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

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.

NAME (type or print)

SIGNATURE

ADDRESS

DATE

CITY, STATE, ZIP

TELEPHONE NUMBER (include area code)

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD REPORT FORM STB-54 INSTRUCTIONS
SECTION A: CARS LOADED
Section A covers each time a revenue freight car (railroad or private) is loaded with either revenue or non-revenue commodities. The types of cars to be included are listed
below by mechanical designations, car type codes, and appropriate line code.
1.

2.
3.

Report total number of cars loaded for initial road haul on your railroad, by types, separated between loads in railroad cars and loads in private cars, during the year
ended at midnight December 31, including cars received under load from dependent short lines; also including company material of reporting road or other nonrevenue freight when loaded in revenue cars. Cars loaded with empty trailers or containers, twenty (20) feet or over in length, should be included.
Cars loaded in switching service for initial road haul movement by connections to be reported by the road haul carrier performing the billing of the cars.
Cars loaded for intra or interterminal switch movement only (no road haul) to be reported by the loading road.

SECTION B: CARS TERMINATED
1.

Report total number of loads terminated on line, by types, separated between railroad cars and private cars, during the last calendar year ending at midnight
December 31,including cars delivered to dependent short lines for unloading; also company material of reporting road or other non-revenue commodities when
unloaded from revenue cars. Count should include cars from which empty piggyback trailers or containers, twenty (20) feet or over in length, are unloaded. Loaded
cars delivered to a connection for switch delivery which received final road haul on your railroad should be reported as terminated on your line. Conversely, loaded
cars which you receive from a connection for switch delivery should not be reported as terminated on your line. All loads which you originate in switch service for
intra-or inter-terminal switch delivery should also be reported as terminated on your line.

TYPES OF REVENUE CARS REPORTED ON FORM STB – 54
Report on
Form Line
1
2
3
4
6

Mechanical Designation and Description
BOX
Plain - 40 Foot XM, XMI - Less Than 49' Inside Length
Plain - 50 - Foot Narrow Door XM, XMI - 49' and Less Than 59' Inside Length (Less Than 11' and Over Door
Opening)
Plain - 50 - Foot Narrow Door XM, XMI - 49' and Less Than 59' Inside Length

(11' and Over Door Opening)

Plain - 60 - Foot or Longer XM, XMI - 59' or Longer Inside Length
Equipped - XF, XL (except XLI), XP (except XPI)
COVERED HOPPERS

AAR Equipment Type Codes
B1_ _, B2_ _
B3_ (0-4), B4_(0-4)
B3_(5-7), B4_(5-7)
B(5-8)
A_0_, A_2_, A_3_

8

Under 4,000 Cubic Feet LO, HTR (With UMLER Fitting Code FC) - Under 4,000 Cubic Feet

C_ _ 1, C_ _2

9

4,000 Cubic Feet and Over LO, HTR (With UMLER Fitting Code FC) - 4,000 Cubic Feet and Over
REFRIGERATORS
Insulated Box - XLI, XPI

C_ _3, C_ _4

Non-Mechanical - RB, RBL
Mechanical - RC, RP, RPB, RPC, RPL
GONDOLAS
Under 61' - GA, GB, GD, GH, GS Under 61' Inside Length
61' or Longer - GA,GB, GD, GH, GS 61' or Longer Inside Length
GT 36' or Longer Inside Length
Equipped - GBR, GBS, GBSR, GDS, GSS, GTR, GTS, GWS, GWSR
HOPPERS
General Service - HFA, HK, HM, HT, HTA
Special Service - GT - Less Than 36' Inside Length (Ore Jenny Cars), HKR, HKS, HMA, HMR, HMS; HMSR, HTR, HTS,
HTSR
FLATS
General Service FM (Load Limit of Less Than 200K lbs.)
Multi-Level - FA
TOFC - COFC - FC, FCA

R_O_, R_1_
R_(5-9)_

11
12
13
15
16
17
18
20
21
23
24
25
26

Other Class "F" Except "FL" FB, FBC, FBS, FD, FMS, FW, FM (Load Limit of 200K lbs. and Over
TANKS

28

Tank T, XT
ALL OTHERS
All Other FL, LC, LF, LG, LM, LP, LPS, LS, LU, S

29

Notes:

A_1_, A_4_

G(1-5)_ _
G6_ _, G7_ _
J_ _ (1-4)
E_ _ _
H_ _ _
J_ _0, K_ _ _
F10_, F20_, F30_
V_ _ _
P_ _ _, Q_ _ _, (except Q8_ _), S_ _ _
F_(1-6)_, F_8_, F40_
T_ _ _
A_5_, F_7_, L_ _ _, Q8_ _

1. Maintenance-of-way cars used as revenue equipment to be included with revenue cars of corresponding class.
2. Skeleton log flats used permanently in local log service are to be included with "All Others", but general service flat cars equipped for temporary log service
should be included with general service flat cars.
3. Do not include: caboose cars, ballast or other cars permanently assigned to non-revenue service.

Supplemental Information about the Annual Report of Cars Loaded and Cars Terminated (Form STB-54)
The following information is provided in compliance with OMB requirements and pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. §§ 3501-3519 (PRA):
This information collection is mandatory pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 11162 and 49 C.F.R. § 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 efficiency of the reporting railroads. Information in this report is entered into the
Board's Uniform Rail Costing System (URCS), which is a cost measurement methodology. URCS was developed by the Board pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 11161
and is used as a tool in rail rate proceedings to calculate the variable costs associated with providing a particular service in accordance with 49 U.S.C. § 10707(d).
The Board also uses URCS to analyze the information that it obtains through the annual railroad industry waybill sample, see 49 C.F.R. § 1244, and in railroad
abandonment proceedings to measure off-branch costs in accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 1152.32(n). In addition, many other capital Federal agencies and industry
groups, including the Department of Transportation and the Association of American Railroads (AAR), depend on Form STB-54 for information regarding the
number of cars loaded and terminated on the reporting carrier's line. 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 they are destroyed. Under the PRA, a federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number. Comments and questions about this collection (2140-0011) should be directed to Paperwork Reduction Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20423-0001.

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

OMB CLEARANCE NO. 2140-0011
Expiration Date: 08-31-2015

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, 20

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)