Pete, While I ain't John but that's a pretty easy one. Order Notify bills of lading are negotiable instruments. The waybill consignee field has to be filled in in this format: "Order of Glenwood Pack
Russ, You got it right, except it is LFVC = "LOADED to full visable capacity". Also, as a piece of negotiable paper, an order bill of lading has a lot of legal principles, such as rights of holders i
John, You got me there. But of course I had been a little overtired, having put in a long night making sure that no trains between Dodge City and Belen had run into each other. 650 miles of pure pres
Not otherwise indexed by name. This was a common term used in rate and tariff descriptions as a catchall. For example they would list Steel pipe NOIBN This would include all types of steel pipe inclu
Well, "Frangible" means breakable. Never saw much use of it in Railroad paperwork. Another important word, although the RR's didn't use it much, is "fungible". Fungible goods are those which can be w
Pete, Out of the kindness of their hearts the carriers moved scrap at lower rates that primary metal products. But you had to specify that it was indeed, scrap. Two abbreviations, one just commonly u
Russ: RE: FRMPO...I never would have guessed it...I was going to guess...Full Retail Manufacturer's Price Option...Don't know what this would have to do with any railroad, but after several days of "
I'm pretty old. Back in the late 1940's when I was involved with freight bills and bills of lading NOIBN meant "Not Otherwise IDENTIFIED by Name." Ray C.
Pete As a matter of fact, I do know a little about the Yak Fat Rate Case, but it goes back to the 50's. It started as a practical joke with industrial traffic managers. I believe it began with Rath P
John I knew that you would know about the Yak Fat thing.... RE: OPerating dept vs traffic dept. I too harbored the same concept. Pete [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
John/Pete, In reality I think it was a little more complicated than that. Western Trunk Lines or another one of the West of Chicago Tariff Bureaus was trying to make a point. They felt that they were