Observations

Nov 1917: 12.1

Updated: Aug 16, 2012 2:04 PM CDT

Units:

Thousands of Cars,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Freight Car Surplus 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

Thousands of Cars	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Frequency

Monthly	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Seasonal Adjustment

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

Notes

Series Is Preseted Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1907-1917, (2)--Original Data, 1915-1944. The Railroads Included In These Data Are The Same Throughout, Except That The Actual Number Of Roads Decreased Due To Consolidations, From About 175 To 118. The Figures Throughout, However, Are Comparable. Data Are The Average Of Bi-Weekly Statistics. Source: American Railway Association, "Unfilled Car Requisitions", Bulletin No. 6, August 17, 1917; Quarterly Journal Of Economics, Vol. 33, P. 179. This NBER data series m03009a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html. NBER Indicator: m03009a	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Freight Car Surplus for United States (M0309AUSM543NNBR)