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Pennsylvania freight railroads are ranked by class, in part the umbrella of the Lewisburg-based Susquehanna Economic
according to their annual revenue: Development Association - Council of Governments Joint Rail
Class I railroads bring in more than $459 million per year, Authority.
and can be national in scope. MAJOR PAYLOADS
Class II (Regional) railroads have annual revenue Intermodal trac is the
between $40 million, or have at least 350 service biggest category of rail
miles and $20 million in revenue. freight coming in and
Class III (Short Line/Local Line Haul) have out of Pennsylvania,
annual revenue of less than $40 million. at 36 percent of
inbound trac
Switching and Terminal railroads mostly and 35 percent of
shunt cars around for other railroads, often outbound trac.
in urban, industrial areas or around major
terminals. Coal represents
23 percent of
More than half of Pennsylvanias outbound trac,
railroads are Class III operators, such as but only 7 percent of
the York Railway Co. and those under inbound.

WHERE ARE THE RAIL LINES?

FUEL EFFICIENCY
PENNSYLVANIA BY THE NUMBERS
In 2015, Americas railroads moved a
59: Number of freight railroads
ton of freight an average of 473 miles 5,165: Freight railroad mileage
22
on one gallon of fuel. Thats like going 7,056: Number of freight rail employees
322from Pittsburgh to Raleigh, NC. $99,530: Average
81 wages and benets per
11
15 freight rail employee

DAUPHIN
22
322

22
COUNTY

LEBANON
PERRY 22
COUNTY
322
81
COUNTY

83 322
81 11
15 322

322

1.5371 in
CUMBERLAND
81 LANCASTER
COUNTY 322
COUNTY
11
15
83
YORK
COUNTY 30
30

ADAMS
COUNTY
30
30

WHERE THEY ARE

The map above traces the rail
CUTTING
15
HIGHWAY GRIDLOCK
83
lines criss-crossing Central
It would have taken approximately 12.2 million Pennsylvania. The blue lines
additional trucks to handle the 219.9 million tons of represent Norfolk Southern
freight moved through Pennsylvania by rail in 2014. tracks, while the purple is Amtrak.
The green lines represent short-
line railroads, while the red is CSX.

Source: Association of American Railroads