REFERENCE GUIDE FOR THE 2008 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD CARLOAD WAYBILL SAMPLE Business Services Division August 31, 2009 This publication is produced under contract to the Surface Transportation Board Contract DFTR 53-02-C-00073 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 Summary of 2008 Waybill Processing.............................................................. 1 Waybills of US, Canadian & Mexican Origin ........................................................................................................... 5 Waybills of US Origin ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Waybills of Canadian Origin ................................................................................................................................... 15 Waybills of Mexican Origin .................................................................................................................................... 20 SECTION 2 Error Analysis and Corrective Action ........................................................... 26 2008 Reporting Railroads ........................................................................................................................................ 35 Proxy Equipment Types for the 2008 Carload Waybill Sample ............................................................................. 36 SECTION 3 Data Exceptions ................................................................................................ 37 Railinc Waybill Correction Process ........................................................................................................................ 37 Railroad-Wide Corrections ...................................................................................................................................... 39 Contract Rate Flag ................................................................................................................................................... 40 TTX Train Assignments .......................................................................................................................................... 40 SECTION 4 2008 Waybill Record Layouts and Waybill References ............................... 41 900-Byte STB Waybill File Record Layout ............................................................................................................ 42 900-byte STB Waybill Data Element Descriptions ................................................................................................. 47 Surface Transportation Board (STB) Codes ............................................................................................................ 80 Surface Transportation Codes (BEA County Listing) ............................................................................................. 82 2008 Surface Transportation Board Public Use Waybill 247-Byte Record Layout ............................................. 100 2008 Surface Transportation Board Public Use Waybill 247-Byte Record Data Element Descriptions .............. 102 STCC Headers ....................................................................................................................................................... 114 Surface Transportation Board Car Types .............................................................................................................. 165 Umler Field Descriptions—Data Layout Detail .................................................................................................... 166 AAR Equipment Type ........................................................................................................................................... 170 CS54 Group Codes ................................................................................................................................................ 191 Appendix A 193 The Carload Waybill Statistics: Usefulness For Economic Analysis .................................................................... 193 LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Table 1-1. Standard Transportation Commodity Code Major Industry Group Numbers .............................................. 3 Table 1-2. 2008 Waybill Sample—US, Canada & Mexico (Carloads, Revenue, and Tonnage by STCC Code) ......... 5 Table 1-3. Carload 3-Year History from Waybill Samples—US, Canada & Mexico (by STCC Code) ....................... 6 Table 1-4. Revenue 3-Year History from Waybill Samples—US, Canada & Mexico (by STCC Code) ...................... 7 Table 1-5. Tonnage 3-Year History from Waybill Samples—US, Canada & Mexico (by STCC Code) ...................... 8 Figure 1-1. Top Six Commodity Groups and All Others—for US, Canada, & Mexico (3-Year History by Carloads, Revenue, and Tonnage) ................................................................................................................................................. 9 Table 1-6. US Origin 2008 Waybill Sample—Carloads, Revenue, and Tonnage (by STCC Code) ........................... 10 Table 1-7. US Origin Carload 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) ............................................ 11 Table 1-8. US Origin Revenue 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) ........................................... 12 Table 1-9. US Origin Tonnage 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) ........................................... 13 Figure 1-2. US Origin Top Six Commodity Groups and All Others (3-Year History by Carloads, Revenue, and Tonnage) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Table 1-10. Canadian Origin 2008 Waybill Sample (Carloads, Revenue, and Tonnage by STCC Code) .................. 15 Table 1-11. Canadian Origin Carload 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) ................................ 16 Table 1-12. Canadian Origin Revenue 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) ............................... 17 Table 1-13. Canadian Origin Tonnage 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) ............................... 18 Figure 1-3. Canadian Origin Top Six Commodity Groups and All Others (3-Year History by Carloads, Revenue, and Tonnage) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 19 i Business Services Division Table 1-14. Mexican Origin 2008 Waybill Sample (Carloads, Revenue, and Tonnage by STCC Code) ................... 20 Table 1-15. Mexican Origin Carload 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) ................................. 21 Table 1-16. Mexican Origin Revenue 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) ................................ 22 Table 1-17. Mexican Origin Tonnage 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) ................................ 23 Figure 1-4. Mexican Origin Top Six Commodity Groups and All Others (3-Year History by Carloads, Revenue, and Tonnage) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Table 2-1. Umler Error Codes and Messages .............................................................................................................. 27 Table 2-2. Proxy Equipment Types—2008 Carload Waybill Sample ......................................................................... 36 Table 4-1. 900-Byte STB Waybill File Record Layout ............................................................................................... 42 Table 4-2. 900-Byte Waybill File Record Data Element Descriptions ........................................................................ 47 Table 4-3. Revised Intermodal Service Plan Code Reporting ..................................................................................... 48 Table 4-4. STB BEA Codes ........................................................................................................................................ 80 Table 4-5. Surface Transportation Codes (BEA County Listing) ................................................................................ 82 Table 4-6. 247-Byte STB Public Use Waybill File Record Layout ........................................................................... 100 Table 4-7. 247-Byte STB Public Use Waybill Data Element Descriptions ............................................................... 102 Table 4-8. Revised Intermodal Service Plan Code Reporting ................................................................................... 103 Table 4-9. STB Car Types ......................................................................................................................................... 165 Table 4-10. Umler Field Descriptions–Data Layout Detail ....................................................................................... 166 Figure 4-1. U.S. Census Bureau Regions ................................................................................................................. 189 Figure 4-2. U.S. Census Bureau Region Map ............................................................................................................ 190 ii Business Services Division SECTION 1 SUMMARY OF 2008 WAYBILL PROCESSING Railinc has collected and processed 622,537 waybills for inclusion in the 2008 Carload Waybill Sample.