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CODE OF RULES
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THE CONDITION OF, AND
REPAIRS TO, FREIGHT CARS
FOR THE
INTERCHANGE OF TRAFFIC,
ADOPTED BY THE
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REVISED AT
Chicago, Ill., June, 1917.
Effective October 1, 1917.
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Master Car Builders' Association
OFFICE OF SECRETARY,
1112 Karpen Building,
Chicago, Ill.
Changes in Rules of Interchange from 1916
Code to 1917 Code.
PREFACE. The question and answer on page
3 regarding tank cars is eliminated, and revised
question and answer placed under Rule 3, para-
graph (e).
RULE 2, section 1.-Additional sentence added
to provide that foreign bad order car previ-
ously delivered under load must be received
back by delivering line under certain conditions.
Paragraph (c).— Paragraph added regard-
ing maximum loading of 80,000 lb. capacity
and over, cars.
Paragraph (f), section 5.- Made applicable
to all cars.
Paragraph (i).- Modified to meet require-
ments of new paragraph (k).
Paragraph (j).— Modified to meet require-
ments of new paragraph (k).
Paragraph (k).- New paragraph.
Paragraph (1).— Old paragraph (k).
RULE 3, paragraph (a).- Paragraph added
regarding equipment of cars with triple valves.
Paragraph (b).-The words or American
continuous draft rods" added.
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Paragraph (c), first section.-
New sentence.
added reading: "No. I M. C. B. Standard
brake beams must not be used on cars having
a light weight in excess of 35,000 lb.
Paragraph (c), last sentence.- Date ex-
tended until October 1, 1920, and new sentence
added requiring brake beams applied after Jan-
uary 1, 1918, to conform to the dimensions
shown on Sheets M. C. B. 17 and 17-A of
Standards.
Paragraph (d), last sentence.- Date ex-
tended until October 1, 1918, and new sentence
added requiring that cars will not be accepted
in interchange after October 1, 1920, with axles
of less capacity than required by sum of the
light weight and marked capacity of the car.
Paragraph (e).- Note removed and incor-
porated as an interpretation.
Paragraph (f).- Date effective extended
until October 1, 1918.
Paragraph (g).— Date effective changed to
March 1, 1918, the word "originally" omitted
and change to provide for a badge plate instead
of stenciling.
Paragraph added requiring bodies and tanks
of tank cars to bear distinctive building dates.
Paragraph (h).- Transferred to paragraph
(b) of Rule 2.
Paragraph (i).— Changed to paragraph (h)
and date effective made October 1, 1918.
Paragraph (j).— Changed to paragraph (i)
and date effective made October 1, 1918.
Paragraph (k).— Changed to paragraph (j).
Paragraph (1).- Changed to paragraph (k).
Paragraph (m).- Changed to paragraph (1)
and date omitted.
Paragraph (n).— Changed to paragraph
(m), date effective of first sentence made
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January 1, 1918, and second sentence relating
to foreign cars omitted.
Paragraph (n).- New, relating to spacing of
stake pockets added.
RULE 4.- Second paragraph relating to use
of defect cards modified.
RULE 5.- New paragraph added.
RULE 7- First paragraph, third line, the
words furnished car owner
substituted for
the words "made out."
New second paragraph added, stating what
justifies bill.
RULE 9. The words "M. C. B. type D coup-
ler" added to third requirement under couplers.
The word "riveted" added to fourth require-
ment under couplers.
A new requirement regarding marking under
wheels and axles added.
Under the head of "General" two new re-
quirements added - lead paint and finished
sizes of lumber.
The words "paragraph 5 and 6 of" omitted.
from last paragraph.
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RULE 12. First paragraph, fourth line, the
words "subscribers to the M. C. B. rules
added.
RULE 13. First sentence modified.
RULE 17- Paragraph (a), second sentence,
an exception added.
Paragraph (c), second line. The words " M.
C. B. type D couplers " added.
Paragraph (d), second line.-The words
type D coupler" added.
Paragraph (e).-The words "After October
1, 1916," omitted as unnecessary.
Paragraph (j).— Transferred to Rule 86.
RULE 26.— Eliminated.
RULE 29.- Transferred to Rule 86
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RULE 30, paragraphs (c) and (e) changed
to conform with A. R. A. requirements.
RULE 33.- Completely revised.
RULE 36.-The words "or otherwise secured"
added after the word varnished in second line
of first paragraph.
