General Freight Tariff 5000
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GENERAL FREIGHT TARIFF 5000 GENERAL FREIGHT TARIFF 5000 NAMING RULES AND CHARGES GOVERNING DEMURRAGE, SWITCHING AND OTHER ACCESSORIAL AND TERMINAL SERVICES For the following Subscribing Carriers: Railroad Alabama & Tennessee River Railway, LLC ATN Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railroad BRG Cleveland & Cuyohoga Railway, LLC CCRL Chicago Rail Link, LLC CRL Cleveland Harbor Belt Railroad, LLC CHB Central Texas & Colorado River Railway, LLC CTXR Decatur Central Railway, LLC DCC Fulton County Railway, LLC FCR Georgia & Florida Railway, LLC GFRR Georgia Woodlands Railway, LLC GWRC Great Western Railway of Colorado, LLC GWR Illinois Railway, LLC IR Kettle Falls International Railway, LLC KFR Manufacturers' Junction Railway, LLC MJ Nebraska, Kansas, & Colorado Railway, LLC NKCR Newburgh & South Shore Railroad, LLC NSR Northern Ohio & Western Railway, LLC NOW Panhandle Northern Railroad, LLC PNR Peru Industrial Railroad, LLC PIR Sand Springs Railway Company SS Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad STE Winchester & Western Railroad, LLC WW This Tariff is also applicable on intrastate traffic, except where expressly provided to the contrary in connection with particular rates and provisions contained herein. ISSUED: December 10, 2019 EFFECTIVE: January 1, 2020 ISSUED BY: OmniTRAX Commercial Department Acting as Agent for Subscribing Carriers GENERAL FREIGHT TARIFF 5000 Check Sheet for Page Revisions Revision 17 Except as otherwise provided, Title Page and through Page 29, inclusive, are effective as of the date shown. Original and revised pages as named below contain all the changes. Original and revised pages as named below contain all the changes. Page Revision Page Revision Page Revision Page Revision TITLE 4 30 2 2 ORIGINAL 31 1 3 2 32 ORIGINAL 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 2 8 3 9 4 10 4 11 1 12 4 13 5 14 5 15 4 16 5 17 5 18 6 19 4 20 6 21 5 22 6 23 6 24 4 25 5 26 4 27 4 28 4 29 4 ISSUED: December 10, 2019 EFFECTIVE: January 1, 2020 ISSUED BY: Commercial Department, 252 Clayton Street 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80206 For explanation of Abbreviations and Reference Marks not explained herein, see Item 99999 of this tariff. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION/DESCRIPTION ITEM # SECTION 1 : GENERAL RULES CANCELLATION NOTICE 1000 DESCRIPTION OF UNIFORM FREIGHT CLASSIFICATION 1005 STATION LIST AND GUIDELINES 1010 DISPOSITION OF FRACTIONS 1015 METHOD OF CANCELLING AND AMENDING ITEMS 1020 REFERENCE TO TARIFFS, ITEMS, NOTES, RULES, ETC. 1030 CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS 1040 TERM SUBSCRIBING CARRIER 1050 CAR DEMURRAGE, SWITCHING AND ACCESSORIAL RATE TARIFF 1060 DESCRIPTION OF COMMODITIES AND INSPECTION 1070 MILEAGE CHARGES ON PRIVATELY OWNED CARS 1080 SHIPPING DOCUMENT 1090 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE GROSS WEIGHT ON RAIL 1100 CAPACITIES AND DIMENSIONS OF CARS 1110 CONGESTION RESULTING FROM RAIL CUSTOMER 1120 UNLOADING AND RELEASE OF EQUIPMENT AT DESTINATION 1130 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 1140 PACKAGING 1150 TERMINAL AND SPECIAL SERVICES 1160 SECTION 1 : GENERAL RULES : DEFINITIONS 1300 SECTION 1 : GENERAL RULES : CREDIT TERMS AND BILLING PROCEDURES CREDIT 1400 SECURITY DEPOSITS 1410 DELETED 1415 INVOICE DISPUTE PROCEDURES 