Freight Railroads in Rail Fast Facts For 2019 Freight railroads …...... 18 Freight railroad mileage …...... 3,762 Freight rail employees …...... 7,138 Average wages & benefits per employee …...... $123,510 Railroad retirement beneficiaries …...... 18,000 Railroad retirement benefits paid …...... $468 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 22.6 million additional trucks to handle the 406.2 million tons of freight that moved by rail in Missouri in 2019.

Rail Traffic Originated in 2019 Total Tons: 20.1 million Total Carloads: 443,700

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Glass and Stone 4.5 44,400 Farm Products 3.8 36,500 Food Products 2.9 30,400 Intermodal 2.8 204,900 Chemicals 1.4 15,100 Other 4.7 112,400

Source: AAR analysis of industry data

(% based on tonnage) Rail Traffic Terminated in 2019 Total Tons: 51.2 million Total Carloads: 664,200

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Coal 35.4 303,000 Farm Products 2.8 27,100 Intermodal 2.7 192,200 Chemicals 2.3 23,600 Coal Glass and Stone 1.9 19,300 69% Intermodal Other 6.1 99,100 5% Other Source: AAR analysis of industry data 12% Glass and Chemicals Stone 4% 4%

(% based on tonnage)

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Miles Operated In Missouri Miles Operated Missouri in 2019 2019 Totals Number Excluding Including Class I Railroads of Freight Trackage Trackage BNSF Railway Company 1,606 Railroads Rights Rights 144 Kansas City Southern Railway Co. 416 Class I 5 3,276 4,116 Norfolk Southern Corp. 409 Regional 0 0 0 Co. 1,541 Short Line 13 486 549 4,116 Total 18 3,762 4,665 Regional Railroads (none) Miles Operated In Short Line Railroads Missouri in 2019 Affton Terminal Services Railroad 2 Short Line Railroads, cont. Arkansas & Missouri Railroad 33 Missouri North Central Railroad 4 Burlington Junction Railway 6 33 52 Semo Port Railroad 7 Columbia COLT Terminal Railroad 21 South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad 7 32 Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. Louis 27 Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad 315 West Belt Railway 10 549

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.

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