854                             WISCONSIN BLUE- BooK 1989-1990


    RAILROAD MILEAGE, USAGE AND REVENUE IN WISCONSIN
                                             1920-1987


                    Mileage Operated in           Freight Traffic       
          Passenger Traffic
          No. of        Wisconsin'               (in thousands)2        
           (in thousands)3
Year    Railroads   Road'     Track'      Tons    Ton-Miles'   Revenue  
 Passengers  Pass-Miles'  Revenue
1920       35      7,546.37   11,615.28  100,991    9,052,084  $ 92,826 
   20,188      960,569     $28,646
1930       27      7,230.72   11,582.88   83,672    6,908,656    78,747 
    4,799      466,154      14,071
1940       22      6,646.00   10,484.18   87,980    6,910,647    69,941 
    3,952      445,938       8,201
1950       20      6,336.71   10,000.26  121,576   10,850,178   141,762 
    5,575      646,353      14,933
1960       18      6,194.58    9,625.42   93,475    9,096,855   134,065 
    3,127      383,457       9,800
1970       15      5,964.64    9,126.54   97,130   13,432,055   191,764 
    1,463      138,572       4,264
19738      15      5,840.11    8,895.85  109,450   16,583,109   255,588 
     193         1,407          56
1974       15      5,816.16    8,857.71  105,717   16,581,786   298,204 
     162         1,261          47
1975       15      5,741.72    8,754.28   90,473   13,436,628   273,200 
     147         1,059          47
1976       15      5,739.52    8,719.93   94,766   14,773,365   311,691 
     125           923          40
1977       15      5,675.60    8,620.36   95,194   14,744,908   334,304 
     125           856          39
1978       16      5,569.90    8,437.17  107,906   16,092,379   378,007 
     135           895          43
1979       16      5,519.83    8,328.83  103,066   16,619,880   431,180 
     149           983          47
1980       21      5,191.94    7,990.26  101,008   14,727,522   453,977 
     174         1,122          54
1981       21      4,757.90    7,508.56   97,288   14,247,186   476,265 
     122           879          61
1982       21      4,719.00    7,144.00   78,352   11,611,885   420,581 
      86           608          53
1983       19      4,595.00    6,780.00   85,435   12,506,831   433,407 
      81           563          49
1984       19      4,595.80    6,755.00   98,627   13,319,235   471,505 
      85           583          49
1985       18      4,479.80    6,515.00   81,405   14,644,817   416,708 
     100           701          58
1986       16      4,611.00    6,568.00   90,674   13,267,233   413,656 
     112           779          67
1987       179     4,508.00   6,447.00   112,681   13,402,227   371,666 
      88           621          50
'Mileage given exclusive of trackage rights in order to avoid duplication.
2Includes figures for Class I railroads only. "Class I railroad"
is a railroad which earns $50 million or more per year in gross
  revenue dollars.
3Includes figures for 2 Class I railroads only.
'Road mileage - measurement of stone road bed in miles.
5Track mileage - measurement of track (2 steel rails) on road beds in miles.
6Ton-mile - the movement of 1 ton (2,000 pounds) of cargo 1 mile.
7Passenger-mile - the combination of the number of passengers carried on
Wisconsin trains and the miles traveled by the
  passengers while within Wisconsin boundaries.
'Intercity passenger service operated by Amtrak after May 1, 1971.
90f these 17 railroads, 3 are Class I as of January 1, 1987.
Source: Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Transportation
Facts; Office of the Commissioner of Trans-
  portation, departmental data, April 1989.