The Railway Library, 1909: A Collection of Noteworthy Chapters, Addresses, and Papers Relating to Railways, Mostly Published During the Year
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The Railway Library, 1909: A Collection of Noteworthy Chapters, Addresses, and Papers Relating to Railways, Mostly Published During the Year
Railroads -- United States -- Periodicals
Miles run Total car
Number per car miles run
of cars. per annum. per annum.
(a) (b)
Baggage and express, excluding 2,975
equivalent postal cars 7,404 60,000 444,240,000
Sleepers, diners and parlor cars 2,000 100,000 200,000,000
Coaches, etc. 31,594 40,000 1,263,760,000
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Total 40,998 1,908,000,000
Passenger train miles, including mixed trains 541,439,176
Cars per train mile--
Mail 0.43
Others 3.52
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Total 3.95
Gross ton mileage--
Baggage and express cars, 444,240,000x30 tons 13,327,000,000
Sleepers, diners and parlor cars, 200,000,000x50 tons 10,000,000,000
Coaches, etc., 1,263,000,000x40 tons 50,550,400,000
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Total ton miles dead weight 73,877,400,000
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Ton miles of passengers, 27,718,030 (a) passenger
miles at 150 pounds per passenger 2,078,891,552
Ton miles of baggage and express, 444,240,000 car miles
estimated at only 3 tons average load in a car 1,332,700,000
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Total ton miles revenue load 3,411,591,552
Total gross ton miles 77,288,991,552
Total revenue received from passengers and express $621,939,274
Total revenue received per gross ton mile (cents) 0.805
Total revenue received per revenue ton mile (cents) 18.23
Ratio of paying weight to dead load 1 to 21.7
FREIGHT SERVICE.
Total miles run by freight cars (a) 17,122,259,754
Total ton miles dead weight, each car estimated
at 15 tons (b) 256,833,896,310
Total ton miles revenue freight (a) 236,601,390,413
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Total gross ton miles 510,557,546,477
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