New paragraph added under item 3, special
placards.
RULE 41, paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) re-
moved from brackets and a note added.
RULE 48.- The words except missing drop
bottom doors where the loss of same is not due
to corrosion or decay" added.
RULE 57.-The word "closer" in last line
of second paragraph changed to. "less."
RULE 59. The words "including top rods
cut by contact with axle" added after the
words hand brake, in the second line, and ref-
erence to Rule 33 omitted.
RULE 81.- Reference to Figure numbers
corrected.
RULE 83.- Reference to Figure number cor-
rected.
RULE 85.-Revised.
RULE 86.
Revised.
RULE 87.- Sentence added regarding correc-
tion of improper repairs.
RULE 90.-The last sentence changed to read,
"A copy of the billing repair card,” etc.
RULE 91.- New sentence added that bills ren-
dered one year from date of repairs may be
declined.
RULE 93.- Last paragraph modified.
RULE 94. First sentence modified.
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RULE 95, second paragraph.- Brake beam
safety chains added.
RULE 96.- New sentence added.
RULE 97.- Transferred to Rule 86.
RULE 98.- Revised.
RULE 99.- Transferred to Rule 86.
RULE IOI.- Completely revised.
RULE 102.- Second paragraph modified.
RULE 104.- Modified to include type D
coupler.
RULE 105. New paragraph added.
RULE 106.- Revised.
RULE 107.- Completely revised.
RULE III.— Revised completely.
RULE 112.- Revised completely.
RULE 120. Heading preceding rule changed
and rule slightly modified.
RULE 122.- Second paragraph, next to last
line, the word "sketch" added.
Billing repair card, record repair card and
bill head, pages 234, 236 and 238, modified.
Passenger Car Rules.- Completely revised.
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CODE OF RULES
Governing the Condition of, and Repairs.
to, Freight Cars for the Interchange
of Traffic.
PREFACE.
These rules make car owners responsible
for, and therefore chargeable with, the re-
pairs to their cars necessitated by ordinary
wear and tear in fair service, so that defect
cards will not be required for any defects
thus arising.
are
Railroad companies handling cars
responsible for damage done to any car by
unfair usage, derailment or accident, and
for improper repairs made by them, and
they must make proper repairs at their own
expense, or issue defect card covering all
such damage or improper repairs.
Inspection of freight cars for interchange
and method of loading will be in accordance
with this Code of Rules, the Specifications
for Tank Cars, and the Loading Rules,
issued by this Association.

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RULES.
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CARE OF FOREIGN FREIGHT CARS.
RULE I. Each railway company must give
to foreign cars, while on its line, the same
care as to inspection, oiling, packing, adjust-
ing brakes and repairs that it gives to its own

cars.
INTERCHANGING FREIGHT Cars.
RULE 2. Cars having defects for which de-
livering company is responsible must be prop-
erly carded when offered in interchange.
Empty cars offered in interchange must be
accepted if in safe and serviceable condition,
the receiving road to be the judge. A for-
eign bad order car previously delivered under
load must be received back by the delivering
line, providing it has the same defects which
existed when it was delivered under load, and
is moving empty on its home route. Owners
must receive their own cars, when offered
home for repairs, at any point on their lines,
subject to the provisions of these rules.
Loaded cars offered in interchange must be
accepted, with the following exceptions, (a)
to (e), inclusive:
(a) Cars (whether loaded or empty) hav
ing defects in violation of the Safety Appliance
Acts, should not be offered in interchange.
(b) Cars loaded with explosives must be
handled in accordance with the regulations of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
INTERPRETATION.
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RULE 1. Question.-What is meant by
the word "repairs" in this rule?
Answer. It is intended to indicate that
all cars shall be properly maintained, in
serviceable condition on foreign lines as
well as on home roads.
RULE 2. Q.- Can an embargo be issued
against light capacity cars? Is it proper in
accordance with the M. C. B. rules for a
road to issue an embargo against another
line, either for light construction, faulty
construction or cars without roofs, such as
coke cars, and after a reasonable time then
compel the delivering line to pay for the
cost of transfer of these particular cars, or
is it best to have the receiving line receive
these cars and transfer them at their own
expense?
A.-The M. C. B. rules do not provide for
embargoing any car on account of capacity
or design.
Q.- Reference to A. R. A. Rule 15: If
car is in poor condition, but safe to carry
the particular lading with which it is loaded,
but not fit for return load, is transfer order
due?
