Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Locomotives, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1921-1937 (2)--Original Data, 1937-1943 Data Exclude Switching And Freight Terminal Companies. Data Are For Daily Averages Through 1934; End-Of-Month From 1935-1937 Centered By A Two Month Moving Average, Except For January 1935, Which Is An Unrevised Daily Average Figure. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, Data For 1921-1933: Direct From The I.C.C. Data For 1934: Freight And Passenger Car Operating Statistics. Data For 1935-1937: Motive Power And Car Equipment Of Class I Steam Railways In The U.S.

This NBER data series m01257a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html.

NBER Indicator: m01257a