Title: Railway Operating Expenses, Total, Class I Railroads for United States Series ID: M03040USM144NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Millions of Dollars Date Range: 1907-07-01 to 1963-11-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-16 2:02 PM CDT Notes: Data Exclude Switching And Terminal Companies From 1907-1909 And 1932-1943. Revised Data Are Used For Monthly Figures, 1907-1960. Thereafter No Revised Monthly Figures Are Shown Because Data Only Published Quarterly From 1962 On. Beginning In 1962, Only Quarterly Data Are Published By The Icc; The Monthly Figures Presented Were Derived By NBER. Source: Interstate Commerce Commision, "Operating Revenues And Operating Expenses Of Class I Steam Railways In The United States", Monthly (Called "Class I Railroads" In The Title After November 1956.) This NBER data series m03040 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html. NBER Indicator: m03040 DATE VALUE 1907-07-01 148.4 1907-08-01 152.0 1907-09-01 151.9 1907-10-01 162.0 1907-11-01 149.5 1907-12-01 138.3 1908-01-01 128.3 1908-02-01 119.9 1908-03-01 124.2 1908-04-01 120.3 1908-05-01 120.0 1908-06-01 120.1 1908-07-01 124.1 1908-08-01 127.7 1908-09-01 133.2 1908-10-01 139.3 1908-11-01 132.9 1908-12-01 132.9 1909-01-01 128.6 1909-02-01 121.3 1909-03-01 131.8 1909-04-01 130.4 1909-05-01 131.5 1909-06-01 131.8 1909-07-01 137.5 1909-08-01 142.0 1909-09-01 146.3 1909-10-01 152.1 1909-11-01 148.8 1909-12-01 148.4 1910-01-01 153.6 1910-02-01 145.6 1910-03-01 159.9 1910-04-01 159.0 1910-05-01 162.6 1910-06-01 161.4 1910-07-01 159.3 1910-08-01 165.5 1910-09-01 165.2 1910-10-01 170.3 1910-11-01 163.4 1910-12-01 165.6 1911-01-01 160.4 1911-02-01 148.4 1911-03-01 157.0 1911-04-01 152.4 1911-05-01 158.6 1911-06-01 157.7 1911-07-01 157.2 1911-08-01 163.6 1911-09-01 163.3 1911-10-01 168.8 1911-11-01 165.5 1911-12-01 163.3 1912-01-01 164.9 1912-02-01 160.8 1912-03-01 168.9 1912-04-01 162.9 1912-05-01 167.3 1912-06-01 168.1 1912-07-01 172.2 1912-08-01 178.3 1912-09-01 177.9 1912-10-01 189.7 1912-11-01 184.9 1912-12-01 183.9 1913-01-01 184.0 1913-02-01 172.6 1913-03-01 183.4 1913-04-01 184.3 1913-05-01 190.8 1913-06-01 184.1 1913-07-01 188.3 1913-08-01 192.3 1913-09-01 192.5 1913-10-01 201.0 1913-11-01 190.6 1913-12-01 185.4 1914-01-01 180.1 1914-02-01 169.0 1914-03-01 181.6 1914-04-01 177.3 1914-05-01 181.4 1914-06-01 179.1 1914-07-01 178.5 1914-08-01 179.2 1914-09-01 178.0 1914-10-01 179.2 1914-11-01 167.1 1914-12-01 