INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

FIFTIETH ANNUAL REPORT

ON THE

STATISTICS OF RAILWAYS
IN THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31

1936

INCLUDING ALSO SELECTED DATA RELATING TO OTHER COMMON CARRIERS
SUBJECT TO THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT FOR THE YEAR 1936

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Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States, including also selected items from periodical reports of other classes of common carriers.

Text of the Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States.

Preliminary Abstract of Statistics of Common Carriers.

Freight Commodity Statistics, Class I Steam Railways.

Operating Revenues and Operating Expenses by Class of Service.

Comparative Statement of Operating Averages, Class I Steam Railways.

Wage Statistics, Class I Steam Railways.

Accident Bulletin-Steam Railways.

Selected Financial and Operating Statistics from Annual Reports of Carriers by Water.
Selected Financial and Operating Statistics from Annual Reports of Pipe Line Companies.
Selected Financial and Operating Statistics from Annual Reports of Electric Railways.

QUARTERLY REPORTS

Summary of Freight Commodity Statistics of Class I Steam Railways.
Summary of Accidents Reported by Steam Railways.

MONTHLY REPORTS

Operating Revenues and Operating Expenses, Class I Steam Railways.
Selected Income and Balance-Sheet Items of Class I Steam Railways.

Operating Revenues and Operating Expenses of Large Steam Railways-Selected Items for Roads with Annual Operating Revenues above $25,000,000. Operating Statistics of Large Steam Railways-Selected Items for Roads with Annual Operating Revenues above $25,000,000.

Freight Train Performance of Class I Steam Railways.

Passenger Train Performance of Class I Steam Railways.

Yard Service Performance of Class I Steam Railways.

Revenue Traffic Statistics of Class I Steam Railways.

Fuel and Power for Locomotives and Rail Motor Cars of Class I Steam Railways.

Motive Power and Car Equipment of Class I Steam Railways.

Wage Statistics, Class I Steam Railways.

Summary of Accidents Reported by Steam Railways.

Graphical Supplement to Monthly Reports.

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MILES OF ROAD, NUMBER OF COMPANIES, AND CORPORATE ORGANIZATION:

Recapitulation of steam railway mileage by classes of companies___

Mileage, investment, and capitalization of proprietary companies..

Miles of road in the several States and Territories..

Miles of road constructed and miles of road abandoned, all classes of steam railways, 1921-1936_-.

Miles of railway tracks operated, classified according to method of control by operating company, class I steam railways_

Electrified mileage operated, class I steam railways_-_

RECEIVERSHIPS AND TRUSTEESHIPS:

Comparative statement regarding receiverships and trusteeships, 1916-1936_--

Railways in the hands of receivers and trustees___

EQUIPMENT:

Steam locomotives equipped with oil burners, mechanical stokers, and superheaters, in service, class I steam railways... - - -

Total weight on drivers, total weight exclusive of tenders, and average weight of locomotives in service, class I steam railways_

Number of locomotives distributed according to year in which originally built, in service, class I steam railways____

Average number of locomotives in service, class I steam railways____.

Cars constructed of steel or with steel underframe in passenger-train service, class I steam railways_

Number and average gross weight of passenger-train cars owned by the Pullman Co----

Freight-train cars (excluding caboose) constructed of steel or with steel underframe, in service, class I steam railways___

Classification of cars owned or leased, in service, all operating steam railways___

Average number, service hours (or days), total compensation, and average compensation of employees, class I steam railways-

Average number and total compensation of steam railway employees, by groups of employees and classes of railways_____ 16-A

Recapitulation of summary statements of wage statistics, class I steam railways for the years 1936 and 1935.

CAPITALIZATION:

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16-B

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Railway capital actually outstanding, all classes of steam railways.

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Number of stockholders, class I steam railways, 1926-1936_-

Changes in railway capital actually outstanding, class I steam railways...

Net capitalization and net investment changes, class I steam railways and their lessor and proprietary companies----

Purpose of issues of stocks and funded debt, class I steam railways..

Securities actually issued, and average rate of interest on funded debt issued, class I steam railways..

Railway capital nominally issued or nominally outstanding (held by or for steam railways), all classes of steam railways__

Analysis of railway capital ouststanding, showing basis on which average amount per mile of road is computed___

Railway securities owned (or controlled), classes I, II, and III steam railways and their lessor companies__.

DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST:

Amount and percent of capital stock upon which dividends were declared, and amount and rate percent of dividends declared_

Analysis of dividends declared, all classes of steam railways___

Dividends declared, from income and surplus, individual class I steam railways..

Interest and dividend charges, all classes of steam railways_

Interest accruals, interest payments, and excess of accruals over payments, on funded debt unmatured, class I steam rail-

ways, 1929-1936___

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24-A

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Comparison of number of carloads and number of tons of revenue freight originated, by groups of commodities, class I

steam railways, 1929–1936----

Income and profit and loss accounts of lessor companies, the properties of which are operated by class I steam railways.. 33-B

Income and profit and loss accounts, all classes of steam railways considered as a system (including switching and ter-

minal companies)..

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Analysis of operating revenues, class I steam railways__.

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S-71

Charges to account 101 "Freight Revenue" representing amounts paid to others in connection with a system of pick-up

and delivery service, individual class I steam railways, 1936 and 1935-

Revenues, expenses, operating ratios, and net revenue from railway operations, by class of service, class I steam railways... 36-A

Analysis of operating expense accounts, class I steam railways__

United States Government taxes charged to railway tax accruals, class steam railways, 1936 and 1935...

39-B

Income and profit and loss accounts, switching and terminal companies and their lessor companies...

Income and profit and loss accounts, class I switching and terminal companies_

40-A

Recapitulation of operating revenues and operating expenses, all operating switching and terminal companies.

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BALANCE SHEETS AND INVESTMENT IN ROAD. AND EQUIPMENT:

General balance sheet statement, class I steam railways____

General balance sheet statement of lessor companies, the properties of which are leased to class I steam railways..

General balance sheet statement, class I switching and terminal companies___

General balance sheet statement of lessor companies, the properties of which are leased to class I switching and terminal

companies...-

Investment in new lines and extensions, additions and betterments, credits for retirements, and adjustments, classes I and

II steam railways and their lessor companies, 1925-1936_-_.

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Summary of net charges to investment in road and equipment, class I steam railways..

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S-100

Summary of gross charges and net charges to investment in road and equipment, lessor companies to class I steam railways. 47-A

NUMBER OF GRADE CROSSINGS AND THEIR PROTECTION:

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Grade crossings, class I steam railways (including class I switching and terminal companies) –

FUEL, RAILS, AND TIES:

Consumption of fuel by steam locomotives, other locomotives (electric, oil-electric, gasoline, etc.), and rail motor cars, class

I steam railways...----

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Summary of fuel purchases and stocks, class I steam railways.

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Miles of running tracks, passing tracks, cross-overs, etc., classified by weight of rail, class I steam railways..

Summary of rails laid in replacement, and in additional tracks, new lines and extensions, class I steam railways..

Summary of ties laid in replacement, and in additional tracks, new lines and extensions, class I steam railways..

Telegraph and telephone lines owned or operated, class I steam railways----

Selected revenue, expense, and income items, operating statistics, and number of employees, by months, class I steam railways.

Relative importance of the different classes of steam railways, as indicated by their capitalization, investment, mileage,

equipment, volume of traffic, and other selected items..

Summaries of general balance sheet, income and profit and loss, operating revenues, operating expenses, mileage, rail-line

statistics, and equipment in service, class I steam railways....