2019 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD CARLOAD WAYBILL SAMPLE REFERENCE GUIDE December 23, 2020 Business Services TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 Summary of 2019 Waybill Processing ........................................................... 1 Waybills of US, Canadian & Mexican Origin ................................................................................................................ 4 Waybills of US Origin .................................................................................................................................................... 9 Waybills of Canadian Origin ........................................................................................................................................ 14 Waybills of Mexican Origin ......................................................................................................................................... 19 SECTION 2 Error Analysis and Corrective Action ........................................................ 24 2019 Reporting Railroads ............................................................................................................................................. 33 Proxy Equipment Types for the 2019 Carload Waybill Sample ................................................................................... 34 SECTION 3 Data Exceptions ............................................................................................. 35 Railinc Waybill Correction Process .............................................................................................................................. 35 Railroad-Wide Corrections ........................................................................................................................................... 36 Contract Rate Flag ........................................................................................................................................................ 37 TTX Train Assignments ............................................................................................................................................... 37 SECTION 4 2019 Waybill Record Layouts and Waybill References ............................ 38 900-Byte STB Waybill File Record Layout.................................................................................................................. 39 900-byte STB Waybill Data Element Descriptions ...................................................................................................... 44 Surface Transportation Board (STB) Codes ................................................................................................................. 79 Surface Transportation Codes (BEA County Listing) .................................................................................................. 81 2019 Surface Transportation Board Public Use Waybill 247-Byte Record Layout ...................................................... 99 2019 Surface Transportation Board Public Use Waybill 247-Byte Record Data Element Descriptions .................... 101 STCC Headers ............................................................................................................................................................ 112 Surface Transportation Board Car Types .................................................................................................................... 164 Umler Field Descriptions—Data Layout Detail ......................................................................................................... 165 AAR Equipment Type Code ....................................................................................................................................... 170 CS54 Group Codes ..................................................................................................................................................... 173 SECTION 5 2019 Waybill Miling Methodology ............................................................ 173 Overview..................................................................................................................................................................... 174 Step 1: Match Waybill Data to Railinc Event Repository Data .................................................................................. 175 Step 2: Utilize Waybill Pattern Matching ................................................................................................................... 179 Step 3: Utilize Enhanced Waybill Routing Logic ....................................................................................................... 180 Step 4: Final Processing .............................................................................................................................................. 180 Step 5: Apply Shortline Miles to the Final File .......................................................................................................... 181 Appendix A: The Carload Waybill Statistics: Usefulness for Economic Analysis ................... 183 Appendix B: TRAIN II ................................................................................................................... 196 Appendix C ...................................................................................................................................... 197 References ........................................................................................................................................ 202 LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Table 1-1. Standard Transportation Commodity Code Major Industry Group Numbers ....................................................... 3 Table 1-2. 2019 Waybill Sample—US, Canada & Mexico (Carloads, Revenue, and Tonnage by STCC Code) .................. 4 Table 1-3. Carload 3-Year History from Waybill Samples—US, Canada & Mexico (by STCC Code) ................................ 5 Table 1-4. Revenue 3-Year History from Waybill Samples—US, Canada & Mexico (by STCC Code) .............................. 6 Table 1-5. Tonnage 3-Year History from Waybill Samples—US, Canada & Mexico (by STCC Code) .............................. 7 Figure 1-1. Top Six Commodity Groups and All Others—for US, Canada, & Mexico (3-Year History by Carloads, Revenue, and Tonnage).......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Table 1-6. US Origin 2019 Waybill Sample—Carloads, Revenue, and Tonnage (by STCC Code) ...................................... 9 Table 1-7. US Origin Carload 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) .................................................... 10 Table 1-8. US Origin Revenue 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) ................................................... 11 Table 1-9. US Origin Tonnage 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) ................................................... 12 i Business Services Division Figure 1-2. US Origin Top Six Commodity Groups and All Others (3-Year History by Carloads, Revenue, and Tonnage) ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Table 1-10. Canadian Origin 2019 Waybill Sample (Carloads, Revenue, and Tonnage by STCC Code) ........................... 14 Table 1-11. Canadian Origin Carload 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) ........................................ 15 Table 1-12. Canadian Origin Revenue 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) ....................................... 16 Table 1-13. Canadian Origin Tonnage 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) ....................................... 17 Figure 1-3. Canadian Origin Top Six Commodity Groups and All Others (3-Year History by Carloads, Revenue, and Tonnage) .............................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Table 1-14. Mexican Origin 2019 Waybill Sample (Carloads, Revenue, and Tonnage by STCC Code) ............................ 19 Table 1-15. Mexican Origin Carload 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code).......................................... 20 Table 1-16. Mexican Origin Revenue 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) ........................................ 21 Table 1-17. Mexican Origin Tonnage 3-Year History from Waybill Samples (by STCC Code) ........................................ 22 Figure 1-4. Mexican Origin Top Six Commodity Groups and All Others (3-Year History by Carloads, Revenue, and Tonnage) .............................................................................................................................................................................. 23 Table 2-1. Umler Error Codes and Messages ...................................................................................................................... 25 Table 2-2. Proxy Equipment Types—2019 Carload Waybill Sample ................................................................................. 34 Table 4-1. 900-Byte STB Waybill File Record Layout ....................................................................................................... 39 Table 4-2. 900-Byte Waybill File Record Data Element Descriptions ................................................................................ 44 Table 4-3. Revised