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Arkansas Rail Fast Facts for 2019 Freight Railroads … Freight Railroads in Arkansas Rail Fast Facts For 2019 Freight railroads ….......................................................................................................................................... 24 Freight railroad mileage ….......................................................................................................................... 2,552 Freight rail employees …............................................................................................................................. 3,083 Average wages & benefits per employee …...................................................................................... $116,040 Railroad retirement beneficiaries …....................................................................................................... 9,600 Railroad retirement benefits paid …...................................................................................................... $248 million U.S. Economy: According to a Towson University study, in 2017, America's Class I railroads supported: Sustainability: Railroads are the most fuel efficient way to move freight over land. It would have taken approximately 9.4 million additional trucks to handle the 169.7 million tons of freight that moved by rail in Arkansas in 2019. Rail Traffic Originated in 2019 Total Tons: 17.4 million Total Carloads: 284,600 Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Nonmetallic Minerals 5.9 57,200 Primary Metal Products 2.8 30,500 Other 8.7 196,900 Source: AAR analysis of industry data (% based on tonnage) Rail Traffic Terminated in 2019 Total Tons: 24.8 million Total Carloads: 359,100 Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Coal 14.2 121,100 Chemicals 2.0 21,100 Intermodal 2.0 142,800 Chemicals Food Products 1.8 18,400 Coal 8% Farm Products 1.5 14,400 57% Other 3.4 41,300 Other Source: AAR analysis of industry data 14% Food Intermodal Products 8% 7% 6% (% based on tonnage) © 1993–2021, Association of American Railroads. For more information about railroads, visit www.aar.org. Jan. 2021 Freight Railroads in Arkansas Miles Operated In Arkansas Miles Operated Arkansas in 2019 2019 Totals Number Excluding Including Class I Railroads of Freight Trackage Trackage BNSF Railway Company 1,058Railroads Rights Rights Kansas City Southern Railway Co. 163 Union Pacific Railroad Co. 1,326 Class I 3 1,669 2,547 2,547 Regional 0 0 0 Regional Railroads Short Line 21 883 883 (none) Total 24 2,552 3,430 Short Line Railroads Arkansas & Missouri Railroad 117 Miles Operated In Arkansas Midland Railroad 140 Arkansas in 2019 Arkansas Southern Railroad 56 Short Line Railroads, cont. Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad 16 Little Rock Port Authority Railroad 17 Bauxite & Northern Railway 7 Louisiana & North West Railroad 24 Camden & Southern Railroad 3 Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad 174 Dardanelle & Russellville Railroad 5 North Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad 46 De Queen & Eastern Railroad 47 Ouachita Railroad 13 Delta Valley & Southern Railway 2 Prescott and Northwestern Railroad 3 El Dorado & Wesson Railway 6 Warren & Saline River Railroad 3 Fordyce & Princeton Railroad 57 883 Fort Smith Railroad 24 Kiamichi Railroad 36 Little Rock & Western Railway 87 BNSF CN CP CSX KCS NS UP Short Line/Regional Multiple Owners Map is based on the 2020 National Transportation Atlas Database published by the U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Some mileage figures are AAR estimates. Class I Railroad: A railroad with 2019 operating revenues of at least $504.8 million. Regional Railroad: A non-Class I line-haul railroad that has annual revenues of at least $40 million, or that operates at least 350 miles of road and revenues of at least $20 million. Short Line Railroad: A railroad which is neither a Class I nor a Regional Railroad. © 1993–2021, Association of American Railroads. For more information about railroads, visit www.aar.org. Jan. 2021.
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