Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Cents, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Annual

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1888-1916 (2)--Original Data, 1916-1935. Data Are For Fiscal Years. Data For 1908-1916 Exclude Switching And Terminal Companies. Data For 1913-1916 Include Class I And Ii Railroads Only. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, "Statistics Of Railways", Data For 1888-1889: 1893 Edition, P.63; Data For 1890-1916: 1926, No. 53, Pp. Ci-Cii; 1939, No. 53, Pp. 5-113.

This NBER data series a03010ca appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html.

NBER Indicator: a03010ca