Title: Railroad Gross Earnings for United States Series ID: M0315AUSM144SNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Millions of Dollars Date Range: 1866-01-01 to 1914-12-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-16 2:04 PM CDT Notes: The Sums Of Actual Items Were Corrected For Seasonal For Trunk Lines, Western Lines, Southern Lines And Coal Roads. Source: Arthur A Cole, "A Monthly Index Of Railroad Earnings", Review Of Economic Statistics, February 1936, Pp. 31 And Ff. This NBER data series m03015a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html. NBER Indicator: m03015a DATE VALUE 1866-01-01 7.33 1866-02-01 6.80 1866-03-01 6.73 1866-04-01 6.31 1866-05-01 7.45 1866-06-01 7.60 1866-07-01 7.41 1866-08-01 7.19 1866-09-01 6.87 1866-10-01 7.31 1866-11-01 7.56 1866-12-01 6.67 1867-01-01 7.60 1867-02-01 7.09 1867-03-01 6.95 1867-04-01 7.68 1867-05-01 7.60 1867-06-01 7.30 1867-07-01 8.01 1867-08-01 8.53 1867-09-01 9.05 1867-10-01 8.95 1867-11-01 8.95 1867-12-01 8.01 1868-01-01 8.16 1868-02-01 8.46 1868-03-01 7.67 1868-04-01 8.50 1868-05-01 8.39 1868-06-01 8.55 1868-07-01 8.57 1868-08-01 9.17 1868-09-01 9.29 1868-10-01 9.35 1868-11-01 8.81 1868-12-01 8.96 1869-01-01 9.75 1869-02-01 9.68 1869-03-01 10.45 1869-04-01 10.01 1869-05-01 10.72 1869-06-01 11.24 1869-07-01 10.99 1869-08-01 10.69 1869-09-01 10.80 1869-10-01 11.11 1869-11-01 11.57 1869-12-01 11.00 1870-01-01 10.65 1870-02-01 11.22 1870-03-01 10.90 1870-04-01 11.23 1870-05-01 11.69 1870-06-01 11.66 1870-07-01 11.14 1870-08-01 11.56 1870-09-01 11.10 1870-10-01 11.01 1870-11-01 11.39 1870-12-01 11.10 1871-01-01 11.06 1871-02-01 10.92 1871-03-01 11.35 1871-04-01 10.99 1871-05-01 11.51 1871-06-01 11.39 1871-07-01 11.43 1871-08-01 11.61 1871-09-01 11.68 1871-10-01 11.30 1871-11-01 11.77 1871-12-01 11.43 1872-01-01 13.15 1872-02-01 12.82 1872-03-01 12.47 1872-04-01 12.88 1872-05-01 13.07 1872-06-01 12.99 1872-07-01 13.08 1872-08-01 13.33 1872-09-01 13.18 1872-10-01 14.05 1872-11-01 13.74 1872-12-01 13.30 1873-01-01 15.22 1873-02-01 15.84 1873-03-01 16.21 1873-04-01 16.63 1873-05-01 16.79 1873-06-01 16.95 1873-07-01 16.39 1873-08-01 15.97 1873-09-01 16.70 1873-10-01 15.71 1873-11-01 14.75 1873-12-01 15.54 1874-01-01 16.63 1874-02-01 15.85 1874-03-01 15.15 1874-04-01 15.99 1874-05-01 15.89 1874-06-01 15.90 1874-07-01 15.75 1874-08-01 15.52 1874-09-01 15.02 1874-10-01 15.18 1874-11-01 14.71 1874-12-01 15.50 1875-01-01 14.99 1875-02-01 13.68 1875-03-01 14.72 1875-04-01 15.31 1875-05-01 14.66 1875-06-01 14.81 1875-07-01 15.78 1875-08-01 14.58 1875-09-01 14.95 1875-10-01 14.75 1875-11-01 15.14 1875-12-01 14.91 1876-01-01 14.87 1876-02-01 15.39 