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North American freight rail cars by type 2009-2017

North American freight rail cars in service from 2009 to 2017, by car type (in 1,000 units)

The data describes the number of freight rail cars in service in North America between 2009 and 2017, with a breakdown by car type. In 2017, there were 554,000 covered hoppers in service in the North American freight car fleet. The North American freight fleet also includes box cars, hoppers, flats, gondolas and tanks.

2009 133 464 195 237 166 304
2010 124 458 193 231 160 300
2011 121 466 193 230 154 303
2012 118 479 191 232 149 315
2013 114 479 194 228 145 339
2014 111 493 193 228 142 371
2015 109 519 196 224 140 404
2016 109 539 198 218 137 414
2017 108 554 196 211 135 415