AREMA Committee 4, Subcommittee 3's consolidated report of rail shipped to North American Railroads from North American and non-North American producing mills in 2001 by weight, section and rail composition - AREMA News - Brief Article

Railway Track and Structures, Dec, 2002

AREMA Committee 4, Subcommittee 3's consolidated report of rail shipped
to North American Railroads from North American and non-North American
producing mills in 2001 by weight, section and rail composition.

                                    North American            Non-North
                                                               American

                              Premium            Standard       Premium

Weight      Section      Tons     % Yearly   Tons     % Yearly   Tons
                        Shipped    Total    Shipped    Total    Shipped

 141          RE        16,477     2.34%     33,323     4.72%   56,964
 140          RE        13,000     1.84%     18,000     2.55%      0
 136          RE        69,132     9.80%    144,596    20.50%   30,663
 133          RE         2,174     0.31%      240       0.03%   73,930
 132          RE        13,566     1.92%      6,599     0.94%    4,000
 119          RE          500      0.07%      100       0.01%      0
 115          RE        42,143     5.97%     76,751    10.88%    4,179
 100          RE          556      0.08%       0        0.00%      0
 100         RA/RB       7,538     1.07%      5,832     0.83%      0
Other      Includes      6,005     0.85%     14,432     2.05%    3,000
          Girder Rail     --                  --                  --
Total                   171,091    24.26%   299,873    42.52%   172,736

                Non-North American

           Premium          Standard

Weight    % Yearly   Tons     % Yearly   Total    % Total
           Total    Shipped    Total

 141       8.08%    34,100     4.83%    140,864   19.97%
 140       0.00%       0       0.00%     31,000    4.40%
 136       4.35%    23,488     3.33%    267,879   37.98%
 133      10.48%       0       0.00%     76,344   10.82%
 132       0.57%     3,500     0.50%     27,665    3.92%
 119       0.00%       0       0.00%      600      0.09%
 115       0.59%      304      0.04%    123,377   17.49%
 100       0.00%       0       0.00%      556      0.08%
 100       0.00%       0       0.00%     13,370    1.90%
Other      0.43%      240      0.03%     23,677    3.36%
                      --                  --        --
Total      24.49%   61,632     8.74%    705,332   100.00%

NOTE: For purposes of this report Premium Rail is defined as rail with
a Bhn of 352 or greater.

Committee 4, Subcommittee 3's graphical representation of report shown
on top.

                              Tons
            N.American           Non-N. American       Total
Year        Standard  Premium   Standard   Premium

1980        1275000                                  1275000
1981        1250000                                  1250000
1982         600000                                   600000
1983         750000                                   750000
1984        1025000                                  1025000
1985         800000              300000              1100000
1986         620000              250000               870000
1987         520000              160000               680000
1988         515000              150000               665000
1989         540000              120000               660000
1990         390000              150000               540000
1991         385000              155000               540000
1992         400000              170000               570000
1993         580000              140000               720000
1994         500000              185000               685000
1995         562000              184000               746000
1996         660000              160000               820000
1997         774000              228000              1002000
1998         821000              386600              1207600
1999        571,540             406,574               978114
2000        676,165              216645               892810
2001        299,873   171,091    64652     169736     705352

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