Motive power and car equipment of class I steam railways in the United States

Subject to revision


UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

IIlI I I II I I I III I II :INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
3 1262 08854 0512 BUREAU OP TRANSPORT ECONOMICS AND STrATImTICS


Statement No. M-240 (OS-F)

OCTOBER 1946


UNIV. OF FL LiB.
' DO~jfN^ ET


MOTIVE POWER AND CAR EQUIPMENT OF CLASS I STEAM RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES
Compiled from 161 reports representing 169 steam railways #

(CLASS I SWITCHING AND TERMINAL COMPANIES INCLUDED)

FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 1946 AND 1945


. DEPOMTORY


ITEM


UNITED STATES


EASTERN DISTRICT


POCAHONTAS REGION


SOUTHERN REGION


_______ -I- 4 4 4


1945


1945


WESTERN DISTRICT


___________________________________________ + + + 4 4 4 + 1 I


AGGREGATES
1. Locomotives assigned to yard switching service at close of month:
1-01. Number of steam locomotives . . .
1-02. Number of diesel-electric locomotives . .
1-03. Number of electric locomotives. . .
1-04. Number of other locomotives . . .
1-05. Total . ...... ....................
1-06. Number serviceable (not stored) ..... ................
1-07. Number serviceable stored . . .
1-0O. Number unserviceable. . . .
2. Locomotives assigned to road freight service at close of month:
2-01. Number of steam locomotives . . .
2-02. Number of diesel-electric locomotives . .
2-03. Number of electric locomotives. . .
2-04. Number of other locomotives . . .
2-05. Total . ... ............................
2-06. Number serviceable (not stored) ..... ................
2-07. Number serviceable stored . . .
2-08. Number unserviceable. . . .
3. Locomotives assigned to road passenger service at close of month:
3-01. Number of steam locomotives . . .
3-02. Number of diesel-electric locomotives . .
3-03. Number of electric locomotives. . .
3-04. Number of other locomotives . . .
3-05. Total . ............................
3-06. Number serviceable (not stored) ..... ................
3-07. Number serviceable stored . . .
3-09. Number unserviceable. . . .
4. Motor cars owned at close of month:
4-01. Number serviceable. . . .
4-02. Number unserviceable. . . .
4-03. Total ....... ............................
5. Freight cars on line at close of month:
Home cars,
5-01. Number serviceable . . .
5-02. Number unserviceable . . .
5-03. Total. . . . .
Foreign cars,
5-04. Number serviceable . . .
5-05. Number unserviceable .. ..... .
5-06. Total. . . . .
All cars (home and foreign),
5-07. Number serviceable . . .
5-08. Number unserviceable . . .
5-09. Total. ........ ............................
6. Freight cars owned at close of month ..... ...................
7. Passenger-train cars owned at close of month:
7-01. Number serviceable. . . .
7-02. Number unserviceable. . . .
7-03. Total . . . .
AVERAGES

8. Percent unserviceable of total locomotives at close of month:
8-01. Locomotives assigned to yard switching service. .
9-02. Locomotives assigned to road freight service. .
9-03. Locomotives assigned to road passenger service. .
9. Percent unserviceable of rail motor cars at close of month .
10. Percent unserviceable of freight cars on line at close of month:
10-01. Home cars . . . .
10-02. Foreign cars.. ........ ............ .........
10-03. All cars (home and foreign) ...... ..................
11. Percent unserviceable of total railway-owned passenger-train oars...
12. Miles per locomotive-day:
12-01. Serviceable road freight locomotives. . .
12-02. All road freight locomotives. . .
12-03. Serviceable road passenger locomotives. . .
12-04. All road passenger locomotives. . .
13. Miles per motor car-day:
13-01. Serviceable motor cars. . . .
13-02. All motor oars. . . .
14. Car-miles per freight car-day:
14-01. Serviceable freight cars. . . .
14-02. All freight cars. . . ..
15. Net ton-miles per freight car-day. . . .
16. Percent freight oars on line of freight cars owned . .
17. Percent home cars of total freight cars on line. . .


