2001 Annual Data Profile
Small Railroad Route Mile Ownership
Small railroads responding to the 2001 survey operate a total of 17,262 route miles in the United States. Sixty percent of those route miles are owned by the railroads, while 27 percent are operated under a lease agreement and 13 percent are operated under a trackage right agreement (Figure 28).
Results from the survey shown in Figure 30 indicate that 69 percent of the Central region's route miles are owned - the largest of any region.
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