A. If it is not necessary to transfer the
load under the rules, no transfer order is
due.
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RULES.
RULE 2-Continued.
Cars containing inflammable liquid which is
leaking must be repaired or transferred without
any unnecessary movement or at nearest avail-
able point.
(c) Cars improperly loaded (not complying
with the Loading Rules) when transfer or re-
arrangement of lading is necessary.
Cars of 80,000 lb. capacity and over,
equipped with M. C. B. Standard axles, may
be loaded to maximum shown in Column "A"
of Rule 86, which is the total weight of car
and lading for the respective capacities given.
(d) Lading of open cars when dimensions
of lading are in excess of published clearances
of roads over which the shipment is destined.
(e) When cars can not pass approved third
rail clearances or overhead clearances for elec-
trical conductors of the American Railway
Association.
(f) The following defects must be repaired
by receiving line while car is under load.
I.
cars.
Defective wheels and axles under all
2. All other truck defects on home cars.
3. All other truck defects on foreign cars,
except metal bolsters, center plates where cast
integral with bolsters, metal truck sides, metal
truck transoms and metal spring planks; also
excepting non-M. C. B. standard journal boxes
and contained parts in cases where the M. C.
B. standard is not a proper substitute.
INTERPRETATION.
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RULES.
RULE 2— Continued.
4. Defective outside wooden end sills on all
cars.
5. Defective body center plate and center
plate bolts that do not pass through center
sills on all cars, except when such center
plates are cast integral with bolster on for-
eign cars; also center pins that are not applied
from inside of car on all cars.
6. Renewal of roof boards of outside
wooden roofs, and of inside metal roofs, where
such renewal does not exceed 25 per cent of the
roof boards, and where purlines, rafters, ridge
pole, side and end plates are in good condition,
on all cars.
7. Missing or defective side doors (except
that an adjustment order may be obtained to
apply proper door protection, as required by
the Loading Rules), end doors, roof doors and
hatch covers on all cars.
(g) A. R. A. Car Service Rule 15 will
apply (see page 267) when transfer or re-
arrangement of lading is necessary.
(h) The car transfer check authorizing
transfer or rearrangement of lading to be of
the form shown on page 255.
(i) When load is transferred by the re-
ceiving line, the car, when empty, if foreign,
may be returned to the delivering line, prop-
erly side-carded on both sides of car with a
bad order transfer, return when empty card,
showing the defects for which the car was
INTERPRETATION.
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RULES.
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RULE 2— Continued.
transferred, in which case it must be accepted,
except as provided in paragraph (k). For card
see page 257.
(j) When load is not transferred, the car,
if foreign, may be returned, when empty, to
the delivering line, properly side-carded on
both sides of car with a bad order return when
empty card, showing the defects for which the
car is returned, in which case it must be ac-
cepted, except as provided in paragraph (k).
For card see page 257.
(k) Should the car be owned by a direct con-
nection of the receiving line, it must be carded
for all delivering line defects by the delivering
line; as such a car, under the Car Service Rules,
when made empty, may not be returned to the
delivering line, but must be forwarded direct to
the owner.
Definition of "Direct Connection."—All lines
interchanging cars at a common point, or
within switching limits, either over their own
rails or through an intermediate line or lines,
or by way of a car ferry or float within such
switching limits, shall be considered direct con-
nections under these rules.
(1) In rejecting cars account having de-
fects in violation of the Safety Appliance Acts.
per Section (a)—or on account of being
improperly loaded-per Sections (b) and (c)
or on account of being unable to pass the
approved clearances of the American Railway
Association - per Section (e)— also in reject-
INTERPRETATION.
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RULES.
RULE 3-Continued.
ber plainly stamped or cast on strut, as re-
quired by the specifications.
After October 1, 1920, cars will not be ac-
cepted in interchange unless equipped with
all-metal brake beams.
After January 1, 1918, all brake beams applied
to new cars shall be in accordance, in all re-
spects, with the requirements of dimensions
shown on Sheets M. C. B. 17 and 17-A, Stand-
ards.
(d) Cars built after October 1, 1915, with
axles other than M. C. B. Standard, will not
be accepted in interchange.
Cars built prior to October 1, 1915, will not
be accepted in interchange after October 1,
1920, unless equipped with M. C. B. Standard
axles.
Cars built after October 1, 1918, with journal
bearings other than M. C. B. Standard, will not
be accepted in interchange.
