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Fig. 222. Passenger Service and Traffic on the Union Pacific Railroad and Auxiliary Companies
This chart shows by years the per cent of increase over the year ended June 30, 1898, in the gross revenue from the transportation of passengers, the number of passengers carried one mile, and the number of miles run by cars and locomotives in passenger-train service. Locomotive miles include revenue passenger-train miles, all mixed-train miles and helping passenger-train miles, but do not include miles run by motor cars