Freight Railroads in Oklahoma Rail Fast Facts For 2019 Freight railroads …...... 18 Freight railroad mileage …...... 3,197 Freight rail employees …...... 1,994 Average wages & benefits per employee …...... $116,860 Railroad retirement beneficiaries …...... 4,700 Railroad retirement benefits paid …...... $119 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 16.3 million additional trucks to handle the 293.7 million tons of freight that moved by rail in Oklahoma in 2019.

Rail Traffic Originated in 2019 Total Tons: 19.5 million Total Carloads: 199,500

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Nonmetallic Minerals 11.0 105,800 Chemicals 2.9 30,400 Farm Products 1.8 16,900 Pulp and Paper 1.3 16,800 Petroleum Products 1.1 13,300 Other 1.5 16,300

Source: AAR analysis of industry data

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(% based on tonnage) Rail Traffic Terminated in 2019 Total Tons: 18.8 million Total Carloads: 192,200

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Nonmetallic Minerals 4.8 46,600 Coal 4.8 40,600 Other 9.2 105,000 Nonmetallic Minerals 26%

Source: AAR analysis of industry data

(% based on tonnage)

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Miles Operated In Oklahoma Miles Operated Oklahoma in 2019 2019 Totals Number Excluding Including Class I Railroads of Freight Trackage Trackage BNSF Railway Company 1,287 Railroads Rights Rights City Southern Railway Co. 151 Co. 1,240 Class I 3 1,927 2,678 2,678 Regional 0 0 0 Regional Railroads Short Line 15 1,270 1,345 (none) Total 18 3,197 4,023

Short Line Railroads Arkansas Southern Railroad 7 Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad 105 AT&L Railroad 46 Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad 18 35 De Queen & Eastern Railroad 44 Farmrail Corp. 171 Grainbelt Corp. 225 217 Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad 5 32 South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad 71 Stillwater Central Railroad 285 Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway 23 Wichita, Tillman & Jackson Railway 61 1,345

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.

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