1876-03-01 14.49 1876-04-01 14.84 1876-05-01 15.13 1876-06-01 15.66 1876-07-01 14.72 1876-08-01 14.83 1876-09-01 15.43 1876-10-01 15.60 1876-11-01 15.41 1876-12-01 14.68 1877-01-01 14.14 1877-02-01 14.42 1877-03-01 14.47 1877-04-01 14.06 1877-05-01 14.69 1877-06-01 14.33 1877-07-01 12.72 1877-08-01 14.78 1877-09-01 15.54 1877-10-01 15.78 1877-11-01 15.40 1877-12-01 15.15 1878-01-01 16.40 1878-02-01 15.71 1878-03-01 15.11 1878-04-01 15.39 1878-05-01 15.14 1878-06-01 14.02 1878-07-01 14.80 1878-08-01 15.38 1878-09-01 14.96 1878-10-01 15.29 1878-11-01 16.12 1878-12-01 14.97 1879-01-01 15.87 1879-02-01 16.59 1879-03-01 15.95 1879-04-01 15.75 1879-05-01 16.00 1879-06-01 15.26 1879-07-01 16.40 1879-08-01 16.34 1879-09-01 18.06 1879-10-01 18.39 1879-11-01 18.57 1879-12-01 20.15 1880-01-01 20.17 1880-02-01 20.91 1880-03-01 20.73 1880-04-01 20.51 1880-05-01 20.05 1880-06-01 20.64 1880-07-01 21.44 1880-08-01 20.45 1880-09-01 20.43 1880-10-01 21.17 1880-11-01 22.96 1880-12-01 21.99 1881-01-01 21.59 1881-02-01 20.66 1881-03-01 22.13 1881-04-01 22.96 1881-05-01 22.91 1881-06-01 24.60 1881-07-01 23.82 1881-08-01 23.96 1881-09-01 22.72 1881-10-01 21.62 1881-11-01 23.41 1881-12-01 25.31 1882-01-01 25.53 1882-02-01 25.10 1882-03-01 24.95 1882-04-01 24.39 1882-05-01 24.39 1882-06-01 24.83 1882-07-01 25.58 1882-08-01 26.43 1882-09-01 26.33 1882-10-01 26.11 1882-11-01 27.00 1882-12-01 27.43 1883-01-01 26.71 1883-02-01 26.27 1883-03-01 28.75 1883-04-01 26.22 1883-05-01 26.52 1883-06-01 26.58 1883-07-01 27.13 1883-08-01 28.47 1883-09-01 28.08 1883-10-01 27.28 1883-11-01 27.65 1883-12-01 26.29 1884-01-01 25.43 1884-02-01 25.91 1884-03-01 26.80 1884-04-01 27.02 1884-05-01 26.69 1884-06-01 25.04 1884-07-01 26.14 1884-08-01 26.18 1884-09-01 26.14 1884-10-01 25.61 1884-11-01 25.46 1884-12-01 26.12 1885-01-01 25.47 1885-02-01 24.45 1885-03-01 26.84 1885-04-01 25.43 1885-05-01 24.54 1885-06-01 24.29 1885-07-01 24.77 1885-08-01 24.06 1885-09-01 26.31 1885-10-01 26.84 1885-11-01 26.82 1885-12-01 27.38 1886-01-01 24.15 1886-02-01 27.05 1886-03-01 27.77 1886-04-01 26.52 1886-05-01 26.50 1886-06-01 27.79 1886-07-01 29.15 1886-08-01 28.53 1886-09-01 29.01 1886-10-01 29.11 1886-11-01 29.11 1886-12-01 29.76 1887-01-01 29.82 1887-02-01 31.15 1887-03-01 32.52 1887-04-01 32.50 1887-05-01 31.53 1887-06-01 32.28 1887-07-01 32.04 1887-08-01 32.46 1887-09-01 32.63 1887-10-01 32.41 1887-11-01 33.61 1887-12-01 33.77 1888-01-01 31.00 1888-02-01 33.28 1888-03-01 31.51 1888-04-01 32.12 1888-05-01 32.57 1888-06-01 33.39 1888-07-01 32.77 1888-08-01 33.08 1888-09-01 32.72 1888-10-01 32.93 1888-11-01 32.90 1888-12-01 33.41 1889-01-01 33.81 1889-02-01 33.99 1889-03-01 