After October 1, 1920, cars will not be ac-
cepted in interchange with axles of less capacity
than required by the sum of the light weight
and marked capacity of the car.
(e) Tank cars (empty or loaded) will not
be accepted in interchange unless they comply
with the M. C. B. Tank Car Specifications.
(f) After October 1, 1918, no car carrying
products which require for their refrigeration
the use of salt with ice and which are equipped
with brine tanks will be accepted in inter-
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RULE 3-Continued.
A.- The M. C. B. Standard K1 and K2
triple valves, manufactured by both the
Westinghouse and New York air brake
companies, are the only triple valves that
can be properly considered of similar type,
and therefore it will be considered as im-
proper repairs to substitute for each other
any types of Westinghouse or New York
valves, except the Types K1 and K2.
Q.-Section (i). Are there any condi-
tions under which metal draft arms which
do not extend beyond the body bolsters
will be acceptable in interchange?
A.- Metal draft members integral with
body bolster, or metal draft members ex-
tending to metal body bolster and securely
riveted to same, will be acceptable in inter-
change.
Q.-Paragraph (e). A question has been
raised as to the exact meaning of Section
23 of the Tank Car Specifications, govern-
ing the retests of tanks of Classes I, II, III,
IV and V Tank Cars.
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RULES.
RULE 3-Continued.
change unless provided with suitable device
for retaining the brine between icing stations.
(g) After March 1, 1918, cars will not be ac-
cepted in interchange unless stenciled showing
month and year built, or bearing a badge plate
giving this information. Cars built prior to
1895 may be stenciled "Built prior to 1895," or
bear a badge plate giving this information.
In the case of tank cars the body and tank
should bear distinctive dates unless con-
structed at the same time.
(h) After October 1, 1918, no car will be
accepted in interchange unless the body is
stenciled light weight and capacity in pounds.
as provided for in Rule 86. (Previous, to Oc-
tober 1, 1917, tank cars to be weighed and
stenciled by the tank car companies only, or
by authorized representatives of the tank car
companies.)
(i) After October 1, 1918, all cars of less
than 60,000 lb. capacity, having wooden or
metal draft arms which do not extend beyond
the body bolster, will not be accepted in inter-
change.
(j) If the car has air-signal or train-line
steam pipes, the hose, pipes and couplings are
at owner's risk, unless the car is stenciled that
it is so equipped.
(k) When two or more cars chained
together are delivered at an interchange
point, the receiving road shall deliver to the
delivering road at the time an equivalent num-
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RULE 3—Continued.
A.- Tanks shall be tested before being
put into service, and retested as follows
(see Exceptions):
First Retest
Other
After Building
of Tank.
Retests
Every
YEARS.
YEARS.
Class I ....
Time expired
5
Class II ..
Class III
10
10
Class IV.
Class V
5
50 50 5 N
5 2
2
5
For Classes II and III tanks used for
the transportation of corrosive products
(chemicals, such as acids, ammonia liquors,
etc.), where deterioration is to be expected
in a shorter time, the first retest after build-
ing shall be at the expiration of five years.
Any tank damaged to the extent of re-
quiring patching or renewal of one or more
sheets, or extensive reriveting or recaulk-
ing, shall be retested before being returned
to service, and the tank shall again be re-
tested five years after this date, without
taking into consideration the date built or
date of previous retest, if any.
Exceptions: The Specifications exempt
from all pressure test requirements wooden
or glass lined tanks, or tanks specially de-
signed for transportation of solids.
Rule 3, paragraph (e). Q.-A question
has been raised as to the necessity for test-
ing safety valves of cars carrying certain
commodities.
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RULES.
RULE 3-Continued.
ber of switch chains of the same size as the
chains so used on the cars delivered, or, in
lieu thereof, furnish a defect card for such
chains.
(1) Refrigerator cars not equipped with door
hooks and fasteners to secure the doors in an
open position will not be accepted in inter-
change.
(m) After January 1, 1918, no car will be
received from owner unless properly equipped
with United States Safety Appliances or
United States Safety Appliances, Standard.
(n) All flat cars that can be used for twin
or triple shipments of lading, built after Janu-
ary 1, 1918, must have side stake pockets spaced
minimum 2 ft. 0 in. and maximum 3 ft. 6 in.
After January 1, 1922, no flat car that can be
used for twin or triple shipments will be ac-
cepted in interchange unless the side pockets are
so spaced.
