Amtrak Fuel Consumption and Travel

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Dataset Excel:

Description:

KEY:  kWh = kilowatt hour; R = revised; U = data are not available.

Source:

Number of locomotives and cars:

1975–80: National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), State and Local Affairs Department, personal communication.

1985-2000: Amtrak, Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).

2001-21: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 73 and similar pages in earlier editions.

Miles traveled:

Train-miles: 

1975-2002: Amtrak, Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).

2003–21: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 73 and similar pages in earlier editions.

Car-miles:

1975: Association of American Railroads, Yearbook of Railroad Facts 1975 (Washington, DC: 1976), p. 40.

1980-85: Amtrak, State and Local Affairs Department and Public Affairs Department, personal communication. 

1990-2000: Amtrak, Amtrak Corporate Reporting, Route Profitability System, personal communication, Aug. 22, 2001.

2001-21: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 73 and similar pages in earlier editions.

Locomotive fuel consumed:

1975-2000: Amtrak, State and Local Affairs Department, personal communication.

2001-22: National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), personal communications, Apr. 20, 2011, May 9, 2013, Sept. 14, 2015, Oct. 11, 2018, May 23, 2019, Aug. 31, 2020, Aug. 20, 2021, Sep. 22, 2022, and Jul. 26, 2023.