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Author: 
 
 U.S. Interstate Commerce 
 Commission 
 
 Title: 
 
 Rules pertaining to 
 operating statistics of... 
 
 Place: 
 
 Washington, D.C. 
 
 Date: 
 
 1919 
 
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION 
 
 RULES PERTAINING TO 
 OPERATING STATISTICS OF 
 LARGE STEAM RAILWAYS 
 
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m DimsmB cxmmbbcs gobimission.' 
 
 CSetTMI B. AncBSBOK, Chairman, 
 Edoab E. Olabx. 
 Cbaxles C. McChobd. 
 Bai/thasar H. Mstm. 
 Henry C. Hall. 
 
 WlNTHROP M. DanIKLS. 
 
 Robert W. Woollky. 
 Joseph B. Eastman. 
 
 Gbobob B. McGinty, Secretary, 
 
 (2) 
 
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 InTEBSTATB Ck>MMEBCE CoMMISSIOH, 
 
 TFo^Mfi^on, December 1, 1919, 
 
 To Cabbiebs by Steam Railway: 
 
 The annexed rules pertaining to operating statistics are intended 
 
 . 'to continue, with slight modifications, the compilation by Class I 
 steam railways of the basic data required on the forms on which 
 operating statistics are now reported to the United States Railroad 
 Administration. Such data will be reported in full in the annual 
 report forms and a part of them will be reported monthly as specified 
 in Schedule II of the rules. 
 
 Though the order has been made eflFective as of January 1, 1920, 
 the monthly reports will not be required by the Interstate Commerce 
 Commission while the present monthly reports of operating statistics 
 
 are made to the United States Railroad Administration, 
 uuoi"— Id (3) 
 
OSDEB, 
 
 At a General Session of the INTERSTATE COMMERCE 
 
 COMMISSION, held at its office in Washington, D. C, 
 on the 1st day of December, A. D., 1919. 
 
 The subject of operating statistics being under considfiration, the 
 following order was entered: 
 r ■ His ordered, That — 
 
 C 1. B^inning with January 1, 1920, and thefeafter until oth^- 
 
 wise ordered, carriers by steam railway of Class I, other than switch- 
 ing and terminal companies, shall record currently and report annually 
 the operating statistics as outlined and defined in Schedule I annexed, 
 which is made a part of this order. 
 
 2. B^inning with January 1, 1920, and thereafter until other- 
 wise (»rdsred, carriers by steam railway of Class I, other than switch- 
 ing and teraunal oompanleB, sAiail mpoftt mmithly the c^ien^mg 
 statistics specified in Schedule 11 annexed, which is made a part el 
 this order. 
 
 3. The statistics specified in Schedule I shall be reported in the 
 I regular annual reports of carriers to the Interstate Commerce Com- 
 
 mission. Those specified in Schedule II shall be forwarded monthly 
 to the Bureau of Statistics, Interstate Commerce Commission, 
 Washmgton, D. C, within 30 days following the close of the bkhi^ 
 to which they refer, except as to rev^ue passengm and passenger- 
 miles and revenue tons and ton-miles, the report concerning which 
 shall be forwarded within 60 days following the close of the month 
 to which they refer. Tliis order is not intended to abrogate the 
 Classification of Train-Miles, Locomotive-Miles, and Car-Miles for 
 Steam Roads prescribed by this C<»nmission and effective on July 1, 
 1914, nor to cancel requirements as to operating statistics heretofore 
 called for in annual reports, 
 f_ By the Commission: 
 
 [seal.] Geoege B. McGinty, 
 
 Secretary, 
 
 (5) 
 
 • 
 
BULES PERTAINING TO OPERATING STATISTICS 
 OF LARGE STEAM £AILWAY& 
 
 1. Average aujnber of miles of road or first ranning trade operated, 
 and of other laain tracks, not iiududiiig yard tracks and skUnipSy 
 should be ^own for freight service and mixed service ctNoabined, and 
 also for passenger service and mixed service combined. 
 
 2. Train-miles, locomotive-miles, and car-miles should be reported 
 in accordance with the classification of July 1, 1914. In addition, the 
 direction of movement should be shown; that is, whether east or west. 
 Where movement of traffic as a whole is not east or west, north should 
 be substituted for east and south f<Hr west, or north and south should 
 be oombined with eaal and wesi aeeotding to traffic movement. 
 W<Mrk equipment oarHtnfles in transportation serviee freight traina 
 should also be segregated. For comparisons with operating expenses 
 under section 10, Schedule I, train-miles and locomotive-miles should 
 also be reported in the following form: 
 
 Glass of service. 
 
