Table A5 - Railroad Ton-Miles
Table A5 - Railroad Ton-Miles
(billions, unless otherwise noted)
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waybill ton-miles, U.S. terminations1 | 1,055 | 1,033 | 1,089 | 1,124 | 1,208 | 1,303 | 1,362 | 1,374 | 1,433 | 1,490 | 1,530 | 1,581 | 1,587 | |
| U.S.-Canada terminations. (million metric tons)2 | 11.479 | 10.398 | 11.362 | 12.482 | 14.502 | 15.391 | 16.474 | 18.403 | 17.099 | 15.175 | 17.624 | 19.813 | 19.606 | |
| Conversion to short tons (millions) | 12.653 | 11.462 | 12.525 | 13.759 | 15.986 | 16.966 | 18.160 | 20.286 | 18.849 | 16.728 | 19.427 | 21.840 | 21.612 | |
| Average U.S. length of haul (miles)3 | 726 | 751 | 763 | 794 | 817 | 843 | 842 | 851 | 835 | 835 | 843 | 859 | 853 | |
| Ton-miles, U.S.-Canada terminations | 9.183 | 8.611 | 9.550 | 10.927 | 13.057 | 14.295 | 15.285 | 17.261 | 15.740 | 13.966 | 16.383 | 18.750 | 18.435 | |
| Waybill ton-miles, all traffic | 1,621 | |||||||||||||
| Waybill tons, all rraffic (millions) | 2,078 | |||||||||||||
| Waybill tons, traffic within U.S. (millions) | 1,965 | |||||||||||||
| Mileage in Canada | 150 | |||||||||||||
| Canadian ton-miles | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Railroad ton-miles (improved BTS) | 1,064 | 1,042 | 1,098 | 1,135 | 1,221 | 1,317 | 1,377 | 1,391 | 1,448 | 1,504 | 1,546 | 1,599 | 1,606 | 1,604 |
| Class I ton-miles (NTS)4 | 1,034 | 1,039 | 1,067 | 1,109 | 1,201 | 1,306 | 1,356 | 1,349 | 1,377 | 1,433 | 1,466 | 1,495 | ||
| Railroad ton-miles (Eno)5 | 1,091 | 1,100 | 1,138 | 1,183 | 1,275 | 1,375 | 1,426 | 1,421 | 1,442 | 1,499 | 1,534 | 1,558 |
1 U.S. Department of Transportation, Surface Transportation Board, Carload Waybill Sample (Washington, DC: 1990-2003).
2 Transport Canada, Transportation in Canada (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: 1990-2002), Addendum, table A6-10.
3 Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Various years), p. 36.
4 U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics (Washington, DC: 2003), table 1-44.
5 Eno Transportation Foundation, Transportation in America (Washington, DC: 2002), p. 42.
Key: p = preliminary.