"c VAR 0629 02084 RAILS 849-961 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0629 LOC 583 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 26-34 " "c " "c " "c RAIL CONSUMPTION, AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE " "c --------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 02084 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: THOUSAND LONG TONS " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1849-1961 " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: 1849-1940: AMERICAN IRON & STEEL INSTITUTE,"ANNUAL " "c STATISTICAL REPORTS." 1941-1961:"METAL STATISTICS," " "c AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 1962 AND 1963. " "c " "c NOTES: RAIL CONSUMPTION ESTIMATES ARE COMPUTED AS RAIL " "c PRODUCTION PLUS IMPORTS AND MINUS EXPORTS. PRIOR TO 1872 " "c FIGURES ARE ONLY FOR PRODUCTION PLUS IMPORTS. DATA THROUGH " "c 1940 WERE COMPUTED BY THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE. " "c DATA BEGINNING 1941 FROM"METAL STATISTICS" ARE BASED ON " "c AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE PRODUCTION FIGURES, AND " "c IMPORT AND EXPORT DATA ARE FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF " "c COMMERCE. " "c THE DATA COVER TOTAL PRODUCTION OF IRON AND STEEL RAILS. " "c THEY INCLUDE REROLLED RAILS, GIRDER AND HIGH TEE RAILS, AND " "c STREETCAR RAILS. " "c ONE LONG TON = 2240 LB. AVOIR. = 1016.06 KG. " "c " "c ORIGINALS MISSING; NOT PROOFREAD. " "c ............................................................... " -1 1849. 1961. 83.0000 181.000 247.000 319.000 399.000 399.000 261.000 328.000 337.000 228.000 249.000 314.000 247.000 200.000 264.000 427.000 375.000 490.000 558.000 676.000 810.000 910.000 1198.00 1366.00 1025.00 747.000 724.000 782.000 676.000 780.000 1030.00 1564.00 1991.00 1705.00 1247.00 1019.00 971.000 1539.00 2277.00 1460.00 1519.00 1869.00 1296.00 1544.00 1119.00 1009.00 1292.00 1057.00 1500.00 1680.00 1997.00 2026.00 2558.00 2944.00 3057.00 1906.00 3098.00 3655.00 3298.00 1726.00 2726.00 3291.00 2405.00 2885.00 3053.00 1793.00 1891.00 2340.00 2441.00 2096.00 1568.00 2055.00 1879.00 1921.00 2667.00 2268.00 2670.00 3085.00 2644.00 2471.00 2582.00 1786.00 1130.00 397.000 381.000 944.000 666.000 1154.00 1306.00 544.000 1121.00 1243.00 1577.00 1655.00 1626.00 1948.00 1890.00 1416.00 1742.00 1657.00 1487.00 1535.00 1571.00 1168.00 1602.00 1130.00 1057.00 1191.00 963.000 381.000 498.000 523.000 337.000