33.08 1889-04-01 33.86 1889-05-01 34.92 1889-06-01 33.36 1889-07-01 35.91 1889-08-01 37.39 1889-09-01 35.80 1889-10-01 37.26 1889-11-01 36.75 1889-12-01 37.73 1890-01-01 37.90 1890-02-01 38.25 1890-03-01 37.02 1890-04-01 39.17 1890-05-01 40.17 1890-06-01 36.92 1890-07-01 38.59 1890-08-01 38.29 1890-09-01 38.55 1890-10-01 38.45 1890-11-01 38.25 1890-12-01 38.74 1891-01-01 41.36 1891-02-01 38.84 1891-03-01 37.26 1891-04-01 39.14 1891-05-01 38.40 1891-06-01 38.98 1891-07-01 41.41 1891-08-01 40.44 1891-09-01 41.46 1891-10-01 41.41 1891-11-01 41.14 1891-12-01 42.81 1892-01-01 40.91 1892-02-01 44.34 1892-03-01 40.14 1892-04-01 41.10 1892-05-01 40.26 1892-06-01 41.95 1892-07-01 41.90 1892-08-01 42.35 1892-09-01 42.95 1892-10-01 41.94 1892-11-01 42.51 1892-12-01 43.32 1893-01-01 41.63 1893-02-01 42.93 1893-03-01 43.30 1893-04-01 42.52 1893-05-01 43.70 1893-06-01 43.49 1893-07-01 40.58 1893-08-01 37.48 1893-09-01 39.07 1893-10-01 40.92 1893-11-01 38.86 1893-12-01 38.02 1894-01-01 36.73 1894-02-01 36.69 1894-03-01 36.91 1894-04-01 35.76 1894-05-01 34.67 1894-06-01 34.20 1894-07-01 32.66 1894-08-01 37.49 1894-09-01 35.92 1894-10-01 37.44 1894-11-01 37.73 1894-12-01 36.75 1895-01-01 36.68 1895-02-01 36.11 1895-03-01 36.54 1895-04-01 36.81 1895-05-01 36.76 1895-06-01 37.01 1895-07-01 37.46 1895-08-01 38.53 1895-09-01 37.71 1895-10-01 41.35 1895-11-01 41.35 1895-12-01 40.60 1896-01-01 40.72 1896-02-01 40.40 1896-03-01 38.17 1896-04-01 37.82 1896-05-01 37.81 1896-06-01 38.56 1896-07-01 38.16 1896-08-01 36.39 1896-09-01 36.98 1896-10-01 38.70 1896-11-01 37.33 1896-12-01 38.90 1897-01-01 37.77 1897-02-01 39.52 1897-03-01 38.20 1897-04-01 37.61 1897-05-01 38.24 1897-06-01 39.78 1897-07-01 40.13 1897-08-01 40.85 1897-09-01 41.92 1897-10-01 41.15 1897-11-01 43.02 1897-12-01 42.74 1898-01-01 42.59 1898-02-01 44.55 1898-03-01 43.24 1898-04-01 43.02 1898-05-01 44.08 1898-06-01 41.89 1898-07-01 40.74 1898-08-01 42.17 1898-09-01 43.42 1898-10-01 43.72 1898-11-01 45.56 1898-12-01 46.49 1899-01-01 46.05 1899-02-01 43.01 1899-03-01 45.74 1899-04-01 45.01 1899-05-01 47.36 1899-06-01 48.32 1899-07-01 48.76 1899-08-01 48.50 1899-09-01 49.54 1899-10-01 50.12 1899-11-01 51.52 1899-12-01 51.49 1900-01-01 54.23 1900-02-01 53.29 1900-03-01 52.49 1900-04-01 52.21 1900-05-01 53.04 1900-06-01 53.90 1900-07-01 53.28 1900-08-01 54.08 1900-09-01 52.87 1900-10-01 54.86 1900-11-01 55.27 1900-12-01 58.04 1901-01-01 61.00 1901-02-01 58.51 1901-03-01 56.48 1901-04-01 58.17 1901-05-01 59.62 1901-06-01 59.18 1901-07-01 60.72 1901-08-01 60.76 1901-09-01 58.70 1901-10-01 61.14 1901-11-01 61.01 1901-12-01 60.02 1902-01-01 66.18 1902-02-01 63.36 1902-03-01 60.47 