"c           VAR 0134      03009 SURPLUS 3R 915-944               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0134         LOC 1167 WIDTH  9             DK  19 COL 35-43  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              FREIGHT CAR SURPLUS                                           "
"c              -------------------                                           "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  03009                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  THOUSANDS OF CARS                                     "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  02/1915-11/1943                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED BY                  "
"c              SOURCE:  DATA FOR 1918-1924:  AMERICAN RAILWAY ASSOCIATION,   "
"c              ANNUAL BULLETINS OF 1922-1924.  DATA FOR 1920-1928:  U.S.     "
"c              DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, MAY       "
"c              1922; AUGUST 1924; 1932 SUPPLEMENT; FOLLOWING ISSUES.  DATA   "
"c              FOR 1929-APRIL 1934:  ARA, WEEKLY INFORMATION BULLETIN.       "
"c              DATA FOR MAY 1934-1944:  ARA,"REVENUE FREIGHT LOADED AND      "
"c              RECEIVED FROM CONNECTIONS."                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 03009 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1907-1917  (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, "
"c              1915-1944.                                                    "
"c                   THE RAILROADS INCLUDED IN THESE DATA ARE THE SAME        "
"c              THROUGHOUT, EXCEPT THAT THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF ROADS DECREASED  "
"c              DUE TO CONSOLIDATIONS, FROM ABOUT 175 TO 118.  THE FIGURES    "
"c              FOR THE PERIODS, 1907-1917, 1918-1924, 1920-1923, HOWEVER,    "
"c              ARE COMPARABLE (LETTER FROM THE ARA, OCTOBER 1934.)           "
"c                   DATA ARE THE AVERAGE OF BI-WEEKLY STATISTICS THROUGH     "
"c              MAY 1941.  BEGINNING IN JUNE 1941, DATA REPRESENT DAILY       "
"c              AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING ON THE LAST SATURDAY OF THE      "
"c              MONTH.                                                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "