* Railroad can ship 1 ton 423 miles on 1 gallon of fuel
* Seven major railroad companies reported the following for 2007:
1,770,545,245,000 ton-miles of freight were moved
4,062,025,082 gallons of diesel fuel were consumed
That works out to be almost 436 ton-miles per gallon (435.88)
Trains today 85% more efficient than in 1980
The Association of American Railroads is boasting an 85.5 percent improvement in fuel efficiency for their trains since 1980.
* Railroads offer significant public benefits in moving our nation's freight. A single freight train can take 280 trucks off our nation's crowded highways. In addition, a train can move one ton of freight an average of 436 miles on a single gallon of fuel: That's a home run in terms of fuel efficiency.
* A train can move one ton of freight 206 miles on one gallon of fuel. A truck can move one ton of fright only 59 miles on one gallon of fuel.