12-02-2010, 09:59 PM
In simple terms yes, the IC can use the SOU/SLSF cars - IF:
1) the shipment will move those cars closer to their home rails
2) the shipment destination would be the SOU or SLSF
3) the shipment routing included the SOU or SLSF.
As a simple example, if you were shipping 5 flats of say telephone poles from some point in Illinois on the IC to say Memphis TN, the IC could load and move both cars to Memphis, then interchange them when empty to the SOU/SLSF in Memphis, only having to settle the per diem charges with the SOU/SLSF.
As for who is billed/charged. Each day that your SOU or SLSF car is off its home rails it accrues a per diem (car hire) charge that the IC must settle with the owner road. These per diem charges are based on the type of car and its age. If the SOU or SLSF is the destination or involved in the routing of the shipment, then of course SOU or SLSF would receive a percentage of the freight charges in addition to the per diem charges.
Clear as mud?
Also, as Puddlejumper mentioned - many cars can not be reloaded and must be returned empty to the home road. The Southern had numerous car types that all were stenciled with the statement "SPECIALLY EQUIPPED CAR RETURN PROMPTLY WHEN EMPTY TO SOUTHERN RAILWAY AT ANY JUNCTION POINT". If your SOU or SLSF flats were assigned to some pool service then you couldn't reload them at all.
And Gary, No the SOU/SLSF cars could not be routed further from home unless they were exempt from the basic car service rules for some reason.
1) the shipment will move those cars closer to their home rails
2) the shipment destination would be the SOU or SLSF
3) the shipment routing included the SOU or SLSF.
As a simple example, if you were shipping 5 flats of say telephone poles from some point in Illinois on the IC to say Memphis TN, the IC could load and move both cars to Memphis, then interchange them when empty to the SOU/SLSF in Memphis, only having to settle the per diem charges with the SOU/SLSF.
As for who is billed/charged. Each day that your SOU or SLSF car is off its home rails it accrues a per diem (car hire) charge that the IC must settle with the owner road. These per diem charges are based on the type of car and its age. If the SOU or SLSF is the destination or involved in the routing of the shipment, then of course SOU or SLSF would receive a percentage of the freight charges in addition to the per diem charges.
Clear as mud?
Also, as Puddlejumper mentioned - many cars can not be reloaded and must be returned empty to the home road. The Southern had numerous car types that all were stenciled with the statement "SPECIALLY EQUIPPED CAR RETURN PROMPTLY WHEN EMPTY TO SOUTHERN RAILWAY AT ANY JUNCTION POINT". If your SOU or SLSF flats were assigned to some pool service then you couldn't reload them at all.
And Gary, No the SOU/SLSF cars could not be routed further from home unless they were exempt from the basic car service rules for some reason.
Ed
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