RAILROAD FREIGHT ORIGININATING OR TERMINATING IN NEBRASKA BY SELECTED COMMODITY GROUPS
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Nebraska - 1994, 1996 to 2000, and 2002 to 2004              
  1999 2000 2002 2003 2004
Commodity Originating Terminating Originating Terminating Originating Terminating Originating Terminating Originating Terminating
Farm Products 20,608,403 443,099 16,085,629 771,368 14,132,514 0 13,796,295 0 15,630,768 0
Coal -- 12,478,029 -- 10,867,548 -- 13,559,292 -- 13,167,068 -- 12,438,551
Mixed Freight -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Food Products 4,854,478 725,908 5,313,968 695,740 6,243,360 742,564 5,825,012 781,836 5,305,969 658,640
Chemicals 1,274,644 1,806,608 1,182,104 1,581,876 1,234,240 1,818,572 1,191,460 2,228,565 1,528,660 2,178,243
Waste and Scrap 338,372 -- 377,072 -- 329,984 642,056 306,684 675,444 342,244 754,516
Glass and Stone 316,188 757,524 432,920 750,164 374,284 758,176 0 710,740 0 710,276
Nonmetallic Minerals -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Transportation Equipment -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Primary Metal Products -- -- -- -- -- -- 232,840 -- 332,944 --
All Other 987,760 2,127,316 1,151,874 2,555,408 753,980 1,925,243 735,808 2,083,507 930,841 2,243,000
Total 28,379,845 18,338,484 24,543,567 17,222,104 23,068,362 19,445,903 22,088,099 19,647,160 24,071,426 18,983,226
  1994 1996 1997 1998
Commodity Originating Terminating Originating Terminating Originating Terminating Originating Terminating
Farm Products 15,168,335 -- 17,099,477 837,297 17,136,126 -- 17,463,048 --
Coal 4,572,665 9,648,807 4,350,214 10,917,790 -- 10,300,459 -- 13,063,596
Mixed Freight 4,194,282 3,939,878 -- -- -- -- 402,312 --
Food Products 3,092,614 1,021,801 3,803,320 745,188 4,715,216 717,352 4,873,551 740,592
Chemicals 1,032,670 1,782,618 1,031,068 1,729,676 1,174,516 1,474,618 1,420,196 2,091,171
Waste and Scrap -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Glass and Stone -- -- -- -- 426,388 693,628 -- 673,348
Nonmetallic Minerals -- -- 416,860 700,016 365,460 550,956 554,220 700,124
Transportation Equipment -- 1,075,944 -- -- -- -- -- --
All Other 2,775,221 4,097,678 1,199,492 2,480,784 1,187,372 2,152,834 1,224,022 2,518,507
Total 30,835,787 21,566,726 27,900,431 17,410,751 25,005,078 15,889,847 25,937,349 19,787,338
Source: Association of American Railroads, February 2006 (www.aar.org).
Last Updated: 30-May-06
by Nebraska Databook
email: michael.lundeen@ded.ne.gov