Railroad Performance Measures   

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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
1Q11 Dec 2011  01/06/12 01/13/12 01/20/12 01/27/12 
Revisions       
Cars on Line
By Car Owner
System 43,747 44,569  43,939 44,102 44,513 44,874 
Foreign RR 15,835 14,925  15,956 15,995 15,932 16,223 
Private 74,555 72,724  72,333 73,112 73,748 74,969 
Total 134,137 132,218  132,228 133,209 134,193 136,066 
Pct. Private 55.6 55.0  54.7 54.9 55.0 55.1 
By Car Type
Box 12,329 12,630  12,549 12,487 12,449 12,730 
Covered Hopper 43,913 41,191  40,616 40,918 41,278 41,660 
Gondola 9,719 10,516  10,350 10,360 10,377 10,501 
Intermodal 4,966 4,973  5,025 5,034 5,082 5,254 
Multilevel 4,489 4,093  4,397 4,537 4,816 4,623 
Open Hopper 15,135 15,194  15,151 15,005 15,148 15,737 
Tank 32,825 32,567  32,899 33,190 33,434 34,008 
Other 10,761 11,054  11,241 11,678 11,609 11,553 
Total 134,137 132,218  132,228 133,209 134,193 136,066 
Train Speed (Miles per Hour)
Intermodal 31.2 32.5  33.5 33.1 31.0 27.9 
Manifest 24.8 25.8  27.3 26.5 24.6 24.2 
Multilevel - -  - - - - 
Coal Unit 25.0 25.3  25.7 25.7 24.4 24.5 
Grain Unit 25.6 28.1  28.2 29.3 26.4 27.4 
All Trains 26.3 27.6  28.8 28.3 26.4 25.4 
Terminal Dwell (Hours)
Harrison Yard (Memphis), TN 21.6 21.1  20.4 23.6 21.9 19.0 
Fond du Lac Yard, WI 21.7 23.7  20.4 20.8 26.5 22.9 
Jackson Yard, MS 15.1 11.1  10.9 11.2 12.5 11.3 
MacMillan Yard (Toronto), ON 19.7 19.7  17.9 17.8 19.6 19.2 
Markham Yard, IL 17.8 14.8  13.2 13.5 15.9 20.0 
Symington Yard (Winnipeg), MB 25.8 27.5  22.7 22.4 27.7 26.6 
Tascherau Yard (Montreal), QC 17.2 16.4  15.3 16.0 15.8 16.4 
Thornton Yard (Vancouver), BC 14.1 14.7  12.4 15.1 19.0 15.4 
Walker Yard (Edmonton), AB 23.0 17.1  15.1 15.5 20.1 22.4 
Entire Railroad 17.4 16.7  14.8 15.2 17.2 17.6 
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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