	1,395	1,390	1,481	1,492	1,453	1,269	1,293		1,429	1,320	1,306	1,372	1,430	1,402	1,425	1,383	1,399	1,397	1,470	1,550	1,611	1,585	1,649
Revenue-tons carried	Million	2,616	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	2,434	2,386	1,979	1,932		2,119	1,985	1,938	1,984	2,045	1,988	2,024	1,987	2,022	2,047	2,185	2,322	2,229	2,114	2,158
Tons carried one mile	Billion	765	740	777	852	851	754	794	826	858	914	919	912	798	827		922	877	868	944	996	1,014	1,034	1,039	1,067	1,109	1,201	1,306	1,356	1,349	1,377
Average miles of road operated	1,000	209	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	179	176	174	170		165	161	155	147	141	138	133	130	126	124	123	125	127	122	120
Revenue ton-miles per mile of
road	1,000	3,652	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	5,133	5,158	4,802	4,876		5,578	5,446	5,587	6,395	7,052	7,373	7,763	8,001	8,451	8,965	9,735	10,439	10,704	11,087	11,491
Revenue per ton-mile	Cents	1.428	1,593	1,618	1,617	1,853	2,041	2,191	2,286	2,358	2,599	3	3	3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Train miles	Million	427	430	451	469	469	403	425	428	433	438	428	408	345	346		369	347	347	361	379	383	380	375	390	405	441	458	469	475	475
Net ton-miles per train-mile ⁹	Number	1,820	1,751	1,774	1,844	1,875	1,938	1,954	2,029	2,029	2,096	2,175	2,263	2,345	2,432		2,543	2,574	2,552	2,644	2,662	2,683	2,755	2,796	2,759	2,759	2,746	2,870	2,912	2,861	2,923
Net ton-miles per loaded
car-mile ⁹	Number	44.9	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	63.5	59.7	68.3	61.2		62.4	62.7	63.2	64.0	65.5	67.0	69.1	71.6	70.9	71.6	72.2	73.6	75.0	74.0	73.2
Train-miles per train-hour	Miles	20.1	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	18.2	19.0	21.4	20.3		21.9	21.9	22.5	22.2	21.5	23.0	23.7	23.7	23.7	23.1	22.4	21.8	22.0	19.2	19.0
Haul per ton, U.S. as a system	Miles	490	507	511	531	527	516	540	549	572	580	616	600	629	641		645	664	664	688	697	723	726	751	763	794	817	843	842	851	835

Accident: ¹⁰					1
All railroads:
Persons killed	Number	2,255	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	1,560	1,630	1,530	1,646	1,429	1,417	1,284	1,119	1,073		1,247	1,036	1,091	1,165	1,199	1,324	1,297	1,194	1,170	1,279	1,226	1,146	1,039	1,063	1,008
Persons injured	Number	21,327	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	54,300	65,331	67,867	72,545	74,126	62,246	53,003	40,275	34,819		38,570	34,304	26,923	26,033	27,054	26,715	25,143	23,468	21,383	19,121	16,812	14,440	12,558	11,767	11,459
Class I railroads:
Persons killed	Number	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	1,402	1,601	1,480	1,581	1,373	1,344	1,236	1,076	968		1,137	955	982	1,074	1,076	1,195	1,166	1,069	1,047	1,124	1,080	994	896	895	900
Persons injured	Number	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	47,367	61,937	64,690	66,017	67,403	56,411	48,283	36,892	29,298		32,079	28,433	21,750	20,778	21,017	20,614	19,284	17,659	16,008	13,934	11,348	9,571	7,839	7,439	7,532

NA Not available.
1 See text, this section for definition of Class I.
2 Average mid-month count.
3 Represents the aggregate length of roadway of all line-haul railroads. Excludes yard tracks, sidings, and parallel lines. (Includes estimate for class II and III railroads.)
4 Includes multiple main tracks, yard tracks, and sidings owned by both line-haul and switching and terminal. (Includes estimate for class II and III railroads.)
5 Includes cars owned by all railroads, private car companies, and shippers.
6 Class I railroads only.
7 Includes State income taxes beginning 1980.
8 Includes payroll, income, and other taxes.
9 Revenue and non-revenue freight.
10 Source: Federal Railroad Admin., Accident Bulletin, annual. Includes highway grade crossing casualties. 1970 not comparable with later years due to change in requirements for reporting injuries.

Source: Except as noted, Association of American Railroads, Washington, DC, Railroad Facts, Statistics of Railroads of Class I, annual, and Analysis of Class I Railroads, annual.

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