American Short Line & Regional Railroad Database

Annual Data Profiles

The Annual Data Profile (ADP) of the American Short Line & Regional Railroad Industry has reported on the short line railroad industry since 1993. Created out of the need to recognize the important and growing contribution the short line industry makes to the nation's transportation system, the ADP summarizes the data contained in the American Short Line & Regional Railroad Database.

The ADP compiles information about short line and regional railroads operating in the United States summarizing statistics by railroad type, railroad region, and industry-wide totals. The current ADP records the contributions the short line industry made in 2001.

The ADP to the right are available by year in a downloadable PDF format. If you experience difficulties veiwing or printing the PDF files, you may request a text version of the profiles. (Request Text Version)

Figure 2. Small Railroad Customers Ranking by Commodity

Figure 2 from the 2000 ADP groups customers by commodity and ranks these groups by the percentage of all customers reported in the survey.

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Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute Federal Railroad Administration United States Department of Agriculture American Shortline and Regional Railroad Association
American Short Line & Regional Railroad Database
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