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

Freight Railroads in Iowa Rail Fast Facts For 2019 Freight railroads …...... 17 Freight railroad mileage …...... 3,828 Freight rail employees …...... 3,058 Average wages & benefits per employee …...... $127,820 Railroad retirement beneficiaries …...... 8,600 Railroad retirement benefits paid …...... $228 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 18.1 million additional trucks to handle the 325.8 million tons of freight that moved by rail in Iowa in 2019.

Rail Traffic Originated in 2019 Total Tons: 48.6 million Total Carloads: 521,800

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Food Products 19.4 202,100 Chemicals 15.7 164,400 Farm Products 8.5 82,400 Other 4.9 72,900

Source: AAR analysis of industry data

(% based on tonnage) Rail Traffic Terminated in 2019 Total Tons: 29.5 million Total Carloads: 300,600

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Coal 16.2 138,700 Chemicals 4.0 41,800 Farm Products 3.1 29,500 Food Products 1.5 16,000 Coal Other 4.7 74,700 55%

Source: AAR analysis of industry data

(% based on tonnage)

Miles Operated In Iowa Miles Operated Iowa in 2019 2019 Totals Number Excluding Including Class I Railroads of Freight Trackage Trackage BNSF Railway Company 659 Railroads Rights Rights Canadian National 574 Canadian Pacific Railway 661 Class I 5 3,135 3,371 Norfolk Southern Corp. 43 Regional 1 323 349 Union Pacific Railroad Co. 1,434 Short Line 11 370 409 3,371 Total 17 3,828 4,129 Regional Railroads Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd. 349 349 Miles Operated In Short Line Railroads Iowa in 2019 Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad 2 Short Line Railroads, cont. Burlington Junction Railway 6 Iowa Northern Railway 209 Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway 60 Iowa River Railroad 9 D&I Railroad 67 Iowa Southern Railway 35 Davenport Industrial Railroad 3 Iowa Traction Railway 10 Iowa & Middletown Railway 4 Keokuk Junction Railway 4 409

BNSF CN CP CSX KCS NS UP Short Line/Regional Map is based on the 2020 National Transportation Atlas Database published by the U.S. Multiple Owners 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.