Transcript Transportation Codes

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UMLER Pool Management – Basic Rules
 Freight cars must be Railroad Marked or
Railroad Controlled Private Cars to be in an
UMLER Pool
 UMLER Pools tie back to AAR Car Service
Directives or Special Car Orders
 Pools are: C – Shipper, G – Contaminated, J –
Agent, N – National, O – Lease
Termination/Shopping, P – Commodity, and R –
Agent
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UMLER Pools must be created and maintained
in the EMIS System at Railinc.
Contact [email protected] for additional
information on creating UMLER Pools
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Railroad Car Management teams use
Transportation Codes and Transportation
Condition Codes to manage empty car return
for cars in assignment to UMLER Pools and
for Mechanical or age related circumstances
Source for AAR Car Service and Special Car
Orders is the AAR Circular OT-10
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For freight cars in UMLER Pool Assignment for CSD
145, 155, and 435 empty cars carrying
Transportation Codes C, G, P, or R must be reverse
routed to the pool assigned railroad unless the
loading road receives permission to reload the car.
For CSD 435 TC G, car must be handled in reverse
route back to the loading road.
For freight cars in UMLER Pool Assignment for CSD
145, 155, and 435 empty cars carrying
Transportation Code J the car may be reloaded
without the owners permission.
For freight cars in CSD 175 UMLER Pool Type O cars
must be withdrawn from service and returned
empty reverse route.
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For freight cars in UMLER Pool
Assignment for CSD 145 with
Transportation Code N – National
Pool handle empty cars per pool
owners instructions
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Car Service Directive CSD 150. If the empty
car has a TC/TCC U_ it can be returned empty
or if loaded it must be loaded to or via the
home road. TU cars are handled under SCO
90 rules.
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Car Service Directive CSD 435 - unassigned
covered hopper cars. TC/TCC W.
Return the car to the home road at any junction; or
return the car to the junction where received under
load if that junction is not a junction with the home
road
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For all AAR Car Service Directives the car
owner can issue handling instructions
different from the standard return rules in
the directive, but the holding road can
exercise it’s option to comply or return the
car under the provisions of the directive.
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Railroad Marked Cars - D Code will stay
up on a car for 180 days from first
reported movement event to TRAIN II or
until one of the three events below occur.
 The car has not located on the railroad for 180
days (interchange reported to the owner)
 The car has not been loaded on the railroad to
which it’s assigned in UMLER
 The car has not been loaded on the leasing
railroad’s line
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Private Marked Freight Cars –
D Code will remain on the car for 180 days from
the first movement event reported to TRAIN II, or
 D Code will be removed when the first loaded
movement event is reported to TRAIN II (waybills
are not considered loaded events)
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EAC approved changes to the SCO 90
Order to allow:
 Private Marked SCO 90 type cars with a railroad
in the UMLER Lessee Field to be managed under
SCO 90 rules – Allows T coding and return to
the railroad leasing the car.
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EAC approved changes to the SCO 90 Order
to allow:
 Foreign Railroad Marked SCO 90 type cars in
UMLER Pools to generate E Codes and return empty
under SCO 90 rules to the UMLER Pool Assigned
railroad
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Railroads programmed to recognize privately
marked railroad controlled freight cars with a
railroad in the Lessee Field and foreign railroad
marked cars in UMLER Pools that receive
Transportation Code T or E based on current
SCO 90 Business Rules and Transportation Code
logic. Privately marked railroad controlled cars
and foreign marked railroad assigned cars in
AAR pools with Transportation Codes C, G, J, R
and P will be subject to Transportation Code E
when loaded by a railroad other than the UMLER
Pool assigned railroad.
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Railinc programmed to generate Transportation
Codes T and E for privately marked railroad
controlled freight cars with a railroad in the
Lessee Field and foreign railroad marked cars in
UMLER Pools. Privately marked railroad
controlled cars and foreign marked railroad
assigned cars in AAR pools with Transportation
Codes C, G, J, R and P will be subject to
Transportation Code E when loaded by a
railroad other than the UMLER Pool assigned
railroad.
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EAC also approved the following changes
in the Definitions for the Car Service Car
Hire Agreement. The changes will be
published in the AAR Circular OT-10 in a
future addition.
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New Definition:
Car Leasing Railroad – For the purposes of these
rules the Car Leasing Railroad is the railroad
shown in the Lessee Field in the UMLER File.
Railroad and private railroad controlled cars are
considered “Home” on the car leasing railroad’s
line.
Revise Definition of “Home”
Home Car – A location where a car is in the
hands of the owner or car leasing railroad.
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EAC approved revisions to the SCO 90 Order
to clarify the changes made for the SCO 90
Upgrade to include language for private
marked railroad leased equipment, and
returning foreign marked cars to UMLER Pool
Assigned railroads. The UMLER Lessee Field
will govern if a railroad is in that field, and
it’s in SCO 90.
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Transportation Code X and Condition Code:
XA – AAR Overage*
XT – Truck Bolster
XB – Air Brakes
XU – Tank Cars
XC – Axles
XW - Wheels
XD – Couplers and Coupler Parts
XZ – Other Restriction – Not Rule compliant
XF – Coupler Yokes
or not subject to AAR Interchange Rules
XG- Draft Gears
XJ – Journal Bearings and Journal Lubrication
* Inserted by Railinc and will
override all
XN – Trucks
other AAR restriction codes
XP – Truck Side Frame
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Transportation Code Y
Y_ - FRA Interchange Restricted
YA* – FRA Overage (50 Years or Older) – Car
cannot be interchanged.
* YA is generated by Railinc and overrides all
codes except S_ or SX
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Transportation Codes
S_ - A condemned car or car destined for
scrap or dismantling. Moved by agreement
only
SX – Car sold for scrap under AAR
Interchange Rule 88, and can never reenter
(rail) service
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Umler/EMIS Project Solution: Equipment Management
Codes
-Break information into unique pieces
-User Input routing instructions
-System generated routing instructions
-Mechanical restrictions
-Mechanical restriction reasons
Currently a one-to-one mapping of TC or EMC exists, but
this will go away as new codes are created
Eventually TC/TCC will be phased out. No set date,
necessity will dictate
Internal development needs to migrate to EMC to prevent
limitations
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For information on UMLER, EMIS Pool
Management, Umler/EMIS or Car Service
and Transportation code questions
contact [email protected]