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The “other” category, which consists primarily of intermodal traffic, has grown 158% in carloads from
1974 to 2000. Coal now accounts for one quarter of all carloads.
Table 12.9
Railroad Revenue Carloads by Commodity Group, 1974 and 2000
Carloads
(thousands) Percent distribution Percentage
change
Commodity group
1974 2000 1974 2000 1974–2000
Coal 4,544 6,954 17.0% 25.0% 53.0%
Farm products 3,021 1,437 11.3% 5.2% -52.4%
Chemicals and allied products 1,464 1,844 5.5% 6.6% 26.0%
Nonmetallic minerals 821 1,309 3.1% 4.7% 59.4%
Food and kindred products 1,777 1,377 6.6% 5.0% -22.5%
Lumber and wood products 1,930 648 7.2% 2.3% -66.4%
Metallic ores 1,910 322 7.1% 1.2% -83.1%
Stone, clay and glass 2,428 541 9.1% 1.9% -77.7%
Pulp, paper, and allied products 1,180 633 4.4% 2.3% -46.4%
Petroleum products 877 541 3.3% 1.9% -38.3%
Primary metal products 1,366 753 5.1% 2.7% -44.9%
Waste and scrap material 889 619 3.3% 2.2% -30.4%
Transportation equipment 1,126 1,860 4.2% 6.7% 65.2%
Others 3,451 8,925 12.9% 32.1% 158.6%
Total 26,784 27,763 100.0% 100.0% 3.7%
Source:
1974 - Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts, 1976 Edition, Washington, DC, 1975, p. 26.
2000 - Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts, 2001 Edition, Washington, DC,
October 2001, p. 25.
(Additional resources: www.aar.org)
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