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RE: (erielack) EL empty car waybill

And when a yardmaster needed an empty to say load a carload of widgets in
Youngstown for Boston and all he had was that Westbound SP empty boxcar it
was loaded and sent east, car service rules be damned.

Brian J. Carlson, P.E.
Cheektowaga NY

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From: Gordon Davids [mailto:g.davids_@_verizon.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:21 AM
To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
Subject: Re: (erielack) EL empty car waybill

Pat -

An empty car is a "Hot Potato," because the handling road is obligated to
pay per diem charges, and to move the car free of charge on the reverse
route.  That's why the process of "record rights" is used, because the C&NW
is thereby not obligated to take the car at Chicago and move it free to
Council Bluffs.  But a Hot Potato can be good if you want to eat a potato,
so any one of those handling lines is free (and encouraged) to load that car
westward to or in the direction of the home road.  Also, because the CRI&P
has a direct connection to the SP at Tucamcari, NM, they could have returned
the car that way, but that would be unlikely because of the added mileage
and per diem charges.

Again, ask a simple question and . . . . :-)  Thanks for another chance to
unload.

Gordon Davids




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