1420 DEMURRAGE DISPUTE PROCEDURES 1425 PAYMENT METHODS 1430 SECTION 1 : GENERAL RULES : RATE PUBLICATION AND FORWARDING INSTRUCTIONS RATE PUBLICATION 1500 CURRENCY 1510 PRIVATE TRANSPORATION CONTRACTS 1520 CONFLICT OF RULES 1530 PRICE TERMS AND CONDITIONS 1540 (TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE) 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION/DESCRIPTION ITEM # FUEL SURCHARGE 1550 INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS 1560 REMOVED 1570 RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONNECTING CARRIERS SWITCH CHARGE 1580 FORWARDING INSTRUCTIONS AND EMPTY RELEASE 1600 SECTION 2 : DEMURRAGE RULES APPLICATION 2000 INDEMNIFICATION FOR DEMURRAGE AND STORAGE 2005 NOTIFICATION CONSIGNEE/CONSIGNOR 2010 RELEASE FROM CONSTRUCTIVE PLACEMENT 2020 SETTLEMENT OF DEMURRAGE CHARGES 2030 CAR(S) HELD FOR LOADING 2040 CAR(S) HELD FOR UNLOADING 2050 CAR(S) HELD FOR OTHER THAN LOADING/UNLOADING 2060 STORAGE 2070 NON-CHARGEABLE DAYS 2075 DEMURRAGE ON HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EXCLUDING TIH/PIH 2080 DEMURRAGE ON TIH/PIH 2090 DEMURRAGE ON HEAVY CAPACITY CARS 2100 SECTION 3 : SWITCHING AND ACCESSORIAL SUBSCRIBING CARRIER RATE TARIFF 8001 3000 INTRA-PLANT SWITCHING 3010 INTRA-TERMINAL SWITCHING 3020 INTER-TERMINAL SWITCHING 3030 RECIPROCAL SWITCHING 3040 INTERMEDIATE SWITCHING 3050 CONSTRUCTIVE PLACEMENT SWITCHING 3055 LOCAL OR RULE 11 RATES 3060 FOREIGN RAILROAD - RECEIVED IN ERROR 3070 FOREIGN RAILROAD - RECEIVED IN IMPROPER CONDITION 3080 ERROR RELEASED - DELIVERED OFF - RETURNED 3090 EMPTY IN, EMPTY OUT 3100 EMPTY OR LOADED RAILCARS RELEASED - NOT AVAILABLE TO PULL - EARLY RELEASE 3110 EMPTY OR LOADED RAILCARS ORDERED IN - UNABLE TO PLACE 3120 RETURNED CAR TO CUSTOMER FACILITY 3130 (TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE) 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION/DESCRIPTION ITEM # REFUSED RETURNED LOADED SHIPMENTS 3140 INDUSTRIAL INTERCHANGE 3150 FAILURE TO DELIVER LOAD TO SUPPLYING CARRIER 3160 HOLD FOR INSTRUCTIONS 3170 HANDLING OF HEAVY WIDE DIMENSIONAL CARS 3180 HANDLING OF OVERLOADED CARS 3200 SPECIAL FREIGHT TRAIN SERVICE 3210 SPECIAL SWITCHING SERVICE 3215 DIVERSION OR RE-CONSIGNMENT 3220 TURNING OF CARS 3230 CLOSING OR OPENING DOORS ON RAILCARS 3240 WEIGHING OF CARS 3250 SWITCHING EMPTY CARS FOR REPAIRS 3260 IDLER CARS 3270 BUFFER CARS 3280 HANDLING PRIVATE RAIL PASSENGER CARS 3290 SCALE TEST CARS 3300 LOCOMOTIVE FREIGHT 3310 MAINTENANCE CHARGE FOR INDUSTRIAL SWITCH CONNECTIONS 3320 SECTION 4 : HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND TIH/PIH PROCEDURES AND DEFINITIONS TIH/PIH COMMODITIES 4000 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS : LOSS AND DAMAGE 4005 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL AND TIH/PIH LIABILITY 4010 EXPLOSIVES AND DANGEROUS ARTICLES 4020 PROCEDURE ON UNSAFE OR IMPROPERLY LOADED HAZARDOUS MATERIAL AND TIH/PIH CARS4030 PROCEDURE ON ANY MAJOR ADJUSTMENT FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL AND TIH/PIH CARS 4040 PROCEDURE ON UNSAFE CONDITION AT CUSTOMER FACILITY 4050 SECTION 5 : HEAVY WIDE DIMENSIONAL CLEARANCE PROCEDURES GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 5000 SPECIAL CAR RESTRICTIONS 5010 CLEARANCE RESTRICTIONS 5020 CLEARANCE BUREAU CONTACT INFORMATION 5030 ABBREVIATIONS AND REFERENCE MARKS, EXPLANATION OF 99999 APPENDIX : FORMS CREDIT APPLICATION DIMENSIONAL LOAD FORM