U.S. Freight Railroad Industry Snapshot

[DashingDan]

I never realized that coal amounts to about half of all rail freight shipped.

Bring on the hoppers!!

http://www.aar.org/KeyIssues/Railroads-States.aspx (Association of American Railroads)

[Chessie8638]

And about 75% of that coal comes from the Powder River Basin in WY (click on WY on the map to see, nothing but coal!). Expect Intermodal to continue to grow and take over the #2 spot in a few years with the Panama Canal Expansion / Widening to be complete in 2014 and domestic short haul starting to take off.