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<br />Table 4.--Top 25 hazardous materials transported by rail <br />in the united states during 1984 <br /> <br />.~ ..., ...... 'I <br />~Qa~~rom Association of American Railroads, written commun., 1986; <br />--, commodity not ranked in the top 25 for a particular year] <br /> <br />Commodity <br /> <br />Liquified petroleum gas------ <br />Caustic soda----------------- <br />Trailers and containers on <br />flat cars------------------ <br />Sulfuric acid---------------- <br />Fuel Oil--------------------- <br />Anhydrous ammonia------------ <br />Ch1orine--------------------- <br />Phosphoric acid-------------- <br /> <br />Ammonium nitrate------------- <br />Methanol--------------------- <br />Vinyl chloride monomer------- <br />Hydrochloric acid------------ <br />Combustible liquid not <br />otherwise specified-------- <br />Crude oil-------------------- <br />Gasoline--------------------- <br />Petroleum naptha------------- <br /> <br />Styrene monomer inhibited---- <br />Carbon dioxide refrigerated <br />liquid--------------------- <br />Carbolic acid or phenol------ <br />Acids, chemical and other---- <br />Petroleum naptha------------- <br />Petroleum naptha------------- <br />Adiptic acid----------------- <br />Ethylene oxide--------------- <br />Hexamethylene diamine-------- <br /> <br />Tota1--top 25 <br /> <br />Total--a11 hazardous <br />materials <br /> <br />Volume 1 <br />1984 <br /> <br />105,975 <br />72,287 <br /> <br />99,341 <br />47,544 <br />42 , 217 <br />44,857 <br />44,035 <br />29,285 <br /> <br />22,754 <br />21,784 <br />18,002 <br />12,664 <br /> <br />9,630 <br />8,842 <br />8,513 <br />7,868 <br /> <br />7,594 <br /> <br />7,197 <br />6,502 <br />6,375 <br />6,317 <br />6,093 <br />5,851 <br />5,469 <br />5,011 <br /> <br />Number <br />1984 <br />652,007 <br /> <br />915,516 <br /> <br />1984 <br /> <br />1 <br />2 <br /> <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br /> <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br /> <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br /> <br />1983 <br /> <br />1 <br />2 <br /> <br />3 <br />4 <br />3 <br />7 <br />6 <br />9 <br /> <br />8 <br />11 <br />10 <br />12 <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />16 <br />14 <br /> <br />17 <br />19 <br /> <br />Rank <br />1982 <br /> <br />1 <br />2 <br /> <br />4 <br />5 <br />3 <br />6 <br />7 <br />9 <br /> <br />8 <br />11 <br />10 <br />12 <br /> <br />13 <br />23 <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />15 <br />17 <br /> <br />16 <br />18 <br /> <br />1981 <br /> <br />1 <br />2 <br /> <br />4 <br />5 <br />4 <br />5 <br />7 <br />9 <br /> <br />8 <br />12 <br />10 <br />13 <br /> <br />11 <br />14 <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />18 <br />17 <br /> <br />16 <br />23 <br /> <br />1980 <br /> <br />1 <br />2 <br /> <br />3 <br />6 <br />4 <br />5 <br />7 <br /> <br />8 <br />12 <br />10 <br />13 <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />18 <br />17 <br /> <br />16 <br />23 <br /> <br />of carloads <br />1983 <br />566,096 <br /> <br />of hazardous materials <br />1982 1981 1980 <br />497,323 570,590 594,657 <br /> <br />827 ,303 <br /> <br />IVolume is number of carloads of hazardous materials. <br /> <br />720,685 <br /> <br />53 <br /> <br />818,411 <br /> <br />847,299 <br /> <br />-u.s. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1989-0-773-204/00033 <br />