There is No Shortage of Freight Cars--railroads Must Make Better Use of what They Have: Report to the CongressU.S. General Accounting Office, 1980 - 83페이지 |
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actions Agriculture APPENDIX VI APPENDIX bad-order cars believe boxcars car availability car cycle car distribution car management car scheduling car service rules car supply car types car-hire cars when needed Class I railroads Consolidated Rail Corporation country elevators covered hopper cars customers Dan Glickman demurrage charges developed economic effect emergency Eschwege evaluate Federal freight car orders freight car shortage freight car utilization ICC issued ICC's authority impact improve car utilization improve freight car inability to obtain incentive per diem increase Interstate Commerce Commission jumbo covered hopper management information system nationwide number of cars obtain freight cars operating percent period rail industry rail transportation RAILBOX recommend reduce the number repair result Rural Transportation Advisory solutions Staggers Act Staggers Rail Act standards tion Trailer Train Company Train II Transportation Advisory Task unfilled car orders unfilled freight car unfilled orders unserviceable cars USDA USDA's yards and terminals
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29 페이지 - The Commission may, after hearing, on a complaint or upon its own initiative without complaint, establish reasonable rules, regulations, and practices with respect to car service...
x 페이지 - car service' in this Act shall include the use, control, supply, movement, distribution, exchange, interchange, and return of locomotives, cars, and other vehicles used in the transportation of property, including special types of equipment, and the supply of trains, by any carrier by railroad subject to this act.
56 페이지 - Ex Parte No. 324, Standards and Expeditious Procedures for Establishing Railroad Rates Based on Seasonal, Regional or Peak-Period Demand for Rail Services (Initial & Reply Comments).
xiii 페이지 - TON-MILE The movement of one ton of freight a distance of one mile. Tonmiles are computed by multiplying the weight in tons of each shipment transported by the distance hauled.
xii 페이지 - The charge made for lightering freight to along side a vessel. Lightering. — The hauling of freight on lighters or barges. Lightering to Shipside. — The lightering of freight to alongside a vessel. Line-Haul. — The movement of freight over the tracks of a transportation line from one town or city to another town or city (not a switching service). Line-Haul Switching. — The moving of cars within yard or switching limits of a station, preceding or following a line-haul. (See Terminal Switching.)...
x 페이지 - ... of the tax on the transportation of property, Imposed by section 4271 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, to charges made by a carrier to a customer, pursuant to an average demurrage agreement, for demurrage on cars of coal and other commodities. Under the average demurrage agreement, the customer Is debited for the time cars are held for loading and unloading beyond a certain period and credited for the time cars are released by him within a certain period, demurrage charges being assessed...
30 페이지 - Commission affirmatively finds, that — "(i) the provision of such facilities or equipment will not materially and adversely affect the ability of such carrier to otherwise provide safe and adequate transportation services; "(ii) the expenditure required for such facilities or equipment, including a return which equals such carrier's current cost of capital, will be recovered; and "(Hi) the provision of such facilities or equipment will not impair the ability of such carrier to attract adequate...
xiii 페이지 - ... free by the application of watertight bulkheads and doors. WATER TRAFFIC This applies to the movement or handling of goods and persons by vessel. WAVE PERIOD The time required for two successive waves to crest. WAY Refers to the ship's action through the water. WAYBILL The official document which is used to identify the shipper and the consignee, present the routing, describe the goods, present the applicable rate, show the weight of the shipment, and make other useful information notations....
iii 페이지 - An economic incentive could be used to defer or transfer the peak demand for freight cars to supplement improved utilization. Permitting railroads to adjust freight rates based on demand may accomplish this objective by forcing shippers to consider the economic impact of transportation charges and possibly deferring the demand to nonpeak periods.
ii 페이지 - Rather than adding more cars, the freight car problem could be reduced, in the long run, through technical and economic changes. The railroads could improve utilization and balance distribution by developing and using a computerized, nationwide system of car management.