Connecticut Rail Fast Facts for 2019 Freight Railroads …

Freight Railroads in Connecticut Rail Fast Facts For 2019 Freight railroads …...... 9 Freight railroad mileage …...... 577 Freight rail employees …...... 113 Average wages & benefits per employee …...... $97,610 Railroad retirement beneficiaries …...... 2,600 Railroad retirement benefits paid …...... $72 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 193,000 additional trucks to handle the 3.5 million tons of freight that moved by rail in Connecticut in 2019.

Rail Traffic Originated in 2019 Total Tons: 1.5 million Total Carloads: 15,700

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Nonmetallic Minerals 0.8 7,900 Waste and Scrap 0.6 6,800 Other 0.1 1,000

Source: AAR analysis of industry data

(% based on tonnage) Rail Traffic Terminated in 2019 Total Tons: 1.4 million Total Carloads: 15,700

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Primary Metal Products 0.4 4,600 Lumber, Wood Products 0.3 3,100 Petroleum Products 0.1 1,800 Primary Metal Petroleum Farm Products 0.1 1,300 Products Products Food Products 0.1 1,400 10% 29% Other 0.3 3,600

Other Source: AAR analysis of industry data 23%

(% based on tonnage)

Miles Operated In Connecticut Miles Operated Connecticut in 2019 2019 Totals Number Excluding Including Class I Railroads of Freight Trackage Trackage CSX Transportation 68Railroads Rights Rights 68 Regional Railroads Class I 1 6 68 New England Central Railroad 61 Regional 4 364 532 Pan Am Railways 14 Short Line 4 207 207 Pan Am Southern 107 Total 9 577 807 Providence and Worcester Railroad 350 532 Short Line Railroads Central New England Railroad 22 Connecticut Southern Railroad 76 Housatonic Railroad 89 Naugatuck Railroad 20 207

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.