166.4 1915-01-01 163.6 1915-02-01 154.9 1915-03-01 164.6 1915-04-01 165.0 1915-05-01 167.5 1915-06-01 167.1 1915-07-01 172.0 1915-08-01 175.3 1915-09-01 177.6 1915-10-01 187.1 1915-11-01 183.9 1915-12-01 184.5 1916-01-01 183.7 1916-02-01 184.5 1916-03-01 194.5 1916-04-01 190.7 1916-05-01 197.4 1916-06-01 196.2 1916-07-01 195.6 1916-08-01 203.5 1916-09-01 203.5 1916-10-01 210.3 1916-11-01 206.8 1916-12-01 209.6 1917-01-01 215.5 1917-02-01 207.8 1917-03-01 229.0 1917-04-01 227.6 1917-05-01 238.7 1917-06-01 235.6 1917-07-01 237.8 1917-08-01 246.9 1917-09-01 244.3 1917-10-01 260.1 1917-11-01 261.7 1917-12-01 251.3 1918-01-01 271.5 1918-02-01 261.3 1918-03-01 284.2 1918-04-01 281.6 1918-05-01 286.6 1918-06-01 435.4 1918-07-01 318.2 1918-08-01 360.5 1918-09-01 371.7 1918-10-01 384.5 1918-11-01 364.8 1918-12-01 396.5 1919-01-01 361.1 1919-02-01 325.1 1919-03-01 347.9 1919-04-01 344.8 1919-05-01 355.7 1919-06-01 356.4 1919-07-01 358.9 1919-08-01 359.2 1919-09-01 399.9 1919-10-01 405.9 1919-11-01 389.9 1919-12-01 414.5 1920-01-01 416.4 1920-02-01 416.5 1920-03-01 420.4 1920-04-01 400.4 1920-05-01 437.8 1920-06-01 480.5 1920-07-01 514.3 1920-08-01 682.3 1920-09-01 509.7 1920-10-01 526.5 1920-11-01 513.6 1920-12-01 510.8 1921-01-01 442.2 1921-02-01 384.6 1921-03-01 400.1 1921-04-01 375.7 1921-05-01 379.9 1921-06-01 380.9 1921-07-01 362.8 1921-08-01 382.1 1921-09-01 377.8 1921-10-01 398.0 1921-11-01 368.1 1921-12-01 351.4 1922-01-01 337.6 1922-02-01 324.6 1922-03-01 361.2 1922-04-01 336.4 1922-05-01 355.5 1922-06-01 364.3 1922-07-01 341.1 1922-08-01 387.4 1922-09-01 408.9 1922-10-01 429.1 1922-11-01 405.8 1922-12-01 405.0 1923-01-01 409.0 1923-02-01 376.0 1923-03-01 417.9 1923-04-01 404.1 1923-05-01 421.4 1923-06-01 416.7 1923-07-01 414.9 1923-08-01 427.5 1923-09-01 416.7 1923-10-01 445.3 1923-11-01 407.0 1923-12-01 388.2 1924-01-01 385.1 1924-02-01 374.9 1924-03-01 390.6 1924-04-01 377.8 1924-05-01 381.5 1924-06-01 364.2 1924-07-01 370.1 1924-08-01 373.7 1924-09-01 381.8 1924-10-01 404.0 1924-11-01 374.4 1924-12-01 381.5 1925-01-01 384.0 1925-02-01 355.7 1925-03-01 377.4 1925-04-01 370.8 1925-05-01 376.0 1925-06-01 376.1 1925-07-01 382.9 1925-08-01 388.9 1925-09-01 388.1 1925-10-01 410.4 1925-11-01 384.6 1925-12-01 389.6 1926-01-01 378.9 1926-02-01 361.0 1926-03-01 397.1 1926-04-01 385.8 1926-05-01 389.1 1926-06-01 391.4 1926-07-01 396.4 1926-08-01 400.4 1926-09-01 398.8 1926-10-01 415.9 1926-11-01 403.6 1926-12-01 408.8 1927-01-01 388.0 1927-02-01 