Source: https://public.railinc.com/about-railinc/blog/box-cars-gondolas-flats-lead-q1-umler-index-gains
The North American rail equipment fleet maintained its total size during the first quarter of 2022. The total equipment count was 2,073,438, for a change of 0 percent.
The four largest segments during the quarter were Covered Hoppers (29 percent), Tank Cars (22 percent) and Gondolas and Intermodal (10 percent).
Five car groups increased from the last quarter, led by Box Cars and Gondolas, up 1.0 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively. Hoppers and Covered Hoppers led declines, both down 0.5 percent.
The total count of equipment in the revenue-earning fleet currently stands at about 1.62 million, unchanged by 0 percent from the previous quarter. Nearly all equipment groups maintained their total size, with only Gondolas recording a change, down 1.0 percent.
The revenue-earning fleet is a subset of the North American rail fleet that is largely composed of freight cars that can be used in interchange service and against which an interline waybill can be placed. The revenue-earning fleet of freight cars is made up of six sub-fleets: box cars, covered hoppers, flats, gondolas, open hoppers and tank cars. It excludes locomotives, intermodal trailers and containers, maintenance-of-way equipment and end-of-train devices.
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