Use of
Defect Card.
USE OF DEFECT, BILLING REPAIR AND JOINT
EVIDENCE CARDS.
RULE 4. If a car has defects for which the
owners are not responsible, the receiving line
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RULE 3—Continued.
A. If a tank car is equipped with safety
valves, the valves must be tested and the
record of the test stenciled on the tank, as
required by the Tank Car Specifications,
regardless of the commodity carried.
Q. Item 17 of the Specifications for
Tank Cars reads as follows:
Trucks. The trucks, as a whole, shall
be equal in strength to the carrying capac-
ity of the axles. Wheels, axles, journal
boxes, journal bearings, center plates, etc.,
shall be in accordance with M. C. B. Stand-
ards and Recommended Practice."
Does this mean that the various parts
mentioned, also the arch bars, must be ac-
cording to the design as shown in the speci-
fications of the M. C. B. Standards and
Recommended Practice?
A.-Wheels, axles, journal bearings and
wedges; also arch bars, journal boxes in
arch bar trucks and separate center plates
when used on cars constructed after July 1,
1917, should be in accordance with M. C. B.
Standards and Recommended Practice. In-
tegral side frames must be of equivalent
strength to M. C. B. construction, and in-
tegral center plates, if used, must have the
dimensions of bearing and depth of contact
specified by M. C. B. Standard practice.
RULE 4. Q.- Who is responsible for a
missing dome cap on a tank car?
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RULES.
Use of
Defect Card.
RULE 4
Continued.
shall require that a defect card be securely
attached to the car, as per Rule 14.
Defect cards shall not be required for any
damage so slight that no repairs are required
nor for raked or cornered sheathing, roof
boards, fascia, or bent or cornered end sills,
not necessitating the shopping of the car.
At outlying points where joint inspection is
not in effect, the matter will be left to the
judgment of the receiving line. At the larger
points where chief joint interchange inspectors
are employed, the decision will be made by the
chief interchange inspector.
Defect cards shall not be required for missing
material in fair usage from cars offered in
interchange. Neither shall they be required
of the delivering company for improper repairs
that were not made by it, with the exception.
of the cases provided for in Rules 56, 57
and 70.
RULE 5. Defect cards must be of the form
shown on page 256. They must be of card-
board, printed in red ink on both sides, and
must be filled in on both sides with ink or
black indelible pencil.
The cards must plainly
specify in full each item for which charges
are authorized, indicating the location of de-
fects, as provided for in Rule 14.
To justify bill, repairs authorized by defect
card must be made within two years from date.
of first receipt of car on home. line, except
wrong repairs, which must be corrected within
INTERPRETATION.
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RULE 4-Continued.
A.— It is an owner's responsibility, except
in the case of wreck.
Q. In view of Rule 95, is a missing brake
beam cardable in interchange?
A.-Under the M. C. B. Rules a car should
not be offered with a missing brake beam.
If, however, repairs can be made on the
interchange track without movement of the
car, the receiving line may elect to make
the necessary repairs, in which case the de-
livering line should furnish defect card to
cover bill for labor and material.
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RULES.
Une of
Defect Card.
Use of Billing
Repair Card.
RULE 5—Continued.
nine months from date of first receipt of car on
home line.
RULE 6. Any road making partial repairs of
defects on a car which are covered by defect
card will have the defects repaired crossed off
the original card with ink or indelible pencil
and card replaced on car. A copy of the
card accompanying the bill with the defects
which were not repaired crossed off will be
sufficient authority to bill.
RULE 7. When repairs of any kind are made
to foreign cars a billing repair card must be
furnished car owner. This card must specify
fully the repairs made, the reason for same, the
date and place where made and name of road
making repairs; also show location of parts
repaired or renewed, as per Rule 14.
When repairs are made to any car on author-
ity of a defect card issued by other than
owner of car, in addition to the billing repair
card furnished the car owner, a separate bill-
ing repair card must accompany the defect
card. This separate billing repair card must
show repairs made, details of charges, date
and place where repairs were made; also
show reference to name or initials of road
issuing defect card and date issued.
If no bill is to be rendered, the billing repair
card must be attached to the monthly bill, with
the words " no bill" written across the face of
the card, in which case the cards must be en-
tered in the billing statement in the first four
INTERPRETATION.
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RULES.
Use of Billing
Repair Card.
RULE 7Continued.
columns, with the notation no bill" in the
fifth column for reference.
