<Tr> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> 64 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Korea </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> In 2011, North American railroads operated 1,471,736 freight cars and 31,875 locomotives, with 215,985 employees, They originated 39.53 million carloads (averaging 63 tons each) and generated $81.7 billion in freight revenue . The largest (Class 1) U.S. railroads carried 10.17 million intermodal containers and 1.72 million trailers . Intermodal traffic was 6.2% of tonnage originated and 12.6% of revenue . The largest commodities were coal, chemicals, farm products, nonmetallic minerals and intermodal . Coal alone was 43.3% of tonnage and 24.7% of revenue . The average haul was 917 miles . Within the U.S. railroads carry 39.9% of freight by ton - mile, followed by trucks (33.4%), oil pipelines (14.3%), barges (12%) and air (0.3%). </P>

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