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)

OMB CLEARANCE NO. 2140-0011
Expiration Date: 3-31-2025

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
LOADING OF
FREIGHT

TOTAL
REVENUE
CARS BY TYPES

LOADED
CARS REVENUE AND
REVENUE FREIGHT

TOTAL
NON-

RAILROAD
CARS

PRIVATE
CARS

TOTAL CARS
LOADED

(A1)

(A2)

(A3)

SECTION B
REVENUE FREIGHT CARS TERMINATED
BY TYPE

1.PLAIN 40 FT. BOX

1.PLAIN 40 FT. BOX

2.PLAIN 50-59FT LESS 11FT DR

2.PLAIN 50-59FT LESS 11FT DR

3.PLAIN 50-59FT OVER 11FT DR

3.PLAIN 50-59FT OVER 11FT DR

4.PLAIN 60 FT OR LONGER

4.PLAIN 60 FT OR LONGER

5.TOTAL PLAIN BOX

5.TOTAL PLAIN BOX

6.ALL EQUIPPED BOX

6.ALL EQUIPPED BOX

7.TOTAL ALL BOX

7.TOTAL ALL BOX

8.COVERED HOPPERS UNDR 4000CU

8.COVERED HOPPERS UNDR 4000CU

9.COVERED 4000CU & OVER

9.COVERED 4000CU & OVER

10.TOTAL COVERED HOPPERS

10.TOTAL COVERED HOPPERS

11.INSULATED EQUIPPED BOX

11.INSULATED EQUIPPED BOX

12.REFRIGERATORS - NON-MECH

12.REFRIGERATORS - NON-MECH

13.REFRIGERATORS - MECHANICAL

13.REFRIGERATORS - MECHANICAL

14.TOTAL REFRIGERATORS

14.TOTAL REFRIGERATORS

15.PLAIN GONDOLAS UNDER 61 FT.

15.PLAIN GONDOLAS UNDER 61 FT.

16.PLAIN GONDOLAS 61 OR LONGER

16.PLAIN GONDOLAS 61 OR LONGER

17.GT 36 FT AND OVER

17.GT 36 FT AND OVER

18.EQUIPPED GONDOLAS

18.EQUIPPED GONDOLAS

19.TOTAL GONDOLAS

19.TOTAL GONDOLAS

20.HOPPERS (GENERAL SERVICE)

20.HOPPERS (GENERAL SERVICE)

21.HOPPERS (SPECIAL SERVICE)

21.HOPPERS (SPECIAL SERVICE)

22.TOTAL HOPPERS

22.TOTAL HOPPERS

23.FLATS - (GENERAL SERVICE)

23.FLATS - (GENERAL SERVICE)

24.FLATS - MULTI-LEVEL (FA)

24.FLATS - MULTI-LEVEL (FA)

25.FLATS - TOFC-COFC (FC)

25.FLATS - TOFC-COFC (FC)

26.FLATS - OTHER

26.FLATS - OTHER

27.TOTAL FLATS

27.TOTAL FLATS

28.TOTAL TANKS

28.TOTAL TANKS

29.ALL OTHERS

29.ALL OTHERS

30.GRAND TOTAL

30.GRAND TOTAL

TERMINATED-ON-LINE
TOTAL CARS REVENUE AND
NON-REVENUE FREIGHT
RAILROAD
CARS

PRIVATE
CARS

TOTAL CARS
TERMINATED

(B1)

(B2)

(B3)

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)
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE, ZIP

SIGNATURE
DATE
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
1.

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,

2.

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

3.

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
TYPES OF REVENUE CARS REPORTED ON FORM STB – 54

Report on
Form Line

Mechanical Designation and Description

AAR Equipment Type Codes
BOX

1

Plain - 40 Foot XM, XMI - Less Than 49' Inside Length

2

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

B3_ (0-4), B4_(0-4)

3

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

B3_(5-7), B4_(5-7)

4

Plain - 60 - Foot or Longer XM, XMI - 59' or Longer Inside Length

6

Equipped - XF, XL (except XLI), XP (except XPI)

B1_ _, B2_ _

B(5-8)
A_0_, A_2_, A_3_

COVERED HOPPERS
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

C_ _3, C_ _4

REFRIGERATORS
11

Insulated Box - XLI, XPI

A_1_, A_4_

12

Non-Mechanical - RB, RBL

R_O_, R_1_

13

Mechanical - RC, RP, RPB, RPC, RPL

R_(5-9)_

GONDOLAS
15

Under 61' - GA, GB, GD, GH, GS Under 61' Inside Length

16

61' or Longer - GA,GB, GD, GH, GS 61' or Longer Inside Length

17

GT 36' or Longer Inside Length

18

Equipped - GBR, GBS, GBSR, GDS, GSS, GTR, GTS, GWS, GWSR

G(1-5)_ _
G6_ _, G7_ _
J_ _ (1-4)
E_ _ _

HOPPERS
20

General Service - HFA, HK, HM, HT, HTA

21

Special Service - GT - Less Than 36' Inside Length (Ore Jenny Cars), HKR, HKS, HMA, HMR, HMS; HMSR, HTR, HTS,
HTSR
FLATS

23

General Service FM (Load Limit of Less Than 200K lbs.)

24

Multi-Level - FA

25

TOFC - COFC - FC, FCA

26

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

H_ _ _
J_ _0, K_ _ _
F10_, F20_, F30_
V_ _ _
P_ _ _, Q_ _ _, (except Q8_ _), S_ _ _
F_(1-6)_, F_8_, F40_

TANKS
28

Tank T, XT

T_ _ _

ALL OTHERS
29

Notes:

All Other FL, LC, LF, LG, LM, LP, LPS, LS, LU, S

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
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 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,
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