Louisiana Rail Fast Facts for 2019 Freight Railroads …

Freight Railroads in Louisiana Rail Fast Facts For 2019 Freight railroads …...... 20 Freight railroad mileage …...... 2,971 Freight rail employees …...... 3,056 Average wages & benefits per employee …...... $121,450 Railroad retirement beneficiaries …...... 7,000 Railroad retirement benefits paid …...... $181 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 7.4 million additional trucks to handle the 132.5 million tons of freight that moved by rail in Louisiana in 2019.

Rail Traffic Originated in 2019 Total Tons: 39.6 million Total Carloads: 464,400

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Chemicals 24.1 252,400 Petroleum Products 4.4 55,200 Pulp and Paper 3.6 46,500 Food Products 2.2 22,800 Lumber, Wood Products 1.9 21,400 Other 3.4 66,100

Source: AAR analysis of industry data Lumber, Wood Products 5%

(% based on tonnage) Rail Traffic Terminated in 2019 Total Tons: 43.2 million Total Carloads: 474,300

Commodity Tons (mil) Carloads Crude oil 9.3 99,100 Coal 8.1 69,400 Chemicals 7.8 81,400 Farm Products 4.6 44,700 Crude oil Nonmetallic Minerals 3.8 36,900 21% Other 9.6 142,700

Source: AAR analysis of industry data Other Nonmetallic 22% Minerals 9%

(% based on tonnage)

Miles Operated In Louisiana Miles Operated Louisiana in 2019 2019 Totals Number Excluding Including Class I Railroads of Freight Trackage Trackage BNSF Railway Company 362 Railroads Rights Rights Canadian National 227 CSX Transportation 43 Class I 6 2,339 2,594 Kansas City Southern Railway Co. 744 Regional 0 0 0 Norfolk Southern Corp. 76 Short Line 14 632 831 Union Pacific Railroad Co. 1,142 Total 20 2,971 3,425 2,594 Regional Railroads (none) Miles Operated In Louisiana in 2019 Short Line Railroads Short Line Railroads, cont. Acadiana Railway 83 Louisiana & North West Railroad 44 Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad 55 Louisiana Southern Railroad 167 Baton Rouge Southern Railroad 2 New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway 32 Bogalusa Bayou Railroad 1 New Orleans Public Belt Railroad 28 Delta Southern Railroad 51 North Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad 16 Geaux Geaux Railroad 22 Port Rail 11 Louisiana & Delta Railroad 298 Timber Rock Railroad 21 831

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.