Fuel Efficiency

• Iowa railroad fuel efficiency has increased 48 percent since 1985 when a gallon of diesel fuel moved a ton of freight an average of 294 miles. In 2008, on average railroads moved a ton of freight an average of 436 miles per gallon. That's close to four times as far as it could move by truck.
• Each ton-mile of freight moved by rail rather than highway reduces green house gas emmissions by two-thirds or more.