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Freight Railroads in New York Rail Fast Facts For 2019 Freight railroads ….............................................................................................................................................................41 Freight railroad mileage …..........................................................................................................................................3,687 Freight rail employees …...............................................................................................................................................2,645 Average wages & benefits per employee …...................................................................................................$125,240 Railroad retirement beneficiaries …......................................................................................................................20,600 Railroad retirement benefits paid ….....................................................................................................................$525 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 3.7 million additional trucks to handle the 66.7 million tons of freight that moved by rail in New York in 2019. Rail Traffic Originated in 2019 Total Tons: 10.4 million Total Carloads: 201,000 Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Waste and Scrap 3.7 39,900 Nonmetallic Minerals 2.1 20,500 Chemicals 1.4 14,300 Intermodal 1.3 97,300 Pulp and Paper 0.5 6,200 Other 1.4 22,700 Source: AAR analysis of industry data Pulp and Paper 5% (% based on tonnage) Rail Traffic Terminated in 2019 Total Tons: 17.8 million Total Carloads: 314,900 Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Chemicals 2.8 29,700 Food Products 2.7 27,900 Farm Products 2.0 19,600 Nonmetallic Minerals 2.0 19,000 Chemicals Intermodal 1.6 116,300 16% Other 6.7 102,400 Other Source: AAR analysis of industry data 38% (% based on tonnage) © 1993–2021, Association of American Railroads. For more information about railroads, visit www.aar.org. Jan. 2021 Freight Railroads in New York Miles Operated In New York Miles Operated New York in 2019 2019 Totals Number Excluding Including Class I Railroads of Freight Trackage Trackage Canadian National 220 Railroads Rights Rights Canadian Pacific Railway 413 CSX Transportation 1,275 Class I 4 1,896 2,747 Norfolk Southern Corp. 839 Regional 5 332 490 2,747 Short Line 31 1,457 1,572 Regional Railroads Total 41 3,687 4,812 Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad 101 New York, Susquehanna & Western 306 Pan Am Railways 1 Miles Operated In Pan Am Southern 70 New York in 2019 Providence and Worcester Railroad 12 Short Line Railroads, cont. 490 Mohawk, Adirondack & Northern Railroad 124 Short Line Railroads New York & Atlantic Railway 270 Albany Port Railroad 10 New York & Lake Erie Railroad 35 Arcade & Attica Railroad 15 New York & Ogdensburg Railroad 28 B&H Rail Corp. 47 New York New Jersey Rail 4 Batten Kill Railroad 35 Ontario Central Railroad 13 Brookhaven Rail 3 Ontario Midland Railroad 47 Buffalo Southern Railroad 32 R.J. Corman Railroad - Owego & Harford Line 27 Central New York Railroadoration 81 Rochester & Southern Railroad 166 Clarendon & Pittsford Railway 19 SMS Rail Lines of New York 25 Depew, Lancaster & Western Railroad 14 South Brooklyn Railway 1 Falls Road Railroad 42 South Buffalo Railway 54 Finger Lakes Railway 144 Vermont Railway 4 Housatonic Railroad 41 Wellsboro & Corning Railroad 13 Ithaca Central Railroad 47 Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad 127 Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad 32 1,504 Massena Terminal Railroad 4 Middletown and New Jersey Railway 68 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. © 1993–2021, Association of American Railroads. For more information about railroads, visit www.aar.org. Jan. 2021 Freight Railroads in New York Amtrak KCS BNSF NS CN UP CP Short Line/Regional CSX 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. © 1993–2021, Association of American Railroads. For more information about railroads, visit www.aar.org. Jan. 2021.