10 870
2 607
167
18
13 662
11 854
305
1 503
21 029
592
320
3
21 944
17 564
672
3 708
5 873
366
286
6 525
5 180
278
1 067

2 420
210
2 630

577 836
61 514
639 350
1 302 058
9 117
1 311 175
1 879 894
70 631
1 950 525
1 752 822

34 112
2 172
36 284


11 319
2 390
160
19
13 888
11 849
644
1 395
21 489
488
331
3
22 311
17 920
1 221
3 170

6 333
265
288
6 886
5 680
206
1 000

2 462
226
2 688


716
65
781
1 160
8
1 168
1 876
73
1 950
1 774

33
1
35


5 352
1 006
163
9
6 530
5 582
119
829
8 170
154
247
1
8 572
6 612
300
1 660
2 582
97
265
2 944
2 309
120
515

2 025
147
2 172

232 867
39 320
272 187

612 943
3 298
616 241
845 810
42 618
888 428
765 432

17 497
1 342
18 839


5 568
956
156
9
6 689
5 464
448
777
8 310
140
257
1
8 708
6 589
705
1 414

2 672
74
266
3 012
2 443
95
474
2 036
170
2 206

297 289
37 995
335 284
490 072
2 497
492 569
787 361
40 492
827 853
780 176

17 233
1 222
18 455


446
12

458
421
12
25
959
28
987
808
43
136
210


210
168
11
31
5
3
8

59 911
1 545
61 456

35 700
119
35 819

95 611
1 664
97 275
147 171
929
33
962


1 547
326

1 873
1 632
51
190
3 300
140

3 440
2 912
93
435
908
120

1 028
789
78
161

156
15
171

63 027
5 264
68 291

166 815
1 202
168 017
229 842
6 466
236 308
238 197
4 107
291
4 398


1 609
267

1 876
1 681
55
140
3 435
102

3 537
2 981
125
431
1 006
84

1 090
895
58
137
164
8
172

87 396
5 690
93 086

171 290
1 265
172 555
258 686
6 955
265 641
238 862
4 170
215
4 385


3 525
1 263
4
9
4 801
4 219
123
459
8 600
298
45
2
8 945
7 232
236
1 477

2 173
149
21

2 343
1 914
69
360

234
45
279

222 031
15 385
237 416

486 600
4 498
491 098
708 631
19 883
728 514
602 022
11 579
506
12 085


1945


3 720
1 159
4
10
4 893
4 312
134
447
8 775
246
46
2
9069
7 557
282
1 230
2 424
107
22
2 553
2 147
40
3566
257
45
302

249431
19 070
268 501

471 894
4 418
476 312
721 325
23 488
744 813
610 087
11 374
452
11 826


i i i i ii ii


11.0
16.0
16.4
8.0

9.6

6.0
123.0
22 .6
177.7
119.1
109.9
47.5
45.7
1007
111.3
32.6


10.0
14.2
14.
8:z
8.3

3: '
5.4
111.3
89.5
233.3
192.5
116.7
107.0
43.6
41.9
660
109.9
40.1


12.7
19.4
1 .g

14.4
4:.
7.1
115.3
88.0
204.4
159.9
114.6
107.2

36.7
34.9
801
116.1
30.6


11.6
16.2
15.7
7.7
11.3
.5
4 q


102.3
77.7
210.4
169.9

112.2
103.6
33.8
32.2
691
o106.1
4o.5


5.5

37.5
2.5
.3


114.3
92.9
200.4
162.2

163.9
122.9
59.9

1690
66.1
63.2


7.2
9.5
10.0
37.5

2.7Z
2.2
4.1
84.2
66.7
206.
170.6

157.4
116.0

3^
929
77.0
75.7


10.1
12.6
15.7
6.6

7.7
.7
2

113.6
95.!4
193.6
150.4

118.9
109.1

51.6
50.0
1117
99.2
28.9


7.5
12.2
12.6
4.7
6.1

2:1
4.9
105.6
89.4
201.1
166.8

114.5
109.9
43.7
42.5
897
111.2
35.0


.9
2.7
4.2
134.9
106.1
261.5
213.3

156.3
130.-7
57.3
55.6
11268
121.0
32.6


9.1
13.6
14.9

7.1
.9
3.2
3.8
124.3
103.3
275.7
232.7

152.9
130.2

55.4
53.6
1077
122.1
36.0


SOUTHERN DISTRICT


ITEM No.