RULE 8. The billing repair card shall be
made in duplicate, the original to be known as
the billing repair card and the duplicate to be
known as the record repair card, and to be
of the forms shown on pages 264, 265, 266 and
267, all items of repairs to be in handwriting
or typewriting.
NOTE. Use of present forms, if not con-
forming to recommended forms shown on
pages 264 and 265 may be continued until
stock is exhausted.
RULE 9. The following information must
be specified on billing repair cards:
M. C. B. couplers, or
parts thereof, R.
and R.
Wheels and axles, R.
and R.
New or secondhand.
Size of shank.
(Where 124-in. head coup-
ler or M. C. B. type D
coupler is removed or ap-
plied, it must be so stated.)
Riveted yoke or key attach-
ment.
Cast-iron, cast-steel, wrought-
steel or steel-tired wheels.
New or secondhand.
Cause of removal (see Rule
10).
M. C. B. or non-M. C. B.
length of axle, diameter
and length of journal, di-
ameter of wheel fit, diam-
eter of center of axle.
(Only one dimension for
length of journal, diameter
of journal or diameter of
wheel fit to be given, which
shall be the dimension
nearest the condemning
limit.)
All markings on wheels and
axles. If no marks are
found on same, a notation
to that effect must be
made.
Box number (see Rule 14).
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RULE 9. Q.- Reference to No. 1 or No.
2 brake beams; if beams are not numbered,
how can repairman distinguish as between
No. 1 and No. 2 beams?
A.- Unless the beam is numbered or
stamped, the car repairman can not comply
with the rule. The Arbitration Committee
would call to the attention of all members
of the Association the necessity for comply-
ing with the M. C. B. requirements and
standards in reference to brake beams.
If brake beam is numbered, the proper
number should be given on billing repair
card. If not numbered, it should be so
stated on billing repair card.
Q. Is it necessary to show the dimension
for over-all length of axle, in addition to
showing whether M. C. B. or non-M. C. B.
length?
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RULES.
Jee of Billing
Repair Card.
RULE 9-Continued.
Journal bearings...
Metal brake beams,
or parts thereof, R.
and R.
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Brake shoes, applied.
Triple valve, R. and R.
General
Solid, filled or other kind,
R. and R.
Length of journal.
Box number (see Rule 14).
Make or name of beam. If
M. C. B. Standard brake
beam is applied, state
number and name of beam.
New or secondhand.
Complete, or part or parts.
Cause of removal.
Part or parts scrapped.
Cast or reinforced back.
Make and type.
Weight of forgings, castings,
etc.
Finished sizes of lumber.
Feet of lumber.
Value of miscellaneous items.
Hours of labor.
(The above information to
be shown opposite each
item, except where no bill is
rendered.)
When lead paint is used, it must be so speci-
fied.
When triple valve, cylinder or centrifugal
dirt collector is cleaned, the initial of road and
date of last previous cleaning must be shown.
If necessary to remove load to make re-
pairs, as specified in Rule 107, it must be
plainly stated.
When tank or safety valve of tank cars is
tested in accordance with the M. C. B. Specifi-
cations for Tank Cars, the certificate of test, as
required by the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion regulations, must accompany the billing
repair card.
RULE 10. In noting the cause of removal of
wheels and axles, the terms used in Rules 68
to 86, inclusive, shall be used.
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RULE 9-Continued.
A.
No, the over-all dimension need not
be shown.
RULES 9 and 10. Q.- Is a railroad com-
peiled to show how much of the flange,
tread, rim, etc., is defective in removing and
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RULES.
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Use of Billing
Repair Card.
RULE 10- Continued.
In all cases of wrought-steel wheels, the
actual thickness of tread must be shown
before and after turning off, measured from
base line of tread to the condemning limit of
tread, which is 1/4 in. above the witness groove;
also show actual thickness of tread on other
wheels applied. This information must be re-
ported to car owners regardless of whether
or not repairs are chargeable to owners.
Use of
Joint Evi-
dence Card.
RULE II. Journal bearings having a babbitt
lining 3 in. thick or thicker, shall be charged
as filled journal bearings, and not as solid jour-
nal bearings.
RULE 12. The evidence of a joint inspector,
or the joint evidence of two inspectors, one
representing the owner of the car and the
other representing a railroad company, sub-
scriber to the M. C. B. rules, that the repairs
are not proper, shall be final; the evidence to
be signed only after an actual inspection has
been made.
