West Virginia Rail Fast Facts for 2019 Freight Railroads …

Freight Railroads in West Virginia Rail Fast Facts For 2019 Freight railroads …...... 11 Freight railroad mileage …...... 2,141 Freight rail employees …...... 1,838 Average wages & benefits per employee …...... $119,960 Railroad retirement beneficiaries …...... 7,100 Railroad retirement benefits paid …...... $188 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 9.2 million additional trucks to handle the 166.4 million tons of freight that moved by rail in West Virginia in 2019.

Rail Traffic Originated in 2019 Total Tons: 62.3 million Total Carloads: 548,300

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Coal 55.5 474,600 Other 6.8 73,700

Source: AAR analysis of industry data

(% based on tonnage) Rail Traffic Terminated in 2019 Total Tons: 10.1 million Total Carloads: 96,500

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Coal 4.8 41,300 Chemicals 1.6 17,100 Nonmetallic Minerals 1.5 14,900 Primary Metal Products 0.7 7,200 Coal Petroleum Products 0.5 6,200 48% Other 0.9 9,900

Other Source: AAR analysis of industry data 9% 5%

(% based on tonnage)

Miles Operated In West Virginia Miles Operated West Virginia in 2019 2019 Totals Number Excluding Including Class I Railroads of Freight Trackage Trackage CSX Transportation 1,280 Railroads Rights Rights Norfolk Southern Corp. 618 1,898 Class I 2 1,640 1,898 Regional Railroads Regional 1 0 3 Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway 3 Short Line 8 501 501 3 Total 11 2,141 2,402 Short Line Railroads Appalachian & Ohio Railroad 158 Beech Mountain Railroad 8 Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad 40 Kanawha River Railroad 199 Little Kanawha River Rail 3 R. J. Corman Railroad - West Virginia Line 16 South Branch Valley Railroad 52 Winchester & Western Railroad 25 501

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.