Locomotives Ordered by Railroads for United States

Observations

Q4 1926: 329

Updated: Aug 17, 2012 1:48 PM CDT

Units:

Number of Locomotives,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Quarterly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Locomotives Ordered by 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

Number of Locomotives	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Frequency

Quarterly	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Seasonal Adjustment

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

Notes

Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1870-1926 (2)--Original Data, 1925-1950 (3)--Original Data, 1941-1961. This Variable Was Compiled From Data Collected From Various Sources. Data Were Obtained Chiefly From News Items Appearing In Issues Of Railway And Iron Trade Periodicals. Sources Made No Claims To Completeness Or Accuracy Of Information. Data Were Also Collected From The Bulletin Of The American Iron And Steel Association, The U.S. Bureau Of Statistics "Monthly Reports", And From Files Of Railroad Companies. Source: John Partington, Railroad Purchasing And The Business Cycle (Brookings Institution), Pp. 219-226. This NBER data series q06026a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 6 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter06.html. NBER Indicator: q06026a	2005-08-01	2005-08-01