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CE 515 Railroad Engineering
Armstrong Chapter 8: Railroad Operation – Moving From Here
to There
“Transportation exists to conquer space and time -”
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Interchange
“Transfer of cars from one road to another at a common junction”
• ~20% of all carloads travel on more than 1 companies lines
• Greater than half of shipments are individual cars or small groupings
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Contract Rates
• 70% of freight moves under contracted rates
• Contract must cover the same matters as a tariff
• Terms of a contract are not public information
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Rating the Shipment
• When not under contract railroad must establish and provide equivalent price information
• 30% of freight moves under published rates
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Bill of Lading
• Contract of carriage between the shipper and the rail lineo Legal contract once signed by shipper
• Two Main Typeso Open – Prepaido Order – Consignee must pay shipper
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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
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WaybillCar number and initials
Waybill numberWaybill Date
Origin stationName of
Shipper
Consignee
Destination cityRoute car will travel
Commodity CodePhysical
Description and Weight
Applicable rate and total freight charges
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Other Computer Operations
• Continuous Inventory Car System Locationo Produces switch lists
• Wheel Reporto List of cars in a train containing information on destination,
weight and load status
• Consist Reporto Includes date, location and car numbers in a train
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Switching
• Switch listo List which directs switching crews of which car goes where
• Interchange delivery report o Confirms car has been turned over to new rail line
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Arriving at Destination
• Consignee is notified once it reaches its destinationo Order car to be sent to sidingo Order car by number
• Rail line delivers to Consignee o Must unload within established timeo If not goes into demurrage
• Freight bill prepared
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Order Bill of Lading
• Consignee must provide proof of payment for goods to be releasedo Order bill from banko Consignee bond on fileo Certified check
• Company has 120 hours to pay freight charges
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Switching Complexities
• Delivery to consignee siding done in 3 types of switcheso Intraplanto Intraterminalo Interterminal
• Switching charges
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Interline Settlements
• Central computer determines each rails share of revenueo Rail lines must approve or question shares
• Settlement occurs once a montho Net balances settled
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Other Factors
• Equal Access
• Public Loading Facilities
• Short Line Railroading
• Commodities Clause
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Tariffs• Class Rates
o Used with one-of-a kind occasional shipmentso Move less than 1% of freight traffic
• Commodity Rateso Rate for a particular commodity or itemo Specific from one point or area to another
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Tariffs
• Ex Parte Changeso Across the board increases due to inflation
• Incentive Rateso Encourage shipments in more economical terms
• Processing-in-Transit Rateso Allows a shipment which stops for processing to be
counted as 1 single trip
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Questions?