1902-04-01 64.20 1902-05-01 65.06 1902-06-01 63.95 1902-07-01 65.02 1902-08-01 63.52 1902-09-01 63.40 1902-10-01 64.85 1902-11-01 65.21 1902-12-01 66.73 1903-01-01 72.47 1903-02-01 69.93 1903-03-01 70.80 1903-04-01 74.48 1903-05-01 71.96 1903-06-01 72.35 1903-07-01 74.75 1903-08-01 70.58 1903-09-01 69.95 1903-10-01 70.11 1903-11-01 69.52 1903-12-01 70.62 1904-01-01 70.11 1904-02-01 73.13 1904-03-01 71.07 1904-04-01 71.99 1904-05-01 70.44 1904-06-01 71.77 1904-07-01 69.99 1904-08-01 71.10 1904-09-01 72.34 1904-10-01 71.17 1904-11-01 74.99 1904-12-01 74.93 1905-01-01 74.29 1905-02-01 69.89 1905-03-01 77.38 1905-04-01 76.98 1905-05-01 78.01 1905-06-01 79.45 1905-07-01 78.01 1905-08-01 78.30 1905-09-01 79.71 1905-10-01 78.94 1905-11-01 83.93 1905-12-01 85.29 1906-01-01 90.65 1906-02-01 89.29 1906-03-01 86.32 1906-04-01 83.89 1906-05-01 87.50 1906-06-01 88.62 1906-07-01 88.54 1906-08-01 87.19 1906-09-01 85.34 1906-10-01 86.53 1906-11-01 89.21 1906-12-01 92.45 1907-01-01 96.80 1907-02-01 94.83 1907-03-01 94.63 1907-04-01 99.36 1907-05-01 101.60 1907-06-01 99.68 1907-07-01 100.86 1907-08-01 97.18 1907-09-01 93.43 1907-10-01 95.01 1907-11-01 91.71 1907-12-01 85.59 1908-01-01 83.51 1908-02-01 82.47 1908-03-01 81.69 1908-04-01 80.91 1908-05-01 78.54 1908-06-01 81.82 1908-07-01 85.96 1908-08-01 84.63 1908-09-01 86.93 1908-10-01 87.26 1908-11-01 87.73 1908-12-01 91.30 1909-01-01 88.94 1909-02-01 88.51 1909-03-01 89.71 1909-04-01 90.45 1909-05-01 90.88 1909-06-01 94.00 1909-07-01 96.21 1909-08-01 95.97 1909-09-01 97.33 1909-10-01 98.00 1909-11-01 102.63 1909-12-01 97.05 1910-01-01 101.72 1910-02-01 103.70 1910-03-01 106.58 1910-04-01 105.44 1910-05-01 106.35 1910-06-01 106.78 1910-07-01 104.30 1910-08-01 104.76 1910-09-01 103.83 1910-10-01 102.12 1910-11-01 106.31 1910-12-01 105.84 1911-01-01 105.40 1911-02-01 102.41 1911-03-01 101.74 1911-04-01 102.42 1911-05-01 108.17 1911-06-01 104.84 1911-07-01 103.88 1911-08-01 103.87 1911-09-01 103.27 1911-10-01 102.39 1911-11-01 104.39 1911-12-01 105.65 1912-01-01 102.10 1912-02-01 111.89 1912-03-01 106.39 1912-04-01 107.13 1912-05-01 109.99 1912-06-01 111.76 1912-07-01 113.32 1912-08-01 113.65 1912-09-01 111.58 1912-10-01 115.45 1912-11-01 117.68 1912-12-01 118.53 1913-01-01 121.33 1913-02-01 119.19 1913-03-01 110.70 1913-04-01 114.18 1913-05-01 120.86 1913-06-01 119.69 1913-07-01 121.79 1913-08-01 117.21 1913-09-01 116.95 1913-10-01 117.37 1913-11-01 114.94 1913-12-01 115.83 1914-01-01 114.84 1914-02-01 107.90 1914-03-01 112.77 1914-04-01 112.78 1914-05-01 111.34 1914-06-01 116.43 1914-07-01 117.92 1914-08-01 114.17 1914-09-01 113.51 1914-10-01 106.44 1914-11-01 102.75 1914-12-01 104.97