361.8 1927-03-01 395.7 1927-04-01 385.0 1927-05-01 391.6 1927-06-01 388.3 1927-07-01 383.9 1927-08-01 393.6 1927-09-01 386.6 1927-10-01 399.8 1927-11-01 377.2 1927-12-01 378.1 1928-01-01 364.0 1928-02-01 348.7 1928-03-01 373.9 1928-04-01 363.9 1928-05-01 382.4 1928-06-01 375.6 1928-07-01 376.0 1928-08-01 384.5 1928-09-01 376.2 1928-10-01 402.2 1928-11-01 374.8 1928-12-01 358.3 1929-01-01 369.7 1929-02-01 350.5 1929-03-01 377.8 1929-04-01 377.0 1929-05-01 391.5 1929-06-01 382.4 1929-07-01 389.3 1929-08-01 396.2 1929-09-01 383.9 1929-10-01 404.9 1929-11-01 372.8 1929-12-01 363.7 1930-01-01 356.7 1930-02-01 330.7 1930-03-01 351.5 1930-04-01 348.3 1930-05-01 351.9 1930-06-01 334.7 1930-07-01 331.6 1930-08-01 327.2 1930-09-01 320.2 1930-10-01 326.3 1930-11-01 299.3 1930-12-01 298.0 1931-01-01 294.2 1931-02-01 272.1 1931-03-01 291.6 1931-04-01 290.7 1931-05-01 288.1 1931-06-01 280.1 1931-07-01 280.1 1931-08-01 269.4 1931-09-01 258.2 1931-10-01 261.2 1931-11-01 238.5 1931-12-01 235.2 1932-01-01 227.0 1932-02-01 208.2 1932-03-01 218.6 1932-04-01 209.4 1932-05-01 205.2 1932-06-01 197.3 1932-07-01 189.8 1932-08-01 187.6 1932-09-01 187.4 1932-10-01 198.1 1932-11-01 187.7 1932-12-01 186.0 1933-01-01 181.7 1933-02-01 171.3 1933-03-01 175.7 1933-04-01 173.3 1933-05-01 181.6 1933-06-01 185.3 1933-07-01 194.9 1933-08-01 202.5 1933-09-01 199.4 1933-10-01 204.7 1933-11-01 191.8 1933-12-01 187.1 1934-01-01 195.9 1934-02-01 188.6 1934-03-01 209.3 1934-04-01 200.2 1934-05-01 210.0 1934-06-01 208.3 1934-07-01 208.5 1934-08-01 211.1 1934-09-01 203.2 1934-10-01 212.0 1934-11-01 197.0 1934-12-01 194.8 1935-01-01 212.4 1935-02-01 199.6 1935-03-01 212.7 1935-04-01 209.4 1935-05-01 209.3 1935-06-01 216.6 1935-07-01 218.0 1935-08-01 221.4 1935-09-01 218.1 1935-10-01 232.5 1935-11-01 218.7 1935-12-01 225.9 1936-01-01 231.7 1936-02-01 235.9 1936-03-01 236.5 1936-04-01 235.0 1936-05-01 240.2 1936-06-01 241.8 1936-07-01 248.3 1936-08-01 246.2 1936-09-01 248.4 1936-10-01 261.0 1936-11-01 248.2 1936-12-01 257.3 1937-01-01 253.7 1937-02-01 244.1 1937-03-01 266.2 1937-04-01 261.9 1937-05-01 267.2 1937-06-01 265.5 1937-07-01 266.6 1937-08-01 268.2 1937-09-01 262.7 1937-10-01 270.4 1937-11-01 249.3 1937-12-01 243.4 1938-01-01 232.6 1938-02-01 215.4 1938-03-01 229.0 1938-04-01 219.5 1938-05-01 217.1 1938-06-01 218.1 1938-07-01 222.2 1938-08-01 229.6 1938-09-01 232.0 1938-10-01 242.4 1938-11-01 231.2 1938-12-01 232.6 1939-01-01 232.9 1939-02-01 220.6 1939-03-01 240.4 1939-04-01 