BILLING/DEMURRAGE DISPUTE FORMS WILL BE FOUND IN SUBSCRIBING CARRIER'S RATE TARIFF 8001 5 SECTION 1 GENERAL RULES ITEM 1000 ITEM 1030 CANCELLATION NOTICE REFERENCE TO TARIFFS, ITEMS, NOTES, RULES, ETC. General Freight Tariff (FT) 5000 cancels the following Where reference is made in this Tariff to Tariffs, items, notes, Freight Tariffs (FT) in their entirety: FT ATN 9001-C, FT CRL rules, etc., such references are continuous and include 815-H, FT FCR 9001-D, FT GFRR 8001-C, FT GWR 9003- supplements to and successive issues of such Tariffs and D, FT GWRC 8001-A, FT GWRC 6000, HTR Tariff-2014-1, reissues of such items, notes, rules, etc. FT MJ 6004, MJ FT 8000, FT IR 9600-B, FT IR 8000-B, FT IR 8001-E, FT KFR 6004-B, FT NKCR 9001, FT NSR 8010- Rate Tariffs for each Subscribing Carrier designate specific G, FT NOW 8000-E, FT PNR 9001-G, FT STE 8001-A. charges for services provided that are not included in the subsequent sections of this Tariff. These are designated as Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Tariff, BRG 8001 Series for Demurrage, Switching and Accessorial 8000-M and BRG 6000-D shall be cancelled effective May Charges. 16, 2015. ITEM 1040 Provisions formerly shown in above mentioned Freight CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS Tariffs and not brought forward into General Freight Tariff 5000 are herby cancelled. This Tariff provides for Where consecutive numbers are represented in this Tariff by increases, changes or no changes in previously existing the first and last numbers connected by the word “to” or a provisions. hyphen, they will be understood to include both of the numbers shown. ITEM 1005 If the first number only bears a reference mark, such DESCRIPTION OF UNIFORM FREIGHT CLASSIFICATION reference mark also applies to the last number shown and to all numbers between the first and last numbers. This Tariff is governed, except as otherwise provided herein, by Uniform Freight Classification UFC 6000 series and all ITEM 1050 supplements thereto or reissues thereof. TERM – SUBSCRIBING CARRIER The term "Subscribing Carrier" means carriers that are party ITEM 1010 to this Tariff. STATION LIST AND CONDITIONS ITEM 1060 This Tariff is governed by the Official Railway Station List, CAR DEMURRAGE, SWITCHING, ACCESSORIAL OPSL 6000-Series, Railinc, Agent, to the extent show SUBSCRIBING CARRIER RATE TARIFF below: • For additions or changes in Name, Location or All cars handled under this Tariff will be subject to Abandonment of Stations. demurrage, switching and accessorial rules and charges. • Prepay Requirements. Rates can be found in the Subscribing Carrier’s Rate Tariff • Restrictions as to acceptance or delivery of freight. 8001. • Changes in station facilities. • When a station is abandoned, all provisions applicable Prices published in Subscribing Carrier’s Rate Tariff 8001 will thereto are cancelled, effective on the date of correspond with Items in the General Freight Tariff 5000. abandonment. ITEM 1070 ITEM 1015 DESCRIPTION OF COMMODITIES AND INSPECTION DISPOSITION OF FRACTIONS The description of commodity(s) on the Shipping Document In computing rates or charges, all fractions should be will conform to the Standard Transportation Commodity Code retained until final result is obtained, then fractions of less (STCC) and show the STCC Number(s). When different than five-tenths (.5) should be dropped and fractions of five prices are