Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Number of Cars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Quarterly

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1913-1941 (2)--Original Data, 1941-1964. Data Cover Domestic New Orders. Source: Steel Trade Review; Railroad Car Facts, Statistics On Car Building And Repairing: 1952, American Railway Car Institute, September 1953, For Data Through 1951; 1957 Edition (October, 1958) For Data Through August, 1957; Monthly Press Releases Thereafter.

This NBER data series q06027ab appears on the NBER website in Chapter 6 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter06.html.

NBER Indicator: q06027ab