Form STB-54 Annual Report of Cars Loaded and Cars Terminated

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
ANNUAL REPORT OF CARS LOADED AND CARS TERMINATED
FORM STB-54

CERTIFICATION
The following certification must be submitted with your company’s Annual Report of
Cars Loaded and Cars Terminated (STB-54). Send the certification and report to:
Director, Office of Economics, Environmental Analysis, and Administration, Surface
Transportation Board, Washington, DC 20423.

I, the undersigned ________________________________________________of the
_________________________________________________________Company,
state that the Annual Report of Cars Loaded and Cars Terminated(Form STB-54) was
prepared by me or under my supervision; that I have carefully examined it; and on the
basis of my knowledge, belief, and verification (where necessary) I declare it to be full,
true and correct statement of the operating statistics named and that the various items
here reported were determined in accordance with the rules promulgated by the Surface
Transportation Board.

______________________________ ___________________________________
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SIGNATURE
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ADDRESS
DATE
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Supplemental Information about the Annual Report of
Cars Loaded and Cars Terminated (Form STB-54)
This information collection is mandatory pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11162 and 49 CFR 1247
The estimated hour burden for filing this report is four hours per report.
The Board uses information in this report to forecast labor costs and measure the efficie
railroads. Information in this report is entered into the Board’s Uniform Rail Costing Sy
a cost measurement methodology. URCS was developed by the Board pursuant to 49 U
as a tool in rail rate proceedings to calculate the variable costs associated with providing
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 10707(d). The Board also uses URCS to analyze the inform
the annual railroad industry waybill sample, see 49 CFR 1244, and in railroad abandon
off-branch costs in accordance with 49 CFR 1152.32(n). In addition, many other Feder
groups, including the Department of Transportation and the Association of American R
Form STB-54 for information regarding the number of cars loaded and terminated on th
All information collected through this report is available to the public.
Paper copies of individual reports are maintained by the Board for ten years, after which
The display of a currently valid OMB control number for this collection is required by l

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
ANNUAL REPORT OF CARS LOADED AND CARS TERMINATED
(FORM STB-54)

OMB CLEARANCE NO. 2140-0011
Expiration Date: January 31, 2009

RAILROAD _
Total car loadings and terminations by type of car, revenue and non-revenue freight
in revenue cars separated between railroad and private cars.
For year ending December 31, 200_

SECTION A
TOTAL LOADING OF
REVENUE FREIGHT
CARS BY TYPES

LOADED
TOTAL CARS REVENUE AND
NON-REVENUE FREIGHT
RAILROAD
CARS
(A1)

1.PLAIN 40 FT. BOX
2.PLAIN 50-59FT LESS 11FT DR
3.PLAIN 50-59FT OVER 11FT DR
4.PLAIN 60 FT OR LONGER
5.TOTAL PLAIN BOX __________
6.ALL EQUIPPED BOX
7.TOTAL ALL BOX ____________
8.COVERED HOPPERS UNDR 4000CU
9.COVERED 4000CU & OVER
10.TOTAL COVERED HOPPERS ____
11.INSULATED EQUIPPED BOX
12.REFRIGERATORS - NON-MECH
13.REFRIGERATORS - MECHANICAL
14.TOTAL REFRIGERATORS ______
15.PLAIN GONDOLAS UNDER 61 FT.
16.PLAIN GONDOLAS 61 OR LONGER
17.GT 36 FT AND OVER
18.EQUIPPED GONDOLAS
19.TOTAL GONDOLAS ___________
20.HOPPERS (GENERAL SERVICE)
21.HOPPERS (SPECIAL SERVICE)
22.TOTAL HOPPERS ____________
23.FLATS - (GENERAL SERVICE)
24.FLATS - MULTI-LEVEL (FA)
25.FLATS - TOFC-COFC (FC)
26.FLATS - OTHER
27.TOTAL FLATS ______________
28.TOTAL TANKS
29.ALL OTHERS
30.GRAND TOTAL ______________

PRIVATE
CARS
(A2)

SECTION B
REVENUE FREIGHT CARS
TERMINATED BY TYPES

TOTAL CARS
LOADED
(A3)

TERMINATED-ON-LINE
TOTAL CARS REVENUE AND
NON-REVENUE FREIGHT
RAILOAD
CARS
(B1)

1.PLAIN 40 FT. BOX
2.PLAIN 50-59FT LESS 11FT DR
3.PLAIN 50-59FT OVER 11FT DR
4.PLAIN 60 FT OR LONGER
5.TOTAL PLAIN BOX __________
6.ALL EQUIPPED BOX
7.TOTAL ALL BOX ____________
8.COVERED HOPPERS UNDR 4000CU
9.COVERED 4000CU & OVER
10.TOTAL COVERED HOPPERS ____
11.INSULATED EQUIPPED BOX
12.REFRIGERATORS - NON-MECH
13.REFRIGERATORS - MECHANICAL
14.TOTAL REFRIGERATORS ______
15.PLAIN GONDOLAS UNDER 61 FT.
16.PLAIN GONDOLAS 61 OR LONGER
17.GT 36 FT AND OVER
18.EQUIPPED GONDOLAS
19.TOTAL GONDOLAS ___________
20.HOPPERS (GENERAL SERVICE)
21.HOPPERS (SPECIAL SERVICE)
22.TOTAL HOPPERS ____________
23.FLATS - (GENERAL SERVICE)
24.FLATS - MULTI-LEVEL (FA)
25.FLATS - TOFC-COFC (FC)
26.FLATS - OTHER
27.TOTAL FLATS ______________
28.TOTAL TANKS
29.ALL OTHERS
30.GRAND TOTAL ______________

PRIVATE
CARS
(B2)

TOTAL CARS
TERMINATED
(B3)