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8 unbelievable facts about America’s freight railroads.
8 unbelievable facts about America’s freight railroads.
Supporting the world’s largest economy is no small task. Every day, thousands of customers rely upon American freight railroads to safely and efficiently transport everything from the food on your table to the energy resources that power your home. Learn what it takes to keep America’s economy moving 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.
60 football fields: The length of the longest freight train in American history
4 American time zones: First established by freight railroads in 1883
48.7 billion pounds of steel: The amount of steel contained in America’s freight rail network
3,477 Eiffel Towers: Could be built with all that steel
492.6 million railroad ties: The number of railroad ties maintained by Class I freight railroads
5.6 trips around the Earth: The length of America’s freight rail network laid end-to-end
473 miles: How far a freight train can move a ton of freight on one gallon of fuel
75 percent: The reduction in greenhouse gas emissions achieved by moving freight by rail instead of truck
Want to learn more stats? Visit FreightRailWorks.org.
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