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CHAPTER 8
RAILROAD OPERATIONS
• The “Average” Freight Train !!! No
• Contract Rates
• Paperwork Path (EDI)
• Demurrage
• Two Primary Documents
Bill of Lading
• Contract of carriage between the shipper and the rail line
-Legal contract once signed by shipper
• Two Main Types-Open – Prepaid-Order – Consignee must pay shipper
Waybill
• Contract between railroads involved in movement of shipment
• Contains information to help keep track of the car and shipment
• Last road handling road-haul carrier responsible for collecting freight charges
• If handled by multiple carriers kept on central file
• Interchange: cars are moved from one track to another at a junction point
• Switching - Intra-plant- Intra-terminal- Inter-terminal
·Switching Charges / Interline Settlements
·Equal Access
Arriving at Destination
• Consignee is notified once it reaches its destinationOrder car to be sent to sidingOrder car by number
• Rail line delivers to Consignee Must unload within established timeIf not goes into demurrage
• Freight bill prepared
• Public Loading Facilities (Team, BIDS, etc.)
• Captive Shortline
• Class and Commodity Rates
• Incentive Rates
• Common Carrier
Tariffs
• Class Rates Used with one-of-a kind occasional shipments Move less than 1% of freight traffic
• Commodity Rates Rate for a particular commodity or item Specific from one point or area to another
• Ex Parte Charges Across the board increases due to inflation
Tariffs (continued)
• Incentive RatesEncourage shipments in more economical terms
• Processing-in-Transit RatesAllows a shipment which stops for processing to be counted as 1 single trip
• Sold-in-Route
• No-Bills