227.6 1939-05-01 237.4 1939-06-01 241.8 1939-07-01 242.0 1939-08-01 247.6 1939-09-01 251.2 1939-10-01 271.5 1939-11-01 256.2 1939-12-01 249.0 1940-01-01 257.4 1940-02-01 240.6 1940-03-01 248.6 1940-04-01 245.9 1940-05-01 252.9 1940-06-01 252.5 1940-07-01 262.1 1940-08-01 267.6 1940-09-01 260.2 1940-10-01 276.8 1940-11-01 259.5 1940-12-01 266.1 1941-01-01 269.0 1941-02-01 255.6 1941-03-01 283.2 1941-04-01 274.9 1941-05-01 296.6 1941-06-01 298.9 1941-07-01 310.0 1941-08-01 313.8 1941-09-01 312.3 1941-10-01 361.5 1941-11-01 335.6 1941-12-01 352.6 1942-01-01 348.7 1942-02-01 327.6 1942-03-01 360.2 1942-04-01 366.8 1942-05-01 375.4 1942-06-01 378.5 1942-07-01 390.5 1942-08-01 399.3 1942-09-01 399.7 1942-10-01 416.4 1942-11-01 406.4 1942-12-01 431.9 1943-01-01 424.2 1943-02-01 408.4 1943-03-01 449.4 1943-04-01 442.1 1943-05-01 454.3 1943-06-01 451.9 1943-07-01 466.6 1943-08-01 467.3 1943-09-01 478.0 1943-10-01 513.5 1943-11-01 502.2 1943-12-01 599.1 1944-01-01 504.0 1944-02-01 492.1 1944-03-01 527.4 1944-04-01 509.0 1944-05-01 526.8 1944-06-01 518.5 1944-07-01 525.1 1944-08-01 538.5 1944-09-01 521.3 1944-10-01 539.0 1944-11-01 524.2 1944-12-01 555.9 1945-01-01 530.0 1945-02-01 499.6 1945-03-01 544.6 1945-04-01 531.5 1945-05-01 547.5 1945-06-01 541.5 1945-07-01 548.8 1945-08-01 547.1 1945-09-01 621.0 1945-10-01 626.7 1945-11-01 548.6 1945-12-01 966.4 1946-01-01 496.0 1946-02-01 456.3 1946-03-01 614.6 1946-04-01 507.9 1946-05-01 492.4 1946-06-01 517.4 1946-07-01 542.2 1946-08-01 555.9 1946-09-01 529.8 1946-10-01 558.5 1946-11-01 536.1 1946-12-01 549.8 1947-01-01 539.1 1947-02-01 509.5 1947-03-01 549.5 1947-04-01 543.6 1947-05-01 557.6 1947-06-01 550.4 1947-07-01 555.7 1947-08-01 566.0 1947-09-01 588.8 1947-10-01 612.0 1947-11-01 595.5 1947-12-01 631.4 1948-01-01 615.9 1948-02-01 586.4 1948-03-01 618.8 1948-04-01 585.6 1948-05-01 616.2 1948-06-01 626.1 1948-07-01 626.2 1948-08-01 637.4 1948-09-01 621.0 1948-10-01 651.9 1948-11-01 637.5 1948-12-01 649.0 1949-01-01 616.3 1949-02-01 567.8 1949-03-01 587.9 1949-04-01 594.3 1949-05-01 600.9 1949-06-01 588.2 1949-07-01 569.8 1949-08-01 587.6 1949-09-01 541.2 1949-10-01 521.1 1949-11-01 537.4 1949-12-01 568.5 1950-01-01 546.7 1950-02-01 501.1 1950-03-01 574.4 1950-04-01 562.6 1950-05-01 580.6 1950-06-01 588.8 1950-07-01 579.1 1950-08-01 626.3 1950-09-01 600.7 1950-10-01 635.0 1950-11-01 618.6 1950-12-01 645.4 1951-01-01 644.4 1951-02-01 609.3 1951-03-01 677.8 1951-04-01 666.7 1951-05-01 691.0 1951-06-01 