Tennessee Rail Fast Facts for 2019 Freight Railroads …

Freight Railroads in Tennessee Rail Fast Facts For 2019 Freight railroads …...... 28 Freight railroad mileage …...... 2,604 Freight rail employees …...... 3,305 Average wages & benefits per employee …...... $136,140 Railroad retirement beneficiaries …...... 11,600 Railroad retirement benefits paid …...... $301 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 11.5 million additional trucks to handle the 206.5 million tons of freight that moved by rail in Tennessee in 2019.

Rail Traffic Originated in 2019 Total Tons: 15.2 million Total Carloads: 458,400

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Intermodal 4.3 308,700 Chemicals 2.1 22,400 Glass and Stone 1.9 19,300 Food Products 1.2 12,700 Pulp and Paper 1.1 14,600 Other 4.5 80,600

Source: AAR analysis of industry data

(% based on tonnage) Rail Traffic Terminated in 2019 Total Tons: 26.1 million Total Carloads: 615,200

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Chemicals 5.5 57,300 Intermodal 5.4 391,300 Coal 3.7 31,900 Food Products 2.9 30,500 Chemicals Farm Products 2.7 25,700 21% Other 5.9 78,500

Other Source: AAR analysis of industry data 23%

(% based on tonnage)

Miles Operated In Tennessee Miles Operated Tennessee in 2019 2019 Totals Number Excluding Including Class I Railroads of Freight Trackage Trackage BNSF Railway Company 137 Railroads Rights Rights Canadian National 161 CSX Transportation 989 Class I 6 1,817 2,138 Kansas City Southern Railway Co. 5 Regional 0 0 0 Norfolk Southern Corp. 829 Short Line 22 787 809 Union Pacific Railroad Co. 17 Total 28 2,604 2,947 2,138 Regional Railroads (none) Miles Operated In Tennessee in 2019 Short Line Railroads Short Line Railroads, cont. Caney Fork and Western Railroad 61 R.J. Corman Railroad - Nashville & Eastern 130 Chattooga & Chickamauga Railway 1 R.J. Corman Railroad - Nashville & Western 20 East Tennessee Railway 7 Sequatchie Valley Switching Co. 8 Grenada Railway 10 South Central Tennessee Railroad 52 Heritage Railroad 7 Tennessee Southern Railroad 100 Knoxville & Holston River Railroad 22 Tennessee Valley Railroad 3 KWT Railway 82 Tennken Railroad 42 Mississippi Central Railroad 4 Union City Terminal Railroad 8 Mississippi Tennessee Railroad 1 Walking Horse Railroad 8 R. J. Corman Railroad - Memphis Line 36 West Tennessee Railroad 182 R. J. Corman Railroad - Tennessee Terminal 15 Wolf Creek Railroad 10 809

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