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Freight Railroads in Alabama Rail Fast Facts For 2019 Freight railroads ….............................................................................................................................................................26 Freight railroad mileage …..........................................................................................................................................3,227 Freight rail employees …...............................................................................................................................................2,953 Average wages & benefits per employee …...................................................................................................$122,940 Railroad retirement beneficiaries …......................................................................................................................9,100 Railroad retirement benefits paid ….....................................................................................................................$237 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 8.8 million additional trucks to handle the 158.3 million tons of freight that moved by rail in Alabama in 2019. Rail Traffic Originated in 2019 Total Tons: 38.2 million Total Carloads: 464,900 Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Coal 8.4 71,600 Primary Metal Products 6.0 65,100 Chemicals 5.1 52,900 Glass and Stone 4.5 45,000 Nonmetallic Minerals 4.4 42,800 Other 9.8 187,500 Source: AAR analysis of industry data (% based on tonnage) Rail Traffic Terminated in 2019 Total Tons: 42.8 million Total Carloads: 447,800 Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Coal 21.3 181,700 Chemicals 4.5 47,500 Primary Metal Products 3.5 38,600 Farm Products 3.2 31,200 Coal Waste and Scrap 2.2 24,000 50% Other 8.1 124,800 Other Source: AAR analysis of industry data 19% (% based on tonnage) © 1993–2021, Association of American Railroads. For more information about railroads, visit www.aar.org. Jan. 2021 Freight Railroads in Alabama Miles Operated In Alabama Miles Operated Alabama in 2019 2019 Totals Number Excluding Including Class I Railroads of Freight Trackage Trackage BNSF Railway Company 231 Railroads Rights Rights Canadian National 22 CSX Transportation 1,012 Class I 5 2,240 2,613 Kansas City Southern Railway Co. 44 Regional 1 273 374 Norfolk Southern Corp. 1,304 Short Line 20 714 733 2,613 Total 26 3,227 3,720 Regional Railroads Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway 374 374 Short Line Railroads Alabama & Tennessee River Railway 120 Alabama Export Railroad 12 Alabama Railroad 50 Alabama Southern Railroad 68 Alabama Warrior Railway 14 Autauga Northern Railroad 46 Bay Line Railroad 50 Birmingham Terminal Railway 20 Conecuh Valley Railroad 14 Eastern Alabama Railway 28 Georgia Southwestern Railroad 17 Huntsville & Madison County RR Auth. 13 Luxapalila Valley Railroad 23 Meridian and Bigbee Railroad 158 R.J. Corman Railroad - Childersburg Line 13 Sequatchie Valley Switching Co. 3 Tennessee Southern Railroad 18 Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks 8 Three Notch Railway 36 Wiregrass Central Railway 22 733 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.