8-01
8-02
8-03
9
10-01
IO-b2
10-6,2
10-03
11
12-01
12-02
12-03
12-04
13-o01
13-02
14-01
14-02
15
16
17


# Excludes Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad; road not in operation. Filed no report.


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Page INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION Statement No. M-240 (OS-F)
BUREAU OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS AND TrATISTICS


MOTIVE POWER AND CAR EQUIPMENT OF CLASS I STEAM RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES
Compiled from 161 reports representing 169 steam railways #
(CLASS 1 SWITCHING AND TERMINAL COMPANIES INCLUDED)

FOR TEN MONTHS ENDED WITH OCTOBER 1946 AND 1945
SOUTHERN DISTRICT
UNITED STATES EASTERN DISTRICT -----------------WESTERN DISTRICT
ITEM POCAHONTAS REGION SOUTHERN REGION ITEM No.
1946 1945 1946 1945 1946 1945 1946 1945 1946 1945 ______
AGGREGATES*
1. Locomotives assigned to yard switching service at close of month:
1-01. Number of steam locomotives ................. 11 077 11 548 5 456 5 692 437 447 1 571 1 615 3 613 3 794 1-01
1-02. Number of diesel-electric locomotives ............ ... 2 517 2 244 984 921 9 8 302 249 I 222 1 066 1-02
1-04. Number of electric locomotives. ................ ... 162 164 158 157 41 i
1-0 Number of other locomotives..... ................. 18 20 9 9 --9 11 1-0
1-02. Total.. ............. ............... 13 774 13976 66 07 6 779 446 455 1 873 1 864 4 848 4 878 1-05
1-06. Number serviceable (not stored) ................. .... 11 634 12 305 5 478 5 845 404 404 1 645 1 715 4 107 4 341 1-06
1-07. Number serviceable stored . . 603 370 277 215 17 18 58 12 251 125 1-07
1-08. Number unserviceable. . . 1 537 1 301 852 719 25 33 170 137 490 412 1-08
2. Locomotives assigned to road freight service at close of month:
2-01. Number of steam locomotives . . 21 178 21 566 8 218 8 366 974 954 3 375 3 427 8 611 8 819 2-01
2-02. Number of diesel-electric locomotives . 535 428 144 124 117 86 274 218 2-02
2-03. Number of electric locomotives. . 334 346 260 365 28 28 46 53 2-0
2-04. Number of other locomotives.......... ..................... 3 3 1 1 2 2-0
2-05. Total.. .. .. ............................ ...22 050 22 343 8 623 8 756 1002 982 3 492 3 513 8 933 9092 2-0
2-06. Number serviceable (not stored) ............... .... 17137 18698 6460 7103 782 822 2931 3071 6964 7702 2-06
2-07. Number serviceable stored .................... ..1 255 642 536 340 89 49 108 50 522 203 2-07
2-08. Number unserviceable.. ..................... 3 658 3 003 1 627 1 313 131 111 453 392 1 447 1 187 2-OS
3. Locomotives assigned to road passenger service at close of month;
3-01. Number of steam locomotives...................... 6 226 6 314 2 687 2 696 212 229 958 1 017 2 369 2 372 3-01
3-02. Number of diesel-electric locomotives. . 316 240 87 61 95 79 134 100 3-02
3-03. Number of electric locomotives ................. ... 283 285 262 264 1 3-0
3-0N. Number of other locomotives................................- 9; 3-N
3-05. Total. .............. ......... ... 6 .......825 6 839 3036 3 021 212 229 1 053 1 096 2 524 2 493 3-0
3-02: Number serviceable (not stored) 5..... ................ 5454 5 745 2 387 2 481 171 194 832 940 2 064 2 130 3-0O
3-07. Number serviceable stored . . 293 152 128 73 13 7 62 29 90 43 3-07
3-O0. Number unserviceable. . . 1 078 942 521 467 28 28 159 127 370 20 3-08
4. Motor cars owned at close of month:
4-01. Number serviceable. . . 2 430 2490 2019 2 054 6 6 160 166 245 264 4-01
4-02. Number unserviceable. . . 220 214 165 161 2 2 11 7 42 44 4-02
1-03. Total .. ............................ ..... 2 650 2 704 2 184 2 215 8 8 171 173 287 308 4-03
5. Freight cars on line at close of month:
Home cars,
5-01. Number serviceable....... ..................... .. 667 276 656 568 274 973 268 284 71 954 70 612 73 831 76 987 246 518 240685 5-01
5-02. Number unserviceable .. ................... .. 68 227 55 305 41 620 31 096 1 871 1 963 5 817 5 061 18 919 17 185 5-02
5-03. Total ....... ............................. ... 735 503 711 873 316 593 299 380 73 825 72 575 79 648 82 048 265 437 257 870 5-03
