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1061. Railroads, Class I-Cars--Carloads by Commodity Group

[In thousands (856 represents 856,000). Figures are 52-week totals. N.e.c.= Not elsewhere classified]

         
CARLOADS CARLOADS CARLOADS Carloads
Commodity group    
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
                 
Metallic ores 856 567 514 506 490 486 442 436 462 443 361 345 291
Chemicals, allied products 1,372 1,351 1,382 1,415 1,390 1,412 1,450 1,547 1,551 1,524 1,579 1,560 1,603
Grain 1,515 1,583 1,472 1,429 1,375 1,421 1,430 1,312 1,362 1,235 1,198 1,184 1,271
Motor vehicles and equipment 983 984 958 882 798 913 1,015 1,095 971 1,003 1,052 1,212 1,265
Pulp, paper, allied products 649 523 494 485 472 482 514 520 541 527 524 511 504
Primary forest products 544 470 431 410 373 380 412 397 391 352 344 311 283
Food and kindred prod., n.e.c. 568 463 448 448 456 463 466 482 451 415 412 408 426
Grain mill products 566 528 513 520 513 515 531 534 518 490 505 507 504
 
Metals and products 482 449 421 454 442 457 509 566 564 579 601 641 651
Stone, clay, and glass products 545 520 509 489 446 454 471 491 493 477 483 483 494
Crushed stone, gravel, sand 777 771 717 711 616 571 598 661 667 679 689 754 813
Nonmetalic minerals, n.e.c 489 509 492 459 441 440 432 464 481 480 467 497 450
Waste and scrap materials 456 446 416 414 394 417 473 503 491 487 489 466 468
Lumber, wood products, n.e.c. 1 420 370 339 301 268 276 282 296 261 268 276 272 287
Coke 262 294 274 281 244 270 285 293 282 262 243 209 190
Petroleum product 250 247 253 255 251 271 263 267 272 276 292 283 295
All other carloads 4,449 580 527 423 424 394 395 423 405 328 344 344 344





1 Excludes furniture.

Source: Association of American Railroads, Washington, DC, Weekly Railroad Traffic, annual.

http://www.aar.org/comm/statfact.nsf/5406ac733125e6c7852564d000737b60?OpenView

https://allcountries.org/uscensus/1061_railroads_class_i_cars_carloads_by.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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