Railroads, Class I--Summary statistics


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

1060. Railroads, Class I--Summary