Title:               Revenue Per Freight Ton-Mile, Seven Railroads for United States
Series ID:           A0303HUSA259NNBR
Source:              National Bureau of Economic Research
Release:             NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Annual
Units:               Cents
Date Range:          1865-01-01 to 1891-01-01
Last Updated:        2012-08-16 2:04 PM CDT
Notes:               NBER Checked Data By Dividing Figures For Freight Earnings By Figures
                     For Ton-Miles For The Grouping Of Seven Railroads. The Figure For 1866
                     Presented Here (2.544) Was Computed By NBER; It Was Given In The
                     Source As 2.503. Data Were Revised In 1887, But Are Presented Here As
                     One Continuous Variable. Figures For 1887 And 1889 More Comparable To
                     Earlier Data Are .718 And .696 (This Figure Was Computed By NBER As
                     The Source Gave .609). Source: Poor'S Manual Of Railroads, 1888, Pp.
                     Xxvii-Xxix; 1889, P. Viii; 1890; 1891; 1892.
                     
                     This NBER data series a03003h appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3
                     at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html.
                     
                     NBER Indicator: a03003h

DATE        VALUE
1865-01-01  2.900
1866-01-01  2.544
1867-01-01  2.305
1868-01-01  2.132
1869-01-01  1.860
1870-01-01  1.593
1871-01-01  1.478
1872-01-01  1.504
1873-01-01  1.476
1874-01-01  1.332
1875-01-01  1.161
1876-01-01  0.985
1877-01-01  0.971
1878-01-01  0.898
1879-01-01  0.764
1880-01-01  0.869
1881-01-01  0.763
1882-01-01  0.756
1883-01-01  0.829
1884-01-01  0.740
1885-01-01  0.636
1886-01-01  0.711
1887-01-01  0.710
1888-01-01  0.689
1889-01-01  0.685
1890-01-01  0.667
1891-01-01  0.673