A joint evidence card shall be used for this
purpose, which shall describe and show loca-
tion of parts repaired or renewed, as per
Rule 14. This card shall be of the form shown
on page 258.
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RULES 9 AND IO Continued.
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replacing wheels? Is the term worn
flange" or chipped flange" sufficient with-
out showing how thick the flange is when
removed or how long the chip is?
Arbitration Case No. 882 and the inter-
pretations in Circular No. 13 seem to con-
flict.
A.- The decision in Arbitration Case No.
882 has been made obsolete, due to the re-
vision of the rules.
For cast-iron or cast-steel wheels it is
unnecessary to show any dimensions or
qualify the terms in any way, as it is as-
sumed that the repairing line would not
remove the wheels unless the defects were
beyond the limit of safety.
In so far as wrought-steel wheels are con-
cerned, it is necessary to furnish the infor-
mation specified in second paragraph of
Rule 10.
RULE 12. Q.- If wrong repairs are not
corrected as per Rule 12 and joint evidence
is placed on the car and an intermediate
road standardizes the wrong repairs and
lifts the joint evidence card, what recourse
has the owner towards remuneration of
charges due to some foreign road having
made the wrong repairs?
A.- If wrong repairs are not corrected
by the car owner the joint evidence card is
invalid in so far as furnishing protection to
the car owner is concerned.
Q. In case a road, in making repairs to
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RULES.
Use of
Joint Evi-
dence Card.
RULE 12 Continued.
If repairs are not corrected at the time of
inspection, the joint evidence card shall be
attached to the car, as per Rule 14.
Joint evidence must be obtained within
ninety days after first receipt of car home.
The joint evidence may be obtained at any
point on the home line at which the improper
repairs are found, but preferably at the point
where the car is received, and only after an
actual inspection is made.
RULE 13. The joint evidence card showing
copy of billing repair card, covering wrong re-
pairs, when wrong repairs have been corrected,
shall be sent to the company issuing such bill-
ing repair card. If within sixty days from
the date of such request the latter does not
issue its M. C. B. defect card covering, bill
made on copy of joint evidence and copy of
billing repair card shall be final authority, pro-
vided the wrong repairs mentioned on joint
evidence card are covered by such billing re-
pair card. It must be stated on back of joint
evidence card where and when the wrong re-
pairs were corrected.
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RULE 12- Continued.
a foreign car, applies a cast iron journal
box in place of malleable iron journal box,
which is standard to the car, or in case a
road applies a coupler with 5 by 5 in. shank
in place of coupler with 5 by 7 in. shank,
the latter being standard to the car, and
attaches its defect card to the car cover-
ing the improper repairs, what disposition
should be made of the defect card; in other
words, is the car owner entitled to any re-
muneration if these improper repairs are
standardized by an intermediate road on
account of the parts in question failing in
ordinary service?
A. If the improper repairs were stand-
ardized by an intermediate road, under the
circumstances recited above, the repairing
line should render bill on the defect card
instead of billing the car owner.
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RULES.
RULE 14. The end of car toward which the
cylinder push rod travels shall be known as
B end and the opposite end shall be known as
A end.
#
Facing the B end of car, in their order on
the right side of car, wheels, journal boxes and
contained parts, shall be known as R1, R2,
R3 and R4, and similarly those on the left
side of car shall be known as L1, L2, L3 and
L4.
Defect cards and joint evidence cards must
be securely attached to the car with at least
four tacks, preferably on the outside face of
intermediate sill between cross-tie timbers on
wooden cars, and on steel cars to cardboard
located either on cross tie under car or on
inside of side sill at the end of car.
RULE 15. Duplicate defect, billing repair or
joint evidence cards must be furnished*
promptly, on request, for lost or illegible cards.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS.
RULE 16. Any car having defects which
render it unsafe to run, unsafe to trainmen,
or to any lading suitable to the car, may be
repaired.
Repairs to foreign cars shall be promptly
made, and the work shall conform in detail
to the original construction, and with the
quality of material originally used, except as
provided for in Rules 17 and 18.
RULE 17. In repairing foreign cars:
(a) Defective non-M. C. B. Standards may
be replaced with M. C. B. Standards (which
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RULE 14. Q.- Could not the location
of body defects be designated in the same.
manner as truck defects? See Rule 14.
A. This is not a requirement of the rules,
but there are no objections to such prac-
tice.