Foreign cars,
5-04. Number serviceable . . .. 1 206 109 1 266 132 552494 581 665 30 798 29953 169438 169 514 453 379 485 000 5-04
5-05. Number unserviceable. .... .................... .10 300 10 331 3 661 3 864 172 167 1 349 1 283 5118 5 017 5-05
5-0:. Total . ........................... 1 216409 1 276 463 556i 5 585 529 30 970 30 120 170787 170797 458 497 490017 5-0
All cars (home and foreign),
5-07. Number serviceable....... ....................... 1 873 385 1 922 700 827467 849949 102 752 100 565 243 269 246 501 699 897 725 685 5-07
5-0. Number unserviceable .. ................... .. 78 527 65 636 45 281 34 960 2 043 2 130 7 166 6 344 241037 22 202 5-08
5-09. Total . ........................... 1 951 912 1988 336 872 748 884 909 104 795 102 695 250 435 252 845 723 934 747 887 2-09
6. Freight cars owned at close of month ................. 1 759 251 1781 097 770 729 782 516 146 024 145 573 237 987 238 775 604 511 614 233
7. Passenger-train cars owned at close of month:
7-01. Number serviceable.... .. .................. .. 34 137 33 479 17 573 17 269 931 945 4 133 4 178 11 500 11 087 7-01
7-02. Number unserviceable .'. .. ..................... .. 2 171 1 951 1 333 1 248 37 42 252 190 549 471 7-02
7-03. Total ...... ............................ .. 36 308 35 430 18 906 18 517 968 987 4 385 4 368 12 049 11 558 7-03
AVERAGES
8. Percent unserviceable of total locomotives at close of month:
8-01. Locomotives assigned to yard switching service 11.2 9.3 12.9 10.6 5.6 7.3 9.1 7.3 10.1 8.4 8-01
8-02. Locomotives assigned to road freight service ......... 16.6 13.I4 18.9 15.0 13.1 11.3 13.0 11.2 16.2 13.1 8-02
8-03. Locomotives assigned to road passenger service .15.8 13.8 17.2 15.5 13.2 12.2 1. 11.6 14.7 12.89 8-03
9. Percent unserviceable of rail motor cars at close of month 3. 7.9 7.6 7.3 25.0 25.0 b. 4.0 14.b 14.3 9
10. Percent unserviceable of freight cars on line at close of month: 1-
10-01. Home cars . . . 9..3 7.8 13.1 10.4 2 2 7 6.2 7.1 6.7 10-01
10-02. Foreign cars.... .8 .. .7 .7 *b. .* i .i 1.0 10-02
10-03. All cars (home andforeign) 4.o 3.3 5.2 4. 1.9 2.1 2.9 2.5 0 10-03
11. Percent unserviceable of total railway-owned passenger-train cars. 6.0 5.5 7.1 6.7 3.8 4.3 5.7 4. I 3.
12. Miles per locomotive-day:
12-01. Serviceable road freight locomotives . .115.7 119.8 108.8 111.3 105.2 105.0 111.9 114.7 124. 131.1 12-01
12-02. All road freight locomotives ................. .. 89.9 100.2 81.5 90.3 82.1 87.9 91.9 100.3 97.4 111. 12-02
12-03 Serviceable road passenger locomotives ............ 223.0 224.5 202.7 204.7 204.7 202.3 194.2 200.0 259.6 260.4 12-03
12-04. All road passenger locomotives. . 178.2 188.6 159. 168.1 165.1 171.4 153.4 171.6 212.3 222.5 12-04
13. Miles per motor oar-day:
13-01. Serviceable motor cars.. . . ..117.0 117.1 112.2 ll.9 179.3 175.4 121.8 121.0 152.5 146.7 13-01
13-02. All motor oars. ........................ 107.3 107.-8 103.7 104.6 134.5 131.5 114.0 116.1 130.2 125.- 13-02
14. Oar-miles Der freight car-day:
14-01. Serviceable freight cars. .. .................... ... 44.1 49.3 35.0 38.5 49.3 52.r 48.3 52.2 52.7 60.5 14-01
14-02. All freight car..... .......................423 476 331 36.5 46.9 509 50.9 57 14-02
15. Net ton-miles per freight car-day. ......................5 1030 711 23 13 1-0 971 1067 997 1209 15
16. Percent freight cars on line of freight cars owneda........... 111.0 111.6 H.2113.8 70.70.5 105.8 10532 3.7 3121.5 1
17. Percent home cars of total freight cars on line ............37.735 3 33. 70:4 70.7 318 3237 3.5 17

# Excludes Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad; road not in operation. Filed no report, u. s. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE :194-O-705278
SCumulative figures shown in this statement represent averages of the number of units of equipment reported at the close of each month within the cumulative period.
The averages are computed for each railway separately and then totaled.

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