RAILROAD COSTS: HOW MUCH IS VITAL QUESTION FOR SHIPPERS AND CARRIERS

The Uniform Rail Costing System (URCS), an outgrowth of the 4-R Act, is being developed by ICC as a means of establishing a reasonable level for freight rates and for determining if ICC even has jurisdiction over the rates in the first place. The refined costing methodology also will have a role in railroads' attempts to apply a surcharge or cancel a joint rate. URCS is replacing Rail Form A costing, in use for 40 years. The computerized cost methodologies for URCS will produce averages for any railroad or region which may then be adjusted to obtain more specific costs with justification for such adjustments. URCS does not compute an exact cost for an individual shipment and, like Form A, is past- and not future-oriented. The steps in the new procedure are explained.

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  Traffic Service Corporation

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• Authors:
  • Dart, R C
• Publication Date: 1981-7-20

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 31-35
• Serial:
  • Traffic World
  • Volume: 187
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Commonwealth Business Media
  • ISSN: 0041-073X
  • Serial URL: http://www.trafficworld.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Contract rates; Costs; Freight transportation; Operating costs; Rate making; Traffic managers
• Identifier Terms: Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976; U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Shippers
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail form a costs; Uniform rail costing system
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00341581
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1981 12:00AM