 Tiain- 
 
 Locomotive- 
 miles. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total 
 
 
 1 Including a proportion of mixed and special train sefvioes based on car-miles in mixed and special 
 
 3. Gross ton-miles in freight transportation service should be re- 
 ported as outlined below. Gross ton-miles are defined as tons of 
 2,000 pounds behind locomotive tender (cars, contents, and caboose) 
 moved 1 mile. They are to be computed from conductors' train re- 
 ports. Osxm ton-iniles in mixed-Mn and special-train services 
 should be computed from conductors' train reports in the same 
 manner as gross ton-miles in freight- train service, but should include 
 only the gross tons of freight oars and their contents, and of the 
 caboose. Direction of movement should be shown as provided in 
 paragraph 2« - 
 
 (7) 
 
Qwiti w i milii . 
 
 Class of freight service. 
 
 East. 
 
 West. 
 
 Total. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Rating ton-milos in freight-train sorvioc only shall be reported 
 by direction of movement as indicated in paragraph 2. Rating ton- 
 miles are defined as potential gross ton-miles which would be pro- 
 duced were all trams loaded to 100 per cent of the slow freight rating 
 for nannal sannner weather e<mditions, with allowance for changes 
 in rating orer aecticms of tiie nm. Wbm the potential trainload in the 
 direction of f aroring grades is expressed in nnmber of cars, an arbi- 
 trary' tonnage rating should be used as the basis for rating ton-miles. 
 
 5. Net ton-miles, revenue and nonrevenue, in freight transporta- 
 tion service will be compiled from conductors' wheel reports and will 
 be reported as outlined below. 
 
 JVirt Um-miks of revenue and nowrevenue freight. 
 
 
 East 
 
 West. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I^olal 
 
 
 
 
 The ton-miies compiled from conductors' wheel reports may be 
 used as a basis for arriving at the annual net revenue ton-miles of 
 freight by subtracting the nonre venue ton-miles from the total. If 
 net ton-miles are currently coijipiled from waybills, the waybill ton- 
 miles should be used for net revenue ton-miles. 
 
 6. Train-hours of freight tcian% both ordinary and light, not in- 
 eluding mixed, special, or motor-car trainsi shall be reported by 
 direction of moyement to show the elapsed time of trains betwe^ 
 the time of leaving initial terminals and the time of arrival at final 
 terminals, including delays on the road, as shown by conductors* 
 train reports or dispatchers' train sheets. 
 
 7. Tons of 2,000 pounds of coal consumed by locomotives shall be 
 compiled by classes of locomotive service. Equivalent coal tonnage 
 for fuel oil used on oil-burning locomotives ^all be included; and 
 the same principle shall be applied to dectric locoinotives, by in- 
 
 cluding equivalent net tons of coal, based on K. W. H. per net ton 
 of coal consumed in generating power, used by electric locomotives. 
 Coal used in generating power for electric multiple unit trains should 
 not be inciudied. The exteoii to whidi electric locomotives use water- 
 generated power Aaaid be stated, and the reporting earner aboiikl 
 be prepared to furnish the k>comottve«miles, in fre^t, pasaenget, 
 mixed, special, and switching services, the gross ton-miles and 
 passenger-train car-miles involved in trains propelled by such water- 
 generated power. 
 
 8. The distribution of locomotive-hours shall be shown in the 
 l^llowing form: 
 
 Item. 
 
 Locomotive-hours in — 
 
 Freight 
 
 train 
 setvioe. 
 
 Passen- 
 
 tram 
 service. 
 
 Yud 
 switdi- 
 
 ing 
 service. 
 
 Mixed, 
 special, 
 and 
 work- 
 train 
 services. 
 
 Total. 
 
 A. Serviceable locomotives: 
 
 1. On road or in yard switdi- 
 
 4. Total serviceable. 
 
 
 
 • 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 The total number of boors divided Iqr tbe nnmter of hm fm fliB yfar will gtf» tite ■ vumti iniiHir 
 
 of locomotives. 
 
