Contemporary Business 14th Edition by Louis Boone, David Kurtz

Exercise 23

Railroad statistics. Visit the Web site of the American Association of Railroads (http://www.aar.org). Click on "Statistics and Publication" and then "Railroad Statistics." Review the material and answer the following questions:
a. What is a so-called Class I railroad? How many are there?
b. How many workers do these railroads employ?
c. How much freight did Class I railroads carry during the most recent year for which data are available?
Note: Internet Web addresses change frequently. If you don't find the exact sites listed, you may need to access the organization's home page and search from there or use a search engine such as Bing or Google.