NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Locomotives Ordered by Railroads for United States Series ID: Q0626AUSQ481NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Quarterly Units: Number of Locomotives Date Range: 1870-01-01 to 1926-10-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 1:48 PM CDT 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 DATE VALUE 1870-01-01 55 1870-04-01 103 1870-07-01 72 1870-10-01 71 1871-01-01 125 1871-04-01 139 1871-07-01 85 1871-10-01 208 1872-01-01 370 1872-04-01 137 1872-07-01 248 1872-10-01 186 1873-01-01 99 1873-04-01 290 1873-07-01 30 1873-10-01 40 1874-01-01 102 1874-04-01 63 1874-07-01 36 1874-10-01 22 1875-01-01 76 1875-04-01 90 1875-07-01 98 1875-10-01 86 1876-01-01 130 1876-04-01 100 1876-07-01 85 1876-10-01 57 1877-01-01 66 1877-04-01 65 1877-07-01 73 1877-10-01 55 1878-01-01 113 1878-04-01 86 1878-07-01 94 1878-10-01 177 1879-01-01 186 1879-04-01 147 1879-07-01 233 1879-10-01 432 1880-01-01 513 1880-04-01 235 1880-07-01 142 1880-10-01 793 1881-01-01 695 1881-04-01 573 1881-07-01 326 1881-10-01 370 1882-01-01 420 1882-04-01 241 1882-07-01 216 1882-10-01 278 1883-01-01 212 1883-04-01 332 1883-07-01 273 1883-10-01 160 1884-01-01 166 1884-04-01 136 1884-07-01 104 1884-10-01 118 1885-01-01 127 1885-04-01 110 1885-07-01 236 1885-10-01 254 1886-01-01 291 1886-04-01 203 1886-07-01 507 1886-10-01 533 1887-01-01 658 1887-04-01 247 1887-07-01 197 1887-10-01 381 1888-01-01 589 1888-04-01 360 1888-07-01 384 1888-10-01 304 1889-01-01 231 1889-04-01 446 1889-07-01 438 1889-10-01 506 1890-01-01 420 1890-04-01 553 1890-07-01 347 1890-10-01 421 1891-01-01 370 1891-04-01 251 1891-07-01 308 1891-10-01 444 1892-01-01 811 1892-04-01 207 1892-07-01 236 1892-10-01 587 1893-01-01 667 1893-04-01 234 1893-07-01 46 1893-10-01 154 1894-01-01 64 1894-04-01 51 1894-07-01 89 1894-10-01 200 1895-01-01 193 1895-04-01 245 1895-07-01 178 1895-10-01 220 1896-01-01 221 1896-04-01 258 1896-07-01 104 1896-10-01 136 1897-01-01 188 1897-04-01 309 1897-07-01 222 1897-10-01 337 1898-01-01 276 1898-04-01 341 1898-07-01 188 1898-10-01 484 1899-01-01 862 1899-04-01 464 1899-07-01 352 1899-10-01 1001 1900-01-01 708 1900-04-01 372 1900-07-01 246 1900-10-01 972 1901-01-01 670 1901-04-01 788 1901-07-01 327 1901-10-01 1671 1902-01-01 825 1902-04-01 797 1902-07-01 1899 1902-10-01 752 1903-01-01 586 1903-04-01 462 1903-07-01 714 1903-10-01 310 1904-01-01 611 1904-04-01 463 1904-07-01 252 1904-10-01 1539 1905-01-01 1380 1905-04-01 831 1905-07-01 725 1905-10-01 2638 1906-01-01 1522 1906-04-01 757 1906-07-01 954 1906-10-01 1654 1907-01-01 807 1907-04-01 602 1907-07-01 904 1907-10-01 295 1908-01-01 227 1908-04-01 240 1908-07-01 321 1908-10-01 324 1909-01-01 196 1909-04-01 666 1909-07-01 660 1909-10-01 1317 1910-01-01 763 1910-04-01 957 1910-07-01 319 1910-10-01 668 1911-01-01 596 1911-04-01 546 1911-07-01 352 1911-10-01 363 1912-01-01 842 1912-04-01 670 1912-07-01 807 1912-10-01 1090 1913-01-01 1025 1913-04-01 450 1913-07-01 359 1913-10-01 324 1914-01-01 388 1914-04-01 264 1914-07-01 243 1914-10-01 85 1915-01-01 338 1915-04-01 148 1915-07-01 494 1915-10-01 501 1916-01-01 824 1916-04-01 419 1916-07-01 301 1916-10-01 817 1917-01-01 1909 1917-04-01 684 1917-07-01 266 1917-10-01 236 1918-01-01 211 1918-04-01 1340 1918-07-01 7 1918-10-01 595 1919-01-01 0 1919-04-01 20 1919-07-01 56 1919-10-01 70 1920-01-01 557 1920-04-01 655 1920-07-01 236 1920-10-01 141 1921-01-01 173 1921-04-01 90 1921-07-01 14 1921-10-01 127 1922-01-01 80 1922-04-01 385 1922-07-01 1142 1922-10-01 552 1923-01-01 1269 1923-04-01 354 1923-07-01 41 1923-10-01 111 1924-01-01 482 1924-04-01 248 1924-07-01 190 1924-10-01 372 1925-01-01 170 1925-04-01 165 1925-07-01 169 1925-10-01 504 1926-01-01 265 1926-04-01 527 1926-07-01 200 1926-10-01 329