 All locomotives on the road, owned, leased, or rented, should be 
 included, but owned locomotives in service on other roads should be 
 excluded. 
 
 Ketums for item 1 should represent the time in productive road 
 (larain and switching) service and in yard switching service. For 
 locomotives in road service, the returns shoukl be tdien from con- 
 ductors' train reports or dispatchers' train sheets, and based <m hoius 
 
 from leaving time at initial terminal to arriving time at final terminal, 
 
 including train switching time and delays on road. For yard 
 switching service, the information may 
 
 and based on hours between the time a locomotive leaves engine 
 terminal to begin yard switching work and the time it returns to 
 engine terminaL 
 
 Returns for item 2 (a), hours at terminals, repres^ts time at 
 terminals before and after the period of productive service, exclusive 
 
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 of enginehouse time reported under 2 (b). For road service, the 
 returns may be taken from enginehouse and yard records, and based 
 on hours betwe^ the time the locomotiye is delivered to transporta- 
 tm diparlment and the time the looomoiiYe leaves inilial t^raiinal, 
 Midbitwa||||l|B^^ and tiie lime tile Ideomo- 
 
 ixwe 18 deli^iNHPto engindHyuse finroes. For yard switching loco- 
 motives, data are to be taken from enginehouse and yard reports, 
 and based on hours between the time the locomotive is delivered to 
 transportation department at engine terminal and the time it leaves 
 engine terminal for yard switching work; and hours between the time 
 the locomotive reaches engine teiminal at end of dajr ind the Ume 
 it is delivered to engmehooee iofoes. 
 
 Engines stored are tiiose nn^ white lead or stored in serviceable 
 condition and available for service. 
 
 Unserviceable locomotives include those awaiting or undergoing 
 repairs if held more than 24 hours on that account, including unserv- 
 iceable locomotives stored or awaiting sale. In distributing unserv- 
 iceable hours among classes of service/ the normal assignment of a 
 locomotive may be loUowed if it is not practicable to divide the time 
 between the clameo ol service in proportion to the mike or days in 
 each dass <tf scrvioe fltnoe last general lepok^ 
 
 9. In addition to the stat^nent of freight cars owned there shall be 
 stated the number of serviceable cars, excluding caboose and work 
 equipment, and including home, foreign, and cars of private car 
 lines, on line daily, the number of cars in or awaiting shops daily, 
 including all ''bad order'' cars, and the total number of cars on line 
 daily. These items should be shown separately for lumie cars and 
 foieign ears. Tbe mmber ol the em wtiid^ are stc»ed and iMx^ 
 aft indnded in mnnber ol serviceable ears on line daily should 
 also be shown. Under ''cars stored" are to be included only such 
 serviceable cars as are temporarily removed from transportation 
 service on accoimt of a falling off in business. Surplus cars not 
 definitely stored are not to be included under "cars stored" nor 
 ■hoold bad order cars be included under this head. The number of 
 ean on line dai^ is to be d^eramied by an inventory talom on the 
 fimt day oi eadi month, w^ a daily debit or credit adjustment from 
 ihe summary of the interchange reports and the repair track and 
 shop reports. The annual figures reported wiU be the average of the 
 monthly figures obtained by dividing the sums of the cars on the line 
 each day by the calendar days in the month. 
 
 10. The following primary escpense accounts shall be reported with 
 the WMMfiflfii^ifflm indicaled: 
 
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 Item. 
 
 (1) Locomotive repairs (accounts 308 and 311, but excluding 
 
 yard switching locomotives) 
 
 (2) Tndn enginemen (accounts 392 and 393, including wages of 
 
 motomMa on electric locomotives but ezclikdiag wnges ni 
 
 motormen can pnotor-car trains) 
 
 (3) Fuel for train locomotives (account 394, including electric 
 locomotive proportion and excluding motor-car train pro- 
 
 servioe.^ 
 
 portion of accounts 395 and 396) . . . 
 (4) Other looomotive aupjiliai (including acoonnti 397, 393, and 
 
 399). 
 
 (b) En^nehouse expenses — train (account 400) 
 
 (6) Trunm^ (account 401, exchiding conductinB and ttalnmen 
 
 of motor-car trains) 
 
 (7) Train supplies and expenses (account 402, excluding all 
 
 chaiges on account of motor-car trains) 
 
 TbtU wioctid acecnats. 
 