RULE 16. Q-Does the substitution of
a New York auxiliary reservoir and cylinder
in place of Westinghouse constitute wrong
repairs?
A. The substitution is permissible, inas-
much as these details are interchangeable
and are the same dimensions, and the sub-
stitution of one for the other is not wrong
repairs.
RULE 17. Q.-If a cast-iron journal
box is applied in lieu of malleable iron, and
M. C. B. billing repair card shows this in-
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RULES.
RULE 17 Continued.
must comply with M. C. B. specifications),
provided such substitution does not impair the
strength of car. Any increased cost resulting
from and any expense of alteration necessary
for the application of such M. C. B. Standards
shall be charged to the party responsible for
the repairs, except in case of application of
axles, as provided for in Rule 86, paragraph
(b). Scrap credits are to be allowed for un-
damaged parts thus removed.
(b) Malleable iron, wrought iron or steel
M. C. B. Standards may be substituted for each
other or for gray iron M. C. B. Standards.
Gray iron M. C. B. Standards applied in lieu
of malleable iron, wrought iron or steel M. C.
B. Standards shall be considered as wrong re-
pairs.
(c) In replacing M. C. B. Standard coup-
lers, M. C. B. type D couplers or M. C. B. Tem-
porary Standard couplers, the dimensions of
shank and butt of M. C. B. couplers standard
to the car must be maintained.
(d) If the car owner elects, on account of
improper repairs, to remove an M. C. B.
Standard coupler, M. C. B. type D coupler
or M. C. B. Temporary Standard coupler in
good condition, secondhand credit should be
allowed, and charge be confined to second-
hand coupler applied.
(e) M. C. B. Standard No. 2 brake beam.
may be used in repairs to all freight equipment
cars equipped with M. C. B. No. 2, M. C. B.
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RULE 17-Continued.
formation, is it necessary to secure joint
evidence, or is repair card authority to re-
bill when corrections of wrong repairs have
been made?
A.- Joint evidence will have to be ob-
tained to establish the fact that malleable
iron was standard to the car. See Arbitra-
tion Cases 733, 769 and 795.
Q.-Would it be wrong repairs to replace
coupler with 8-in. butt with standard
M. C. B. coupler, 62-in. butt, by using 8½-
in. loop offset to receive 6-in. butt?
A.-It is wrong repairs.
Paragraph (e).- When substitution of
different makes of M. C. B. metal brake
beams necessitates changes in brake hangers
or connections, is the company making the
repairs liable to the car owner for wrong
repairs on account of these hangers, etc.,
being different from that standard to the
car?
A.-When substituting M. C. B. Stand-
ard brake beam for non-M. C. B. Standard
brake beam, the change in hangers will be
chargeable to the car owner.
Q. We are having trouble in living up to
the Interstate Commerce Commission rules
regarding end ladder clearance, due to the
fact that some railroads do not replace our
couplers with those of the latest dimen-
sions, namely, 94 in. from inside face of
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RULES.
RULE 17 Continued.
No. 1 or non-M. C. B. Standard beams. Any
increased cost resulting from the application
of No. 2 brake beams to be borne by the car
owner when repairs are made on account of
car owners' defects. M. C. B. Standard No.
3 brake beam must be replaced in kind.
(f) Billing repair card must specify kind
of material applied and removed, and bill ren-
dered in accordance therewith.
(g) Cast-iron brake shoes may be replaced
with brake shoes having reinforced back and
the increased cost charged to party responsible
for the repairs.
(h) White pine, yellow pine, fir or cypress
may be used when repairing siding, when of
equal grade or quality to the material standard
to the car. Fir, oak or southern pine may be
substituted for each other in the renewing or
splicing of longitudinal sills and side plates.
Oak and southern pine may be substituted for
each other in renewing end plates. Fir and
southern pine may be substituted for each
other in renewing or splicing end plank and
side plank.
(i) Brake shafts, sill steps, uncoupling
levers and grabirons must not be welded.
Cotter keys are not to be applied to knuckle
pins of couplers on cars other than hopper
and fixed-end gondolas.
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RULE 17
Continued.
knuckle to striking face of coupler horn.
What protection is offered us under the
rules?
A. That end ladder clearance may be
maintained, couplers of less than 914 in.
from inside face of knuckle to striking face
of coupler horn should not be applied in
repairing foreign cars. This should not be
co strued to mean that a coupler with 914
in. dimensions may