Reference the EL's final operating mileage, the Erie Lackawanna Railway Company reported the following statistics to Moody's and the ICC for the year ended 31 December 1975, its last full year report as a railroad: Average Miles Operated 2,807 Extra Main Track 1,242 Locomotives 516 Passenger Cars 407 Freight and Company Cars 19,162 Freight as Percent of All Traffic 86% Average (Freight) Haul 300 miles Cabooses in service 304 Steamboats and tugboats 3 Barges, car floats, and canal boats 13 Motor vehicles 614 Tons of freight moved 31,950,370 Ton-Miles 9,579,308,000 Operating Revenue - Freight $248,239,000 Operating Revenue - Psgr 13,960,000 Operating Rev - All Other 27,803,000 Total Optg Rev $290,002,000 Employees Executive 274 Employees, Professional & Clerical 1,997 Employees, Maintenance of Way 1,552 Employees, Maintenance of Eqpt 2,336 Employees, Transportation 4,715 Employees, Total 10,874 Payroll, Total $161,668,000 Carloads of Revenue Freight 671,000 Even in extremis the EL had some numbers that todays deregulated world could build something on. M J Connor >From: ELRRco_@_aol.com >Reply-To: ELRRco_@_aol.com >To: gelwood_@_dnaco.net, erielack@lists.railfan.net, AirFoose@aol.com >Subject: Re: (erielack) EL Mileage (fwd) >Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 14:31:50 EST > >I believe the amount was 2,880 miles. Thisi s down a bit from the 3,031 at >Merger time in 1960. > >Phil > > > _________________________________________________________________ online games and music with a high-speed Internet connection! Prices start at less than $1 a day average. https://broadband.msn.com (Prices may vary by service area.) ------------------------------
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