North Carolina Rail Fast Facts for 2019 Freight Railroads …

Freight Railroads in North Carolina Rail Fast Facts For 2019 Freight railroads …...... 23 Freight railroad mileage …...... 2,847 Freight rail employees …...... 1,966 Average wages & benefits per employee …...... $121,570 Railroad retirement beneficiaries …...... 9,800 Railroad retirement benefits paid …...... $234 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 4.6 million additional trucks to handle the 82.7 million tons of freight that moved by rail in North Carolina in 2019.

Rail Traffic Originated in 2019 Total Tons: 13.2 million Total Carloads: 284,600

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Chemicals 3.2 33,800 Nonmetallic Minerals 3.1 30,200 Intermodal 2.3 170,000 Lumber, Wood Products 1.0 11,400 Waste and Scrap 1.0 11,000 Other 2.5 28,300

Source: AAR analysis of industry data

(% based on tonnage) Rail Traffic Terminated in 2019 Total Tons: 45.2 million Total Carloads: 592,600

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Coal 12.8 109,600 Farm Products 7.3 70,200 Chemicals 6.5 68,200 Nonmetallic Minerals 4.2 40,700 Coal Food Products 4.1 42,900 28% Other 10.2 261,000

Other Source: AAR analysis of industry data 23%

(% based on tonnage)

Miles Operated In North Carolina Miles Operated North Carolina in 2019 2019 Totals Number Excluding Including Class I Railroads of Freight Trackage Trackage CSX Transportation 1,119 Railroads Rights Rights Norfolk Southern Corp. 1,187 2,306 Class I 2 1,890 2,306 Regional Railroads Regional 0 0 0 (none) Short Line 21 957 967 Total 23 2,847 3,273 Short Line Railroads Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad 47 Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway 160 Miles Operated In Alexander Railroad 20 North Carolina in 2019 Atlantic & Western Railway 21 Short Line Railroads, cont. Atlantic Railways 11 Laurinburg & Southern Railroad 28 Blue Ridge Southern Railroad 92 North Carolina & Virginia Railroad 53 Caldwell County Railroad 17 Piedmont & Northern Railroad 13 Cape Fear Railways 13 R. J. Corman Railroad - Carolina Lines 16 Carolina Coastal Railway 159 Thermal Belt Railway 6 Chesapeake & Albemarle Railroad 51 Wilmington Terminal Railroad 17 Clinton Terminal Railroad 4 Winston-Salem Southbound Railway 87 Great Smoky Mountains Railroad 53 Yadkin Valley Railroad 93 Kinston & Snow Hill Railroad 6 967

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.