Freight Railroads in Rail Fast Facts For 2019 Freight railroads …...... 29 Freight railroad mileage …...... 3,466 Freight rail employees …...... 2,812 Average wages & benefits per employee …...... $120,830 Railroad retirement beneficiaries …...... 11,900 Railroad retirement benefits paid …...... $310 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 4.4 million additional trucks to handle the 79.4 million tons of freight that moved by rail in Michigan in 2019.

Rail Traffic Originated in 2019 Total Tons: 21.2 million Total Carloads: 525,900

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Transportation Equip. 4.2 198,700 Farm Products 2.5 24,100 Intermodal 2.2 158,000 Primary Metal Products 2.0 21,500 Waste and Scrap 1.5 16,400 Other 8.8 107,100

Source: AAR analysis of industry data

(% based on tonnage) Rail Traffic Terminated in 2019 Total Tons: 31.4 million Total Carloads: 551,500

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Coal 13.5 115,800 Chemicals 3.3 34,200 Intermodal 3.2 234,300 Petroleum Products 2.1 26,900 Coal Chemicals Intermodal Primary Metal Products 1.9 20,600 43% 10% 10% Other 7.3 119,700

Other Primary Source: AAR analysis of industry data Metal 23% Products 6%

(% based on tonnage)

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Miles Operated In Michigan Miles Operated Michigan in 2019 2019 Totals Number Excluding Including Class I Railroads of Freight Trackage Trackage Canadian National 871 Railroads Rights Rights 80 CSX Transportation 506 Class I 4 1,349 1,944 Norfolk Southern Corp. 487 Regional 0 0 0 1,944 Short Line 24 2,116 2,242 Regional Railroads Total 29 3,466 4,187 (none)

Short Line Railroads Miles Operated In Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road 20 Michigan in 2019 Ann Arbor Railroad 47 Short Line Railroads, cont. Charlotte Southern Railroad 3 Jackson & Lansing Railroad 47 Conrail 96 375 Delray Connecting Railroad 2 & Ishpeming Railroad 56 Detroit Connecting Railroad 2 Lapeer Industrial Railroad 1 Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad 263 162 108 68 Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad 27 Michigan Southern Railroad 21 Great Lakes Central Railroad 396 Mid-Michigan Railroad 33 Huron & Eastern Railway 394 Mineral Range Railroad 14 & Ohio Railway 44 Missouri North Central Railroad 1 Indiana Northeastern Railroad 48 Railroad 14 2,242

Amtrak KCS BNSF NS CN UP CP Short Line/Regional CSX 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.

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