Table RA3: Railway Fleet, 2014–2023

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Table RA3: Railway Fleet, 2014–2023

Table RA3: Railway Fleet, 2014–2023
    2014R 2015R 2016R 2017R 2018R 2019R 2020R 2021R 2022R 2023
Locomotives
  Freight or Passenger
  Class I 2,421 2,394 2,366 2,280 2,419 2,399 2,210 2,180 2,121 2,121
  Class II 570 619 595 569 552 520 492 497 521 538
  Total 2,991 3,013 2,961 2,849 2,971 2,919 2,702 2,677 2,642 2,659
 
  Switching and other uses
  Class I 364 359 473 341 363 293 285 273 253 260
  Class II 65 71 85 85 87 87 78 93 100 106
  Total 429 430 558 426 450 380 363 366 353 366
 
  Total Locomotives
  Class I 2,785 2,753 2,839 2,621 2,782 2,692 2,495 2,453 2,374 2,381
  Class II 635 690 680 654 639 607 570 590 621 644
  Total 3,420 3,443 3,519 3,275 3,421 3,299 3,065 3,043 2,995 3,025
 
Passenger Cars
  Class I 519 519 487 480 480 451 423 403 393 420
  Class II 139 158 154 153 164 164 165 163 160 154
  Total 658 677 641 633 644 615 588 566 553 574
 
Freight Cars
  Boxcars
  Class I 10,641 9,822 8,349 8,575 7,488 7,895 7,361 6,893 6,635 6,483
  Class II 3,755 4,048 3,834 3,957 4,026 3,984 3,950 3,941 3,949 3,827
  Total 14,396 13,870 12,183 12,532 11,514 11,879 11,311 10,834 10,584 10,310
 
  Flatcars
  Class I 12,091 12,191 12,447 14,230 15,097 15,315 14,425 14,871 13,155 12,657
  Class II 980 902 815 825 868 853 921 916 1,073 1,108
  Total 13,071 13,093 13,262 15,055 15,965 16,168 15,346 15,787 14,228 13,765
 
  Gondolas
  Class I 8,584 7,796 8,365 8,984 9,698 9,518 9,205 8,422 8,067 8,057
  Class II 369 403 401 426 425 427 345 431 431 429
  Total 8,953 8,199 8,766 9,410 10,123 9,945 9,550 8,853 8,498 8,486
 
  Hopper Cars
  Class I 20,204 19,155 18,140 15,294 19,523 20,645 20,960 20,346 18,358 18,141
  Class II 1,212 1,212 1,255 1,261 1,261 1,261 1,176 1,176 1,171 1,179
  Total 21,416 20,367 19,395 16,555 20,784 21,906 22,136 21,522 19,529 19,320
 
  Other Freight Cars
  Class I 73 113 113 676 590 597 621 594 592 595
  Class II 1,805 1,811 1,837 1,832 1,909 1,917 1,917 1,902 1,882 1,895
  Total 1,878 1,924 1,950 2,508 2,499 2,514 2,538 2,496 2,474 2,490
 
  Total Freight Cars
  Class I 51,593 49,077 47,414 47,759 52,396 53,970 52,572 51,126 46,807 45,933
  Class II 8,121 8,376 8,142 8,301 8,489 8,442 8,309 8,366 8,506 8,438
  Total 59,714 57,453 55,556 56,060 60,885 62,412 60,881 59,492 55,313 54,371
 

Notes and Sources

Notes: R = Revised data.

Freight railcars belonging to shippers, including tanker cars, are not included in the table above



Sources: Transport Canada and Statistics Canada, Rail Carrier annual reports

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Notes: R = Revised data.

Freight railcars belonging to shippers, including tanker cars, are not included in the table above



Sources: Transport Canada and Statistics Canada, Rail Carrier annual reports