Railroad Service in South Carolina 2001

Railroad Service and Employment

Facilities Number of Freight Railroads 14
  Miles Operated (Excluding Trackage Rights 2,367
     
Traffic Total Carloads of Freight Carried 1,429,685
  Total Tons of Freight Carried 88,169,595
     
Employment Rail Employees Living in State 2,163
   and Earnings     Freight Employees Only 1,771
  Total Wages of Rail Employees $115,962,000
      Freight Employees Only $93,388,000
  Average Per Freight Rail Employee:  
      Wages $52,700
      Fringe Benefits $19,400
      Total Compensation $72,200
     
Railroad Railroad Retirement Beneficiaries 6,553
    Retirement Railroad Retirement Benefits Paid $78,740,848

Freight Railroad Traffic in South Carolina

Tons Originated 2001
  Tons %
Lumber & Wood Prod. 2,667,336 17%
Chemicals 2,345,100 15%
Pulp & Paper Products 2,221,128 15%
Primary Metal Products 1,625,640 11%
Glass & Stone Products 1,284,256 8%
All Other 5,107,551 33%
Total 15,251,011 100%
 

Tons Terminated 2001

  Tons %
Coal 16,536,094 48%
Chemicals 4,948,316 14%
Nonmetallic Minerals 2,309,020 7%
Lumber & Wood Prod. 1,837,720 5%
Pulp & Paper Products 1,353,148 4%
All Other 7,778,748 22%
Total 34,763,046 100%

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