 > ^iM^iffBg a proportUm of muted and special train expenses on the basis of car-miles in mixed and 
 
 SCHEDULE IL 
 
 Returns in accordance with the following outlines in Schedule II 
 are to be made for each month, beginning with January, 1920, 
 including comparative items for the same month of the preceding 
 year. CNmudatiYe Sfipgam from the beginning of the year should also 
 be shown. 
 
 1. Average mileage operated: 
 
 Item. 
 
 In 
 freight 
 
 and 
 mixed 
 aervice. 
 
 In pas- 
 senger 
 and 
 mixed 
 service. 
 
 In all 
 services. 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. TraiiiHaifles and looomotiTeHnOes: 
 
 Train-mUea and locomotive-mUes &y dma of service. 
 
 ClafiSjof service. 
 
 Freight train... 
 Passenger train. 
 
 Mixed train 
 
 Special train... 
 Motor-car tndn. 
 
 Total 
 
 Work seevim.... 
 Freight smrvice *. 
 
 stfvice 
 
 Tiain- 
 
 Looomotive- 
 
 1 Including a pn»ortiQii of mUed and special train service based on freight and passenger car-miles ia 
 mixed and tpmULmaa. 
 
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 S. CW-miloB: 
 
 CkBhmUa hjf ciatM of $arvioe. 
 
 
 . I!reight-tain 
 
 Passen- 
 ger 
 
 train 
 
 car- 
 miles. 
 
 car- 
 Boles. 
 
 Work 
 
 ment 
 car- 
 miles. 
 
 Loaded. 
 
 Empty. 
 
 Special tnm 
 
 Work equipment in tiansporta- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Ours on line: 
 
 Item. 
 
 Home 
 cars. 
 
 Foreign 
 cars. 
 
 Total. 
 
 («) Number of cars on line daily: 
 
 (1) Serviceable 
 
 (2) In or awaiting shops, including all "bad 
 
 
 
 
 (3) Total 
 
 
 
 
 (b) Number ti earn itoped imdnded in (a) (1) 
 
 
 
 
 Wm d^lnitlaii of torais tttdcr mhaw hmi, an Scibedid» I, par. 9. 
 
 5. Gross ton-miles: 
 
 Frei^^t train service , , 
 
 Mixed train service — ^freight 
 
 Special tndn service— frei|^t 
 
 Total freight gross ton-miles 
 
 6. Net ton-miles, iweniie and nonrer^iiey in freight, mixed, and 
 special services, from conductors' train reports. 
 
 7. Number of revenue tons carried and number of revenue tons 
 carried one mile. 
 
 8. Number of revenue passengers carried and number of revenue 
 passengers carried one mile. 
 
 9. S^cted GpmJtimg tm&me and expense accounts separated 
 between freight serviee and passenger and aBied services ac^rdii^ 
 to rules prescribed. 
 
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 Item. 
 
 [1) LocomoUve repairs (accounts 308 and 311, but excluding 
 
 yard switching locom oti ves) 
 
 [2) Train enginemen (accounts 392 and 393, including wages of 
 
 motormen on electric locomotives but excluding wages of 
 motormen on motor-car trains 
 
 [8) Fuel for train locomotiyes (accounts 394, including elec^c 
 locomotive proportion and excluding motCMr-car tndn pro- 
 portion of accounts 395 and 396) 
 
 4) Other looomotiye supplies (including accounts 397, 398^ 
 and 399) * 
 
 b) Enginehouse expenses— train (account 400). ! 
 
 6) Trainmen (account 401, excluding conductors and trainmen 
 
 of mot(H*-car trains) 
 
 7) Tiain supplies and expenses (account 4(^* 'exdu<uii 'idi 
 charges on account of motor-car truns) 
 
 8^ Freight revenue (account 101) . 
 
 9) Passenger revenue (account 102) " '. '. '. '. '. '. . . [ .. I I '. 
 
 Total— selected acoouiits 
 
 Freight 
 service.* 
 
 FlBsseiigier' 
 seryiee.^ 
 
 10. Quaniitj and cost of fuel: 
 
 (1) Net tons and total cost of coal charged to accoimt 394. 
 
 (2) Galkns and total cost of oil chaiged to accoimt 394. 
 
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