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OPERATING SEGMENT DATA (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
OPERATING SEGMENT DATA |
Schedule of reportable operating segment information |
|  | Three Months Ended |
|  | March 31 |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
|  | (in thousands) |
REVENUES |  |  |  |  |
Freight Transportation (ABF Freight) |  | $ | 441,207 |  | $ | 428,871 |
Premium Logistics (Panther) |  | 75,292 |  | 72,226 |
Emergency & Preventative Maintenance (FleetNet) |  | 42,489 |  | 41,699 |
Transportation Management (ABF Logistics) |  | 47,372 |  | 29,717 |
Household Goods Moving Services (ABF Moving) |  | 18,568 |  | 14,750 |
Other and eliminations |  | (11,652 | ) | (9,359 | )
Total consolidated operating revenues |  | $ | 613,276 |  | $ | 577,904 |
OPERATING EXPENSES |  |  |  |  |
Freight Transportation (ABF Freight) |  |  |  |  |
Salaries, wages, and benefits |  | $ | 278,371 |  | $ | 261,154 |
Fuel, supplies, and expenses |  | 79,026 |  | 90,791 |
Operating taxes and licenses |  | 11,996 |  | 11,493 |
Insurance |  | 5,785 |  | 5,395 |
Communications and utilities |  | 3,985 |  | 4,242 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 17,400 |  | 16,338 |
Rents and purchased transportation |  | 41,844 |  | 47,420 |
Gain on sale of property and equipment |  | (244 | ) | (203 | )
Pension settlement expense(1) |  | 840 |  | 2,890 |
Other |  | 2,161 |  | 1,535 |
Total Freight Transportation (ABF Freight) |  | 441,164 |  | 441,055 |
Premium Logistics (Panther) |  |  |  |  |
Purchased transportation |  | 56,044 |  | 54,573 |
Depreciation and amortization(2) |  | 2,924 |  | 2,737 |
Salaries, benefits, insurance, and other |  | 15,129 |  | 11,552 |
Total Premium Logistics (Panther) |  | 74,097 |  | 68,862 |
Emergency & Preventative Maintenance (FleetNet) |  | 41,319 |  | 40,298 |
Transportation Management (ABF Logistics) |  | 46,597 |  | 29,182 |
Household Goods Moving Services (ABF Moving) |  | 18,931 |  | 15,591 |
Other and eliminations(1) |  | (10,112 | ) | (8,382 | )
Total consolidated operating expenses(1) |  | $ | 611,996 |  | $ | 586,606 |
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) |  |  |  |  |
Freight Transportation (ABF Freight) |  | $ | 43 |  | $ | (12,184 | )
Premium Logistics (Panther) |  | 1,195 |  | 3,364 |
Emergency & Preventative Maintenance (FleetNet) |  | 1,170 |  | 1,401 |
Transportation Management (ABF Logistics) |  | 775 |  | 535 |
Household Goods Moving Services (ABF Moving) |  | (363 | ) | (841 | )
Other and eliminations |  | (1,540 | ) | (977 | )
Total consolidated operating income (loss) |  | $ | 1,280 |  | $ | (8,702 | )
OTHER INCOME (COSTS) |  |  |  |  |
Interest and dividend income |  | $ | 234 |  | $ | 190 |
Interest and other related financing costs |  | (1,002 | ) | (808 | )
Other, net |  | 400 |  | 365 |
Total other costs |  | (368 | ) | (253 | )
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES |  | $ | 912 |  | $ | (8,955 | )
| (1) |  | Pension settlement expense totaled $1.1 million (pre-tax) and $3.7 million (pre-tax) on a consolidated basis for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2015, pre-tax pension settlement expense of $0.8 million was reported by ABF Freight, $0.2 million was reported in Other and eliminations, and $0.1 million was reported by the non-asset-based segments. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, pre-tax pension settlement expense of $2.9 million was reported by ABF Freight, $0.7 million was reported in Other and eliminations, and $0.1 million was reported by the non-asset-based segments.
| (2) |  | Depreciation and amortization consists primarily of amortization of intangibles, including customer relationships and software.
The following table presents operating expenses by category on a consolidated basis
|  | Three Months Ended |
|  | March 31 |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
|  | (in thousands) |
OPERATING EXPENSES |  |  |  |  |
Salaries, wages, and benefits |  | $ | 306,916 |  | $ | 286,801 |
Rents, purchased transportation, and other costs of services |  | 177,966 |  | 164,126 |
Fuel, supplies, and expenses |  | 75,902 |  | 88,774 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 22,232 |  | 20,453 |
Other |  | 28,980 |  | 26,452 |
|  | $ | 611,996 |  | $ | 586,606 |

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