Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Cents, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Annual

Data For 1908-1935 Exclude Switching And Terminal Companies. Data For 1888-1916 Represent Fiscal Year Figures With Year Ending June 30 Of Year Named; Data For 1917-1935 Represent Calendar Years. The Figure For 1913 Includes Class I And Ii Railroads Only. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, Data For 1888-1889: "Statistics Of Railways", 1893, P. 63; Data For 1890-1935: "Statistics Of Railways, 1926 Pp. Ci, Cii; 1935, P. 5-113 (Statement #53, For Both Years).

This NBER data series a03003b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html.

NBER Indicator: a03003b