Rail Information

The Rail fields are for legs of rail shipments only. The Rule 11 Instruction pertains to Rule 11 shipments, but the other fields can be used for any type of rail shipment.

The Rule 11 Instruction field specifies whether the leg of a shipment is governed by the rail industry's Rule 11 provision for interline shipments. If Rule 11 does not apply to the leg, select the default value, NOT RULE 11. If the leg is the tendered first leg of a Rule 11 shipment, select TENDER THIS SHIPMENT. If the leg is the non-tendered second leg of a Rule 11 shipment, select SETTLEMENT ONLY, NO TENDER.

Note: Rule 11 shipments can be combined with other shipments.

The Rail Intermodal Service Plan Code is a two-digit code identifying the type of intermodal service plan for this leg (for example, 15 for Plan 15, ramp-to-ramp). These codes are determined by the American Association of Railroads (AAR) and can be managed in Power Data.

Use Customer or Shipper Rate to specify whether the rate for this leg of a shipment was agreed upon between the rail carrier and the customer or the shipper.

Note: Typically, the tendered first leg of a Rule 11 shipment uses a shipper rate, and the non-tendered second leg uses a customer rate.

Use COFC/TOFC to specify the mode of the rail shipment. The options are CONTAINER ON FLAT CAR (COFC), TRAILER ON FLAT CAR (TOFC), and CONTAINER AND CHASSIS ON FLAT CAR. In most cases, rates for COFC shipments are lower than those for TOFC shipments because containers can be double-stacked on flat cars, but trailers cannot.