Observations

1890: 0.803

Updated: Aug 16, 2012 2:03 PM CDT

Units:

Cents,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Annual

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Revenue Per Freight Ton-Mile, Thirteen Railroads for United States	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Source

National Bureau of Economic Research	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Release

NBER Macrohistory Database	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Units

Cents	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Frequency

Annual	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Notes

Data For 1865-1888 Were Computed By Adding Figures For Ton-Miles Presented In Groupings Of Seven And Six Railroads And Dividing Into Freight Earnings For The Two Groups. Data For 1889-1890 Were Computed From Freight Earnings And Ton-Miles Of Thirteen Individual Railroads. Data Were Revised In 1887, But Are Presented As One Variable. The Figures For 1887 And 1888 More Comparable To Earlier Data Are .827 And .783. Source: Poor'S Manual Of Railroads, 1888, Pp. Xxvii-Xxix; 1889, P. Viii; 1890; 1891. This NBER data series a03003f appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html. NBER Indicator: a03003f	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Revenue Per Freight Ton-Mile, Thirteen Railroads for United States (A0303FUSA259NNBR)