Railroad Performance Measures   



Norfolk Southern
Weekly Performance Report

All seven railroads use the same definitions to calculate their performance data,ensuring a high degree of consistency of the measurements. However, these measures are most useful for examining trends and relative changes, and least useful as absolutes.

The level of one railroad’s performance relative to another’s may differ sharply because each railroad is unique. Differences between railroads include terrain, physical routes and network design, traffic mix and volume, the extent of passenger operations, and operational practices. External factors such as weather and port operations can also cause variations between railroads and over time.In addition,individual differences in the collection and reporting of operational data may affect the absolute level of the measures on each road to some degree.
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 Historical Average Week Ending
3Q09 Jul-10  08/06/10 08/13/10 08/20/10 08/27/10 
Revisions       
Cars on Line
By Car Owner
System 77,712 70,387  70,378 69,816 70,103 70,170 
Foreign RR 25,089 26,724  26,426 26,183 26,647 27,161 
Private 92,333 96,118  96,812 96,515 96,332 96,467 
Total 195,134 193,229  193,616 192,514 193,082 193,798 
Pct. Private 47.3 49.7  50.0 50.1 49.9 49.8 
By Car Type
Box 22,292 19,724  19,296 19,070 19,030 19,171 
Covered Hopper 43,218 44,713  45,319 45,350 45,064 45,051 
Gondola 19,629 18,524  18,943 18,718 18,707 19,073 
Intermodal 7,213 7,028  6,844 6,855 7,064 7,198 
Multilevel 10,031 10,048  9,602 9,567 9,849 10,173 
Open Hopper 54,367 54,016  54,139 53,377 53,659 53,638 
Tank 31,720 32,963  33,137 33,262 33,538 33,388 
Other 6,664 6,213  6,336 6,315 6,171 6,106 
Total 195,134 193,229  193,616 192,514 193,082 193,798 
Train Speed (Miles per Hour)
Intermodal 29.2 28.2  27.7 28.1 28.3 27.7 
Manifest 22.1 20.3  19.8 20.1 20.0 19.7 
Multilevel 24.4 23.3  22.5 23.4 23.3 22.9 
Coal Unit 16.6 14.8  14.2 14.8 14.9 15.8 
Grain Unit 19.1 16.7  16.6 15.9 16.1 16.6 
All Trains 23.0 21.4  20.9 21.2 21.2 21.1 
Terminal Dwell (Hours)
Allentown, PA 25.6 24.0  24.2 23.6 24.5 24.0 
Bellevue, OH 24.4 23.9  23.0 22.7 24.3 23.8 
Birmingham, AL 29.2 26.9  25.8 25.9 25.6 27.7 
Chattanooga, TN 29.7 29.6  32.4 30.5 34.1 31.2 
Columbus, OH 16.9 16.0  11.4 10.5 16.4 17.7 
Conway, PA 25.7 33.5  32.3 32.5 33.8 35.3 
Decatur, IL 24.7 22.5  22.0 23.8 22.3 20.9 
Elkhart, IN 27.2 25.9  27.0 27.0 27.0 29.1 
Knoxville, TN 26.3 27.6  29.3 30.2 30.4 27.7 
Linwood, NC 25.7 26.9  27.6 25.2 24.9 26.5 
Macon, GA 27.2 28.9  26.3 27.1 24.8 26.4 
New Orleans, LA 17.1 21.4  18.4 20.9 25.2 18.3 
Roanoke, VA 32.5 32.1  31.6 29.1 28.7 29.5 
Sheffield, AL 16.7 22.8  22.1 21.7 22.2 21.0 
Entire Railroad 22.5 23.5  23.6 23.0 23.1 22.7 
When reviewing the above data, please refer to the specific definitions by this carrier to understand the measurements being provided.
R = Revised Figure(s) reported for this week 
- = Not Available
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