Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) The Uniform System of Accounts for
Railroads adopted by the Surface Transportation Board effective January 1,
1985, for Class I carriers and January 1, 1979, for all other carriers shall be
utilized by all railroads except Express Companies and Pullman Car Companies,
operating within the State of Oregon.
(2) The Uniform System of Accounts for
Railroads shall be followed by all railroads in rendering Annual Reports to the
Oregon Department of Transportation.
(3) Every railroad shall in addition keep
accurate books, accounts and records showing as follows:
(a) Movements of traffic within Oregon
(excluding traffic neither originating nor terminating within Oregon) detailed
by commodity group and class of traffic as defined and separated by the
Quarterly Commodity Statistics (QCS) filed with the Surface Transportation
Board (carloads, tons and revenue) with the Department:
(A) Revenue freight originating and
terminating within Oregon;
(B)
Other revenue freight originating within Oregon;
(C) Other revenue freight terminating within
Oregon;
(D) Class I carriers
alternatively may report on Schedule SC-941 movements of traffic within Oregon
by commodity group and commodity class (carloads and tons):
(i) Revenue freight originating on
respondent's road within Oregon;
(ii) All other revenue freight carried within
Oregon;
(iii) Total revenue freight
terminating on respondent's road within Oregon;
(iv) Total revenue freight carried within
Oregon.
NOTE: Carriers may omit detailed statistics on
movements in paragraphs (ii) and (iv) of this subsection when such data is not
available; provided, however, that this waiver shall not affect the requirement
that all interstate and intrastate revenues be reported to the Department for
the purpose of determining the Department's annual fee as provided in ORS
824.010.
(E) Other than Class I carriers may
alternatively report the summary carload information of revenue line haul
movements: interline received traffic; interline forwarded traffic; and local
traffic.
(b) Railway
operating revenue earned within Oregon classified in accordance with the
Surface Transportation Board Uniform System of Accounts:
(A) All intrastate traffic;
(B) All interstate traffic (allocated on a
mileage basis);
(C) Total revenues
earned within Oregon. (Sum of paragraphs (A) and (B) of this
subsection).
(c)
Statistics of rail line operations within Oregon. (Class I and subsidiary
railroads only):
(A) Average miles of road
operated;
(B) Train miles:
(i) Freight;
(ii) Passenger.
(C) Locomotive unit miles:
(i) Freight road service;
(ii) Passenger road service;
(iii) Freight train switching;
(iv) Passenger train switching;
(v) Freight yard switching.
(D) Car miles:
(i) Loaded freight cars;
(ii) Empty freight cars;
(iii) Caboose.
(E) Gross ton miles from operations within
Oregon:
(i) Ton miles of freight
locomotives;
(ii) Ton miles of
passenger locomotives;
(iii) Ton
miles of freight train cars, contents and cabooses;
(iv) Ton miles -- Passenger train cars and
contents.
(F) Train hours
in road service:
(i) Freight train;
(ii) Passenger
train.
(d)
Information required in paragraphs (c)(B) through (c)(F) of this section may be
supplied based on system experience adjusted to reflect Oregon operations;
(e) Revenue and non-revenue
freight traffic from operations within Oregon (net tons and net ton
miles);
(f) (Class I and Subsidiary
Railroads only). Freight train car system utilization factors by car types as
defined in the Annual Reports R-1, Schedule 710, for the year 1984 or
subsequent refinements. Equipment utilization shall be reflective of each
carriers' on-line service for the most recent year:
(A) Empty-car-miles;
(B) Loaded-car-miles.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 823 & ORS 824
Stats. Implemented: ORS
823.010
