2005 Railroad Facts Available

Did you know that Class I U.S. railroads provided a record 1.66 trillion ton-miles of freight service in 2004? Or that they took almost 11 million trailers and containers --- a record --- off the nation's highways? Or that the average rail freight shipment moved more than 900 miles in 2004?

This information and more can be found in the 2005 edition of Railroad Facts, which has just been published by the Association of American Railroads. This pocket-sized reference focuses mainly on Class I railroads and contains statistics and graphics for 2004 and selected prior years — in some cases as far back as 1929.

Railroad Facts contains more than 80 pages of facts and statistics on finance, traffic, operations, plant and equipment, employment and compensation, fuel consumption and cost, and loss and damage. It also contains a profile of each Class I railroad, Amtrak, the two major Canadian railroads, and the two largest Mexican railways.

Copies of Railroad Facts are available for non-AAR members for $15.00 for one copy; $12.00 per copy for two to ten copies; and $10.00 per copy for orders over 10 copies.

To order copies of the book, visit the AAR web site at www.aar.org and go to AAR store/publications.