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Freight Railroads in Rail Fast Facts For 2019 Freight railroads …...... 7 Freight railroad mileage …...... 236 Freight rail employees …...... 168 Average wages & benefits per employee …...... $116,870 Railroad retirement beneficiaries …...... 2,400 Railroad retirement benefits paid …...... $66 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 1.2 million additional trucks to handle the 20.8 million tons of freight that moved by rail in Delaware in 2019.

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Source: AAR Analysis of Industry Data

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Source: AAR analysis of industry data

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Miles Operated In Delaware Miles Operated Delaware in 2019 2019 Totals Number Excluding Including Class I Railroads of Freight Trackage Trackage CSX Transportation 44 Railroads Rights Rights Norfolk Southern Corp. 82 126 Class I 2 59 126 Regional Railroads Regional 0 0 0 (none) Short Line 5 177 177 Total 7 236 303

Miles Operated In Delaware in 2019 Short Line Railroads 1 Delmarva Central Railroad 143 East Penn Railroad 9 & Delaware Railroad 14 Wilmington & Western Railway 10 177

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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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