Freight Railroads in Utah Rail Fast Facts for 2019 Freight Railroads …

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Freight Railroads in Utah Rail Fast Facts For 2019 Freight railroads …...... 8 Freight railroad mileage …...... 1,385 Freight rail employees …...... 1,371 Average wages & benefits per employee …...... $126,180 Railroad retirement beneficiaries …...... 4,700 Railroad retirement benefits paid …...... $127 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 3.1 million additional trucks to handle the 55.8 million tons of freight that moved by rail in Utah in 2019.

Rail Traffic Originated in 2019 Total Tons: 15.2 million Total Carloads: 236,500

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Coal 6.3 53,600 Chemicals 3.8 39,400 Intermodal 1.4 102,000 Petroleum Products 1.0 13,000 Glass and Stone 0.6 6,300 Other 2.1 22,200

Source: AAR analysis of industry data

Intermodal Glass and 9% Stone 4%

(% based on tonnage) Rail Traffic Terminated in 2019 Total Tons: 11.7 million Total Carloads: 240,500

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Chemicals 2.1 22,400 Coal 2.1 18,100 Intermodal 1.8 128,100 Petroleum Products 1.0 12,900 Chemicals Waste and Scrap 0.9 9,600 18% Other 3.7 49,400

Other Source: AAR analysis of industry data 32% Petroleum Products 9%

(% based on tonnage)

Miles Operated In Utah Miles Operated Utah in 2019 2019 Totals Number Excluding Including Class I Railroads of Freight Trackage Trackage BNSF Railway Company 437 Railroads Rights Rights Union Pacific Railroad Co. 1,269 1,706 Class I 2 1,249 1,706 Regional Railroads Regional 0 0 0 (none) Short Line 6 136 469 Total 8 1,385 2,175 Short Line Railroads Comstock Mountain Lion Railway 15 Salt Lake City Southern Railroad 25 Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway 16 Savage Bingham & Garfield 26 Utah Central Railway 7 Utah Railway 380 469

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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.