NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Orders of Railroad Passenger Cars for United States Series ID: M0628AUSM477NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Number of Freight Cars Date Range: 1920-01-01 to 1942-09-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 1:48 PM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1870-1926 (2)--Original Data, 1920-1942 (3)--Original Data, 1934-1964. This Series Is Compiled From Data Collected From Various Sources Obtained Chiefly From News Items Appearing In Issues Of Railway And Iron Trade Periodicals. The Sources Made No Claim Of Completeness Or Accuracy Of Information; See Also The Bulletin Of The American Iron And Steel Association, Monthly Reports Of The Bureau Of Statistics, And The Files Of Railroad Companies. Data From Railway Age Cover The Principal Transactions. 1942 Data Exclude Government Orders. Source: Railway Age Files For 1920-1924 Data; Survey Of Current Business, Annual Supplements For 1932 And Following; For 1925-September, 1938 Data; The Annalist For October, 1938-1939 Data; Railway Age Files For 1940-1942 Data. This NBER data series m06028a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 6 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter06.html. NBER Indicator: m06028a DATE VALUE 1920-01-01 107 1920-02-01 35 1920-03-01 148 1920-04-01 328 1920-05-01 57 1920-06-01 . 1920-07-01 60 1920-08-01 . 1920-09-01 79 1920-10-01 9 1920-11-01 . 1920-12-01 43 1921-01-01 3 1921-02-01 . 1921-03-01 14 1921-04-01 22 1921-05-01 . 1921-06-01 . 1921-07-01 10 1921-08-01 6 1921-09-01 . 1921-10-01 4 1921-11-01 . 1921-12-01 80 1922-01-01 235 1922-02-01 160 1922-03-01 25 1922-04-01 540 1922-05-01 235 1922-06-01 37 1922-07-01 120 1922-08-01 22 1922-09-01 63 1922-10-01 116 1922-11-01 153 1922-12-01 329 1923-01-01 559 1923-02-01 122 1923-03-01 291 1923-04-01 179 1923-05-01 99 1923-06-01 52 1923-07-01 66 1923-08-01 60 1923-09-01 47 1923-10-01 118 1923-11-01 118 1923-12-01 102 1924-01-01 29 1924-02-01 293 1924-03-01 237 1924-04-01 131 1924-05-01 101 1924-06-01 31 1924-07-01 149 1924-08-01 164 1924-09-01 250 1924-10-01 188 1924-11-01 215 1924-12-01 181 1925-01-01 78 1925-02-01 90 1925-03-01 111 1925-04-01 104 1925-05-01 22 1925-06-01 34 1925-07-01 362 1925-08-01 9 1925-09-01 37 1925-10-01 134 1925-11-01 87 1925-12-01 547 1926-01-01 217 1926-02-01 152 1926-03-01 107 1926-04-01 230 1926-05-01 30 1926-06-01 124 1926-07-01 68 1926-08-01 1 1926-09-01 131 1926-10-01 32 1926-11-01 124 1926-12-01 105 1927-01-01 314 1927-02-01 246 1927-03-01 212 1927-04-01 6 1927-05-01 52 1927-06-01 61 1927-07-01 69 1927-08-01 36 1927-09-01 19 1927-10-01 18 1927-11-01 12 1927-12-01 150 1928-01-01 615 1928-02-01 82 1928-03-01 45 1928-04-01 142 1928-05-01 153 1928-06-01 57 1928-07-01 19 1928-08-01 589 1928-09-01 2 1928-10-01 56 1928-11-01 2 1928-12-01 11 1929-01-01 228 1929-02-01 21 1929-03-01 53 1929-04-01 250 1929-05-01 111 1929-06-01 176 1929-07-01 89 1929-08-01 149 1929-09-01 0 1929-10-01 51 1929-11-01 57 1929-12-01 77 1930-01-01 58 1930-02-01 134 1930-03-01 169 1930-04-01 70 1930-05-01 72 1930-06-01 13 1930-07-01 32 1930-08-01 13 1930-09-01 62 1930-10-01 0 1930-11-01 10 1930-12-01 2 1931-01-01 0 1931-02-01 0 1931-03-01 0 1931-04-01 4 1931-05-01 0 1931-06-01 0 1931-07-01 0 1931-08-01 0 1931-09-01 0 1931-10-01 0 1931-11-01 0 1931-12-01 0 1932-01-01 30 1932-02-01 0 1932-03-01 0 1932-04-01 0 1932-05-01 0 1932-06-01 0 1932-07-01 0 1932-08-01 0 1932-09-01 0 1932-10-01 0 1932-11-01 0 1932-12-01 0 1933-01-01 0 1933-02-01 0 1933-03-01 4 1933-04-01 0 1933-05-01 0 1933-06-01 0 1933-07-01 0 1933-08-01 0 1933-09-01 0 1933-10-01 0 1933-11-01 0 1933-12-01 0 1934-01-01 0 1934-02-01 177 1934-03-01 58 1934-04-01 75 1934-05-01 47 1934-06-01 0 1934-07-01 0 1934-08-01 2 1934-09-01 0 1934-10-01 0 1934-11-01 0 1934-12-01 0 1935-01-01 0 1935-02-01 0 1935-03-01 8 1935-04-01 55 1935-05-01 0 1935-06-01 0 1935-07-01 0 1935-08-01 0 1935-09-01 0 1935-10-01 2 1935-11-01 0 1935-12-01 0 1936-01-01 32 1936-02-01 37 1936-03-01 0 1936-04-01 50 1936-05-01 0 1936-06-01 20 1936-07-01 34 1936-08-01 0 1936-09-01 0 1936-10-01 5 1936-11-01 50 1936-12-01 34 1937-01-01 70 1937-02-01 154 1937-03-01 162 1937-04-01 52 1937-05-01 8 1937-06-01 10 1937-07-01 14 1937-08-01 1 1937-09-01 0 1937-10-01 0 1937-11-01 13 1937-12-01 0 1938-01-01 0 1938-02-01 50 1938-03-01 1 1938-04-01 1 1938-05-01 55 1938-06-01 0 1938-07-01 0 1938-08-01 0 1938-09-01 11 1938-10-01 0 1938-11-01 32 1938-12-01 0 1939-01-01 47 1939-02-01 0 1939-03-01 60 1939-04-01 14 1939-05-01 0 1939-06-01 14 1939-07-01 39 1939-08-01 0 1939-09-01 3 1939-10-01 28 1939-11-01 8 1939-12-01 106 1940-01-01 5 1940-02-01 15 1940-03-01 0 1940-04-01 0 1940-05-01 1 1940-06-01 2 1940-07-01 12 1940-08-01 102 1940-09-01 21 1940-10-01 67 1940-11-01 10 1940-12-01 85 1941-01-01 130 1941-02-01 45 1941-03-01 120 1941-04-01 33 1941-05-01 32 1941-06-01 82 1941-07-01 174 1941-08-01 2 1941-09-01 3 1941-10-01 0 1941-11-01 0 1941-12-01 1 1942-01-01 0 1942-02-01 0 1942-03-01 16 1942-04-01 0 1942-05-01 0 1942-06-01 0 1942-07-01 0 1942-08-01 0 1942-09-01 0