 In 1913 the NSR ranked as the eighteenth largest company by route mileage with 216 miles ( 348 km ) . Passenger numbers stood at 7 @,@ 200 @,@ 000 and goods traffic handled by the NSR consisted of 1 @,@ 750 @,@ 000 long tons ( 1 @,@ 778 @,@ 082 t ) of goods , nearly 4 @,@ 000 @,@ 000 long tons ( 4 @,@ 064 @,@ 188 t ) of coal and coke and over 2 @,@ 000 @,@ 000 long tons ( 2 @,@ 032 @,@ 094 t ) of other minerals . Among the 1 @,@ 750 @,@ 000 long tons ( 1 @,@ 778 @,@ 082 t ) of goods was 150 @,@ 000 long tons ( 152 @,@ 407 t ) of pottery , over five @-@ sixths of the entire production in Britain . 
