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Erie 1956 Annual Statistics

Erie 1956 Annual Report Statistics

The following are charts showing some of the statistics from the Erie 1956 Annual Report.

Train, Locomotive, and Car Miles

Schedule 11
Train, Locomotive, and Car Miles
Increase or decrease
1956 1955 Amount Per Cent
TRAIN-MILES
Freight 7,196,794 6,960,448 236,346 3.40
Passenger 3,934,346 3,925,390 8,956 0.23
TOTAL REVENUE TRAIN-MILE 11,131,140 10,885,838 245,302 2.25
Work 265,369 271,742 (6,373) 2.35
TOTAL TRAIN-MILES 11,396,509 11,157,580 238,929 2.14
LOCOMOTIVE-MILES
Freight 7,196,794 6,960,448 236,346 3.40
Freight helper 78,115 70,923 7,192 10.14
Freight light 239,335 229,778 9,557 4.16
TOTAL FREIGHT 7,514,244 7,261,149 253,095 3.49
----------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ---------
Passenger 3,934,346 3,925,390 8,956 0.23
Passenger helper 583 419 164 39.14
Passenger light 46,275 48,685 (2,410) 4.95
TOTAL PASSENGER 3,981,204 3,974,494 6,710 0.17
----------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ---------
Switching 6,275,961 6,154,409 121,552 1.98
Work 267,913 280,652 (12,739) 4.54
TOTAL LOCOMOTIVE-MILES 18,039,322 17,670,704 368,618 2.09
CAR-MILES
Freight Car-Miles
Loaded 399,915,376 385,619,089 14,296,287 3.71
Empty 183,385,914 172,567,087 10,818,827 6.27
Caboose 7,705,015 7,597,882 107,133 1.41
TOTAL FREIGHT CAR-MILES 591,006,305 565,784,058 25,222,247 4.46
----------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ---------
Passenger Car-Miles
Coaches 12,178,367 12,165,176 13,191 0.11
Sleeping & Parlor 3,769,165 3,699,423 69,742 1.89
Dining 1,624,669 1,551,866 72,803 4.69
Baggage, mail, express, milk 16,142,396 16,198,288 (55,892) 0.35
Business 154,857 158,636 (3,779) 2.38
TOTAL PASSENGER CAR-MILES 33,869,454 33,773,389 96,065 0.28
----------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ---------
TOTAL REVENUE CAR-MILES 624,875,759 599,557,447 25,318,312 4.22
Non-Revenue Car-Miles 551,191 610,896 (59,705) 9.77
----------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ---------
TOTAL CAR-MILES 625,426,950 600,168,343 25,258,607 4.21

Traffic and Operating Statistics

Schedule 12
Traffic and Operating Statistics
Increase or Decrease
1956 1955 AmountPer Cent
Miles of road operated 2,207.13 2,225.66 (18.53) 0.83
FREIGHT TRAFFIC ---------------- --------------- ------------- ---------
Tons carried: ---------------- --------------- ------------- ---------
--- Merchandise 28,401,476 27,157,280 1,244,196 4.58
--- Coal and coke 9,746,895 8,704,539 1,042,356 11.97
------ Total revenue freight 38,148,371 35,861,819 2,286,552 6.38
------ Total nonrevenue freight 1,187,951 1,098,385 89,566 8.15
TOTAL ALL FREIGHT 39,336,322 36,960,204 2,376,118 6.43
=================================== ================ =============== ============= =========
Tons carries one mile ---------------- --------------- ------------- ---------
--- Total revenue freight 9,847,883,784 9,320,405,247 527,478,537 5.66
--- Total nonrevenue freight 164,796,720 138,323,732 26,472,988 19.14
TOTAL ALL FREIGHT 10,012,680,504 9,458,728,979 553,951,525 5.86
=================================== ================ =============== ============= =========
Tons carried 1 mile / mile of road ---------------- --------------- ------------- ---------
--- Total revenue freight 4,461,850 4,187,704 274,146 6.55
--- Total nonrevenue freight 74,666 62,150 12,516 20.14
TOTAL ALL FREIGHT 4,536,516 4,249,854 286,662 6.75
=================================== ================ =============== ============= =========
Ave distance hauled / revenue ton 258.147 259.898 (1.751) 0.67
Total freight revenue 155,810,586 142,317,434 13,493,152 9.48
Ave revenue / ton / mile (cents) 1.582 1.527 0.055 3.6
Freight revenue / train-mile 21.65 20.447 1.203 5.88
Ave number of revenue tons of frt ---------------- --------------- ------------- ---------
--- In each train 1,368.37 1,339.05 29.32 2.19
--- In each loaded car 24.62 24.17 0.45 1.86
Ave nbr tons frt (incl comp mat) ---------------- --------------- ------------- ---------
--- In each train 1,391.27 1,358.93 32.34 2.38
--- In each loaded car 25.04 24.53 0.51 2.08
Ave nbr frt car / train ---------------- --------------- ------------- ---------
--- Loaded 55.57 55.40 0.17 0.31
--- Empty 26.55 25.89 0.66 2.55
--- All cars 82.12 81.29 0.83 1.02
----------------------------------- ---------------- --------------- ------------- ---------
Precentage of loaded cars in train 8.61 8.60 0.01 0.12
=================================== ================ =============== ============= =========
PASSENGER TRAFFIC ---------------- --------------- ------------- ---------
Passengers carried 7,881,069 8,113,874 (232,805) 2.87
Passenger carried one mile 257,586,090 260,051,750 (2,465,660) 0.95
Ave distance / passenger 32.684 32.05 0.634 1.98
Total passenger revenue 7,216,059 7,005,465 210,594 3.01
Ave fare / pass / mile (cents) 2.801 2.694 0.107 3.97
Total pass trn revenue / train-mile 12,776,320 12,243,013 533,307 4.36
Ave number of passengers ---------------- --------------- ------------- ---------
--- In each train 65.47 66.25 -0.78 1.18
--- In each car 14.66 14.93 -0.27 1.81
Ave number of cars in train ---------------- --------------- ------------- ---------
--- Passenger cars 4.47 4.43 0.04 0.9
--- Baggage, mail express, milk 4.14 4.17 -0.03 0.72
--- All cars 8.61 8.6 0.01 0.12
=================================== ================ =============== ============= =========
REVENUES AND EXPENSES ---------------- --------------- ------------- ---------
Total operating revenue 175,899,859 161,447,842 14,452,017 8.95
--- Per mile of road 79,696 72,539 7,157 9.87
--- Per train-mile 15.802 14.831 0.971 6.55
Total operating expenses 137,693,502 128,046,722 9,646,780 7.53
--- Per mile of road 62,386 57,532 4,854 8.44
--- Per train-mile 12.37 11.763 0.607 5.16
Net revenue from operation 38,206,357 33,401,120 4,805,237 14.39
--- Per mile of road 17,310 15,007 2,303 15.35
--- Per train-mile 3.453 3.068 0.385 11.86