675.3 1951-07-01 681.1 1951-08-01 698.4 1951-09-01 657.9 1951-10-01 696.9 1951-11-01 669.7 1951-12-01 674.0 1952-01-01 685.5 1952-02-01 649.8 1952-03-01 675.2 1952-04-01 667.5 1952-05-01 676.7 1952-06-01 645.9 1952-07-01 634.4 1952-08-01 663.4 1952-09-01 674.6 1952-10-01 707.5 1952-11-01 661.2 1952-12-01 711.3 1953-01-01 661.7 1953-02-01 621.1 1953-03-01 696.9 1953-04-01 673.7 1953-05-01 680.5 1953-06-01 689.0 1953-07-01 701.4 1953-08-01 689.5 1953-09-01 673.2 1953-10-01 693.9 1953-11-01 657.5 1953-12-01 696.9 1954-01-01 626.8 1954-02-01 584.6 1954-03-01 627.6 1954-04-01 609.5 1954-05-01 614.7 1954-06-01 623.2 1954-07-01 618.6 1954-08-01 623.3 1954-09-01 607.4 1954-10-01 611.8 1954-11-01 597.0 1954-12-01 628.7 1955-01-01 589.1 1955-02-01 565.6 1955-03-01 613.1 1955-04-01 602.6 1955-05-01 636.4 1955-06-01 646.8 1955-07-01 644.4 1955-08-01 669.4 1955-09-01 651.4 1955-10-01 670.8 1955-11-01 656.3 1955-12-01 694.8 1956-01-01 661.7 1956-02-01 641.4 1956-03-01 678.4 1956-04-01 670.5 1956-05-01 701.1 1956-06-01 685.8 1956-07-01 653.8 1956-08-01 679.2 1956-09-01 657.4 1956-10-01 698.8 1956-11-01 686.6 1956-12-01 688.9 1957-01-01 688.0 1957-02-01 643.7 1957-03-01 690.7 1957-04-01 691.4 1957-05-01 714.6 1957-06-01 686.8 1957-07-01 696.5 1957-08-01 702.3 1957-09-01 674.0 1957-10-01 698.4 1957-11-01 666.9 1957-12-01 683.6 1958-01-01 651.1 1958-02-01 599.5 1958-03-01 623.6 1958-04-01 609.9 1958-05-01 621.4 1958-06-01 620.4 1958-07-01 627.4 1958-08-01 629.9 1958-09-01 630.1 1958-10-01 651.2 1958-11-01 623.8 1958-12-01 656.0 1959-01-01 644.5 1959-02-01 609.2 1959-03-01 655.5 1959-04-01 652.7 1959-05-01 667.9 1959-06-01 674.2 1959-07-01 658.5 1959-08-01 629.4 1959-09-01 615.1 1959-10-01 625.8 1959-11-01 617.4 1959-12-01 654.6 1960-01-01 634.0 1960-02-01 620.8 1960-03-01 658.8 1960-04-01 634.2 1960-05-01 648.4 1960-06-01 644.2 1960-07-01 628.9 1960-08-01 647.0 1960-09-01 608.4 1960-10-01 625.0 1960-11-01 603.1 1960-12-01 613.3 1961-01-01 596.4 1961-02-01 573.7 1961-03-01 611.2 1961-04-01 584.1 1961-05-01 617.3 1961-06-01 613.6 1961-07-01 606.6 1961-08-01 625.6 1961-09-01 600.5 1961-10-01 623.9 1961-11-01 607.1 1961-12-01 614.2 1962-01-01 . 1962-02-01 607.8 1962-03-01 . 1962-04-01 . 1962-05-01 627.6 1962-06-01 . 1962-07-01 . 1962-08-01 610.6 1962-09-01 . 1962-10-01 . 1962-11-01 624.2 1962-12-01 . 1963-01-01 . 1963-02-01 599.3 1963-03-01 . 1963-04-01 . 1963-05-01 627.7 1963-06-01 . 1963-07-01 . 1963-08-01 624.7 1963-09-01 . 1963-10-01 . 1963-11-01 631.2