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Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
Release: NBER Macrohistory Database
Units: Thousands of Long Tons, Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency: Annual
Rail Consumption Estimates Are Computed As Rail Production Plus Imports And Minus Exports. Prior To 1872 Figures Are Only For Production Plus Imports. Data Through 1940 Were Computed By The American Iron And Steel Institute. Data Beginning 1941 From"Metal Statistics" Are Based On American Iron And Steel Institute Production Figures, And Import And Export Data Are From The U.S. Department Of Commerce. The Data Cover Total Production Of Iron And Steel Rails. They Include Rerolled Rails, Girder And High Tee Rails, And Streetcar Rails. One Long Ton = 2240 Lb. Avoir. = 1016.06 Kg. Source: 1849-1940: American Iron & Steel Institute, "Annual Statistical Reports." 1941-1961:"Metal Statistics, " American Metal Market, 1962 And 1963.
This NBER data series a02084 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html.
NBER Indicator: a02084
National Bureau of Economic Research, Rail Consumption for United States [A02084USA576NNBR], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A02084USA576NNBR, March 18, 2024.
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
Release: NBER Macrohistory Database
Units: Thousands of Trucks, Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency: Monthly
Series Is Presented Here As Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1913-1942 (2)--Original Data, 1940-1947 (3)--Original Data, 1940-1964. Data Represent Factory Sales. Some Changes In Classification Were Made -- Station Wagons, Ambulances, Funeral Cars, And School Buses Are Classified With Passenger Cars Or Trucks Depending On Whether The Chassis Are Designed Primarily For Passenger Cars Or Trucks Respectively; Station Wagons Are Almost Entirely Classified With Passenger Cars, While School Buses Are Classified With Trucks (In Former Series Most Of These "Special Purpose" Cars Were Classified With Trucks). Figures Also Include Data For Motor Coaches, Not Available Separately During The War Period. Source: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Survey Of Current Business, June 1947, P. 42, And Following Issues
This NBER data series m01144c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html.
NBER Indicator: m01144c
National Bureau of Economic Research, Automobile Production, Trucks for United States [M0144CUSM607NNBR], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M0144CUSM607NNBR, March 18, 2024.
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
Release: NBER Macrohistory Database
Units: Thousands of Trucks, Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency: Monthly
Data Are For Factory Sales. Data Include Ambulances, Funeral Cars, Fire Apparatus, Street Sweepers, Buses And Road Tractors. Source: Data For 1913-1921: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Survy Of Current Business, June 1927, P. 22. Data For 1922-1940: U.S. Bureau Of The Census, Automobiles (Mimeograph Release).
This NBER data series m01144a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html.
NBER Indicator: m01144a
National Bureau of Economic Research, Automobile Production, Trucks for United States [M0144AUSM607NNBR], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M0144AUSM607NNBR, March 18, 2024.