Inventory of Equipment

Schedule 13
Inventory of Equipment
Description Owned
Dec. 31, 1955		 New Deleted Transfer Owned
Dec 31 1956
------ ----- ----- ------ Add Delete ------
------ ----- ----- ------ ----- ------ ------ ------
Locomotives ----- ----- ------ ----- ------ ------ ------
Diesel-Electric - Freight ----- 143 6 149
Diesel-Electric - Passenger ----- 28 28
Diesel-Electric - Frt or Pas ----- 52 52
Diesel-Electric - Switching ----- 152 152
Total 375 6 381
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Freight Train Cars ----- ----
Box ----- 10489 727 65 4 11147
Gondola & Hoppers ----- 9517 485 19 72 8979
Flat ----- 458 50 508
Stock ----- 63 63
Caboose ----- 263 263
Total 20790 777 550 19 76 20960
Capacity (Tons) ----- 1121886 38850 31420 1310 5180 1125446
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Passenger Train Cars ----- ----
Coaches ----- 334 1 333
Combination Coach ----- 11 1 10
Dining - Parlor ----- 4 4
Sleeping Cars ----- 20 2 18
Dining Cars ----- 9 9
Baggage-Mail ----- 15 15
Baggage-Express ----- 30 30
Express ----- 52 52
Milk Cars ----- 94 94
Rider Cars ----- 3 1 2
Total 572 4 1 567
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Marine Equipment ----- ----
Ferryboats ----- 4 4
Diesel tugboats ----- 11 11
Covered barges ----- 92 10 1 101
Open barges ----- 61 2 63
Car floats ----- 26 26
Steam hoists ----- 2 2
Total 196 10 1 2 207
----------------------------
In Company Service -----
Official ----- 5 5
Ballast ----- 1 1
Camp ----- 110 10 100
Cinder ----- 5 5
Gravel dump ----- 13 13
Material & Supply ----- 256 14 74 316
Tool, derrick - steam hoist ----- 225 13 4 216
Other company service ----- 100 12 1 87
Total 715 49 78 1 743

Includes Equipment under Trust Agreements and Conditional Sales Agreements.

Track Mileage

Schedule 14
Track Mileage
Miles of First
Main Track		Miles of Additional
Main Track		Miles of Yard
Tracks and Sidings		Total
All Tracks
Owned 2,014.64 1,015.89 1,542.55 4,574.08
Leased
------ Controlled through ownership of majority of capital stock18.03 ---- 23.18 41.21
------ Not controlled ---- ---- 00.13 00.13
Operated under contract for contingent rent 6.35 1.47 2.10 9.92
Trackage rights granted by other companies 168.11 257.18184.79 610.08
---------------- Total miles of road operated 2207.131274.541752.755234.42
Restricted trackage rights -- not inclued in statistics 112.55 31.72 16.61 160.88
Owned but not operated -- leased to others ----- ----- 00.10 00.10
GRAND TOTAL 2319.681306.26 1769.46 5395.40