Rail

Data

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Industry

• Monthly, Weekly, Annual Rail Traffic Data (Association of American Railroads)

• Data Center (Association of American Railroads)

• State Railroad Representatives List (Association of American Railroads)

• State Railroad Associations (Association of American Railroads)

• State Rankings by 10 Criteria (Association of American Railroads)

• Rail Cost Indexes (Association of American Railroads)​

• Freight Rail Facts and Figures (Association of American Railroads)

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Government

• Transborder Freight Data (BTS.gov)

• Transit Ridership -- Urban Rail (BTS.gov)

• Freight Rail Traffic -- Carloads (BTS.gov)

• Rail Freight Carloads -- Seasonally Adjusted (BTS.gov)

• Freight Rail Traffic -- Intermodal Units (BTS.gov)

• Intercity Passenger Rail Travel -- Passengers (BTS.gov)

• Intercity Passenger Rail Travel - Passenger-Miles (BTS.gov)

• Transportation Employment -- Rail Transportation (BTS.gov)

• Intercity Air, Bus, and Rail Transportation Facilities (BTS.gov)

• Rail Freight Intermodal (BTS.gov)

• Fatality Rates - Rail (BTS.gov)

• Rail Passenger Travel - Seasonally Adjusted (BTS.gov)

• Class I Railroad Individual Carrier Performance Data (STB.gov)

• 1960-2020 Rail Financial, Inventory, Performance, Safety Statistics (BTS.gov)

• Freight Rail Services Trade Data (ITA.gov)

• Rail Dashboard (USDA.gov)

• Quarterly Revenue Expense and Income Individual Carriers (STB.gov)

• Annual Report Financial Data Individual Carriers (STB.gov)

• Employment Data Individual Carriers (STB.gov)

• Rail Transportation Labor Statistics (BLS.gov)

• USA Railroads Map (EIA.gov)

• National Rail Networks Map (BTS.gov)

• Railroads for National Defense Map (ARMY.mil)

• 2023 Amtrak Route Ridership (Amtrak.gov)​

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Federal Governance

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Laws, Regulations, & Policy​​

• 2015 Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (Congress.gov)

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Legislative bodies

• TBD

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Top Coverage

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Read​

• How the U.S. Rail System Works (Council on Foreign Relations)

• A Primer on the Freight Railroad Sector (Investopedia)

• Introduction to Rail Freight (Institute of Mechanical Engineers)

• U.S. Freight Rail: The Envy of the World (Union Pacific)

• Why Freight Railroads Are So Successful in the U.S. (CNBC)

• Chronology of America's Freight Railroads (Association of American Railroads)