FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT

ON THE

STATISTICS OF RAILWAYS
IN THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31

1937

INCLUDING ALSO SELECTED DATA RELATING TO OTHER COMMON CARRIERS
SUBJECT TO THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT FOR THE YEAR 1937

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

PUBLICATIONS PREPARED BY THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS

ANNUAL REPORTS

Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States, including also selected items from periodical reports of other classes of common carriers.

Text of the Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States.

Preliminary Abstract of Statistics of Common Carriers.

Freight Commodity Statistics, Class I Steam Railways.

Comparative Statement of Railway Operating Statistics, Steam Railways Having Annual Operating Revenues Over $5,000,000.
Wage Statistics, Class I Steam Railways.

Accident Bulletin-Steam Railways.

Selected Financial and Operating Statistics from Annual Reports of Carriers by Water.
Selected Financial and Operating Statistics from Annual Reports of Pipe Line Companies.
Selected Financial and Operating Statistics from Annual Reports of Electric Railways.

QUARTERLY REPORTS

Summary of Freight Commodity Statistics of Class I Steam Railways.
Summary of Accidents Reported by Steam Railways.

MONTHLY REPORTS

Operating Revenues and Operating Expenses, Class I Steam Railways.

Selected Income and Balance-Sheet Items of Class I Steam Railways.

Operating Revenues and Operating Expenses of Large Steam Railways-Selected Items for Roads with Annual Operating Revenues above $25,000,000. Operating Statistics of Large Steam Railways-Selected Items for Roads with Annual Operating Revenues above $25,000,000.

Freight Train Performance of Class I Steam Railways.

Passenger Train Performance of Class I Steam Railways.

Yard Service Performance of Class I Steam Railways.

Revenue Traffic Statistics of Class I Steam Railways.

Fuel and Power for Locomotives and Rail Motor Cars of Class I Steam Railways.

Motive Power and Car Equipment of Class I Steam Railways.

Wage Statistics, Class I Steam Railways.

Summary of Accidents Reported by Steam Railways.

Graphical Supplement to Monthly Reports.

MILES OF ROAD, NUMBER OF COMPANIES, AND CORPORATE ORGANIZATION:

Recapitulation of steam railway mileage by all classes of companies__.

Mileage, investment, and capitalization of proprietary companies.

Miles of road in the several States and Territories.

Miles of road constructed and miles of road abandoned, all classes of steam railways, 1921–1937--

Miles of railway tracks operated, classified according to method of control by operating company, class I steam railways_

Electrified mileage operated, class I steam railways..

Steam locomotives equipped with oil burners, mechanical stokers, and superheaters, in service, class I steam railways___.

Total weight on drivers, total weight exclusive of tenders, and average weight of locomotives in service, class I steam rail-

ways...

8-B

78AB

5

S-9

S-10

S-12

S-13

S-14

S-14

Number of locomotives distributed according to year in which originally built, in service, class I steam railways_

Average number of locomotives in service, class I steam railways___

Locomotive equipment, other than steam, in service, class I steam railways..

Classification of freight cars in service, class I steam railways____

Cars constructed of steel or with steel underframe in passenger-train service, class I steam railways__

Freight-train cars (excluding caboose) constructed of steel or with steel underframe, in service, class I steam railways_.

Classification of cars owned or leased, in service, all operating steam railways___

Average number, service hours (or days), total compensation, and average compensation of employees, class I steam rail-

ways---

16

S-39

Average number and total compensation of steam railway employees, by groups of employees and classes of railways_

Number, service, and compensation by class of employees, class I steam railways___

Recapitulation of summary statements of wage statistics, class I steam railways, for the years 1937 and 1936---

CAPITALIZATION:

Railway capital actually outstanding, all classes of steam railways..

16-C

S-43

Number of stockholders, class I steam railways, 1926-1937----

17-A

Changes in railway capital actually outstanding, class I steam railways and their lessor companies - - -

Net capitalization and net investment changes, class I steam railways and their lessor and proprietary companies..

Purpose of issues of stocks and funded debt, class I steam railways and their lessor companies-----

18-A

Securities actually issued, and average rate of interest on funded debt issued, class I steam railways and their lessor com-

panies....

19-A

Railway capital nominally issued or nominally outstanding (held by or for steam railways), all classes of steam railways...---

Analysis of railway capital outstanding, showing basis on which average amount per mile of road is computed......-

Railway securities owned (or controlled), classes I, II, and III steam railways and their lessor companies.---.

DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST:

Amount and percent of capital stock upon which dividends were declared, and amount and rate percent of dividends

declared...

S-46

S-48

S-49

S-52

S-53

S-56

S-57

S-58

S-58

Interest accruals, interest payments, and excess of accruals over payments, on funded debt unmatured, class I steam rail-

ways, 1929-1937...

24

S-61

24-A

S-62