The statistic illustrates the leading North American railroads in 2020, ranked by revenue ton-miles. In that year, BNSF was the leading North American railroad company, with close to 589 billion revenue ton-miles. Union Pacific was ranked second, reaching almost 385 billion ton-miles of freight transported.
Leading North American railroad companies in 2020, based on revenue ton-miles
(in billions)
Revenue ton-miles is calculated by multiplying the weight in tons of the shipment being transported by the miles that it is transported.
The values have been rounded.
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