CARLOAD WAYBILL STATISTICS BASED ON A SAMPLE OF WAYBILLS FOR TERMINATIONS IN THE YEAR 1974. TERRITORIAL DISTRIBUTION TRAFFIC AND REVENUE BY COMMODITY CLASSES

The statistics for this report have been compiled from a sample of audited revenue waybills submitted to the FRA by 77 railroads. The data regarding territorial distribution of railroad carload terminations have been compiled since 1972 utilizing a computer based Waybill Information Processing System (WIPS) developed under the direction of the Federal Railroad Administration. The statistics tabulated for 1974 were derived from a total of 150,692 waybills, 39,768 EM-5 documents and 1,248 multiple car statement documents resulting in 212,919 carloads. The waybill sample includes import, export, transit, rebilled, and piggyback (TOFC-trailer-on-flat-car) traffic. Excluded are shipments weighing less than 10,000 pounds and moving on less than carload rate or any quantity rates, and traffic originating in Mexico and Canada.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-258 460.
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Rail Systems Analysis and Program Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1975-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 234 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Carloadings; Classification; Coding systems; Commodities; Computer programming; Data collection; Distance; Economic conditions; Exports; Freight transportation; Imports; Information systems; Origin and destination; Piggyback transportation; Railroad transportation; Rates; Regions; Statistical distributions; Statistics; Ultimate load design; Waybill samples
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Cargo transportation; Coding; Commodity statistics; Economic surveys; Limits; Rates costs
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00151155
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT/FRA/RPD-76/2 Statistics
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 30 1977 12:00AM