Annual Report 1927-1928

Equipment in Service

	12/31/1927 Grand total	Number added	Change of class	Number retired	Transfer or change of class	Grand total	Number owned	Number held under equipment trusts
Locomotives
For freight service	29		9	3	9	26	16		10
For passenger service	5			4		1	1
For Switching service	1
Totals	35		9	7	9	28	17		11
Freight-train cars
Box cars	1747					1745	1232	513
Coal and coke cars	755			1	1	753	3	750
Caboose cars	29					29	29
Totals	2531				1	2527	1261	1263
Passenger coaches
Smoking cars	10					10	10
Mail and baggage cars	3				1	3	3
Totals	Coal and coke cars
	Caboose cars		1		1	13	13
Company service equipment
Ballast cars	7					7	7
Derrick cars	4					4	4
Steam shovels	1					1	1
Steel wrecking cranes	1					1	1
Other roadcars	32		1	1		32	32
Totals	45			1		45	45
Automotive Equipment
Mail and baggage cars	4					4	4

Table of Tracks

		First	Second	Yards & Sidings	Total
Franklin Jct to 1 Mile S of Waldron	Ohio	165.29		63.72	229.01
S of Waldron to Jackson	Mich	39.85		8.20	48.05
Total Mail Line Owned		205.14		71.92	277.06
Lewisburg Quarries				1.34	1.34
Total Mail Line & Branch Owned		205.14		73.26	278.40
l.ines operated under Trackage Rights
In Jackson	Mich	0.64	0.71		1.35
In Jackson	Mich	0.60	0.15		0.75
In Cincinnati	Ohio	0.99	1.21		2.20
Ivorydale to Franklin Jct	Ohio	31.00	28.71		59.71
Ivoryddale to B&O Jct	Ohio	5.86	6.09		11.95
Total Trackage rights		39.09	36.87		75.96
Total operated milage		244.23	36.87	73.26	354.36

Recapitulation
State	Owned 1st track miles	All track miles	Othewise operated 1st track miles	All track miles	Total 1st track miles	Total All track miles
Ohio	165.29	230.35	37.85	73.86	203.14	304.21
Michigan	39.85	48.05	1.24	2.10	14.09	50.14
Total	205.14	278.40	39.09	75.96	244.23	354.36

Traffic Statistics

Revenue Service	1928	1927	Increase	Decrease
Freight
Freight Train miles	524100	590278		66178
Passenger Train miles	257612	256924	688
Special train-miles	32	83		51
Total revenue train mileage	781744	847285		65541
Non-revenue train-miles	6563	11987		5424
Total train mileage	788307	859272		70965
Locomotive Miles
Freight locomotive-miles	581743	656194		74451
Passenger locomotive-miles	7491	29044		21553
Special locomotive-miles	32	83		51
Train switching locomotive-mites	47971	55037		7066
Yard switching locomotive-mites	55212	56895		1683
Total revenue locomotive mileage	692449	797253		104804
Non-revenue service locomotive-miles	6563	11987		5424
Total locomotive mileage	699012	809240		110228
Freight-train car-miles
Freight cars—loaded	16164716	18208343		2043627
Freight cars—empty	12913103	13328898		415795
Caboose cars	525709	591680		65971
Total freight-train car-miles	29603528	32128921		2525393
Passenger-train car-miles
Passenger cars	268750	287871
Sleeping, parlor and observation	984		984
Dining cars	80		80
Other passenger-train cars	258143	258854
Total passenger-train car-miles	527957	546725		18768
Special-train car-miles
Freight cars—loaded	160	308		148
Freight cars—empty		58		58
Caboose cars	32	83		51
Passenger cars	64	98		34
Total special-train car-mile	256	547		291
Total revenue car mileage	30131741	32676193		544452
Non-revenue car-miles	61799	136063		74264
Total car mileage	30193540	32812256		2618716
FREIGHT
Tons of revenue freight carried	3,739,833	4,233,240		493,407
Tons of company freight carried	140,547	198,565		58,018
Total tons of freight carried	3,880,380	4,431,805		551,425
Tons of revenue freight carried one mile	597,834,382	685,010,303		87,175,921
Tons of company freight carried one mile	9,056,618	10,868,697		1,812,079
Total tons of freight carried one mile	606,891,000	695,879,000		88,988,000
Miles of road operated in freight service	243.63	243.63
Tons of revenue freight carried one mile per mile of road	2,453,862	2,811,683		357,821
Tons all freight carried one mile per mile of road	2,491,036	2,856,294		365,258
Average distance haul of one ton of revenue freight(miles)	159.9	161.8		1.9
Average distance haul of one ton of all freight (miles)	156.4	157		0.6
Average number of tons of revenue freight per train mile	1141	1160		19
Average number of tons of all freight per train mile	1158	1179		21
Average number of tons revenue freight per loaded car mile	37.0	37.6		0.6
Average number of tons of all freight per loaded car mile	37.5	38.2		0.7
Average number of freight cars per train mile	56.5	54.4	2.1
Average number of loaded cars per train mile	30.8	30.8
Average number of empty cars per train mile	24.6	22.6	2.0
Total freight revenue	$3,891,947.47	$4,461,649.75		$569,702.28
Average amount received for each ton of freight	$1.04	$1.05		$0.01
Average revenue per ton per mile	$0.00651	$0.00651		$0.00000
Average revenue per mile of road	$15,974.83	$18,313.22		$2,338.39
Average revenue per train mile	$7.43	$7.56		$0.13
PASSENGER
Number of interline passengers carried	10,951	13,225		2,274
Number of local passengers carried	31,024	-39,115		8,091
Total number of revenue passengers carried	41,975	52,340		10,365
Total number of revenue passengers carried one mile	1,724,564	2,039,113		314,549
Miles of road operated in passenger service	206	206
Number of revenue passengers carried one mile per mile f road	8,356	9,880		1,524
Average distance each revenue passenger carried (miles)	41.1	39.0	2.1
Average number of passengers per train mile	7.0	8.0		1.0
Average number of passengers per car mile	6.0	7.0		1.0
Average number of passenger cars per train mile	2.0	2.1		0.1
Total passenger revenue	$57,607.54	$69,559.02	$0.00	$11,951.48
Average amount received from each passenger	$1.3720	$1.3290	$0.0430	$0.0000
Average revenue per passenger per mile	$0.0334	$0.0341		$0.0710
Total passenger service train revenue	$117,327.44	$128,151.53		$10,824.60
Average passenger service train revenue per mile of road	$568.50	$620.95		$52.45
Average passenger service train revenue per train mile	$0.46	$0.50		$0.04
TOTAL TRAFFIC
Operating revenues	$4,061,793.23	$4,636,369.00		$574,575.77
Operating expenses	2874043.27	3153644.05		279600.78
Net operating revenue	$1,187,749.96	$1,482,724.95		$294,974.99
Average mileage of road operated	244.23	244.23
Operating revenues per mile of road	$16,631.02	$18,983.62		$2,352.60
Operating expenses per mile of road	11767.77	12912.6		1144.83
Net operating revenue per mile of road	$4,863.25	$6,071.02		$1,207.77