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EXHIBIT 1

Total costs per traffic unit and per gross ton-mile, class I line-haul railways,

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1 Includes operating costs plus equipment and facility rents and taxes.

2 Not available.

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Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, "Statistics of Railways in the United States," Statements M-100, M-211, M-213, and M-2.0; U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index and Wholesale Price Index.

EXHIBIT 2

Revenues per ton-mile and per passenger-mile, class I line-haul railways, 1921–58

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Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, "Statistics of Railways in the United States," Statements M-100 and M-220.

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EXHIBIT 3

Selected income account items, class I line-haul railways, 1921–58

Year

revenue

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1 Uncollectible railway revenues included years 1921 to 1935, inclusive. Excluded, 1936 and after. Ratio of operating expenses (col. 2) to operating revenue (col. 1).

3 Preliminary.

Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, "Statistics of Railways in the United States, 1921-57; 1958," Association of American Railroads, release of Feb. 5, 1959.

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1 Preliminary estimate of Association of American Railroads. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, "Statistics of Railways in the United States," Statement M-125; Association of American Railroads, release of Feb. 5, 1959.

EXHIBIT 5

Rate of returns, based on capital stock 1 and not income, all steam railways in the United States, 1921-57

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1 Stock in the hands of the public, not held by railway companies.

Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, "Statistics of Railways in the United States."

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Source of basic data: Interstate Commerce Commission, "Statistics of Railways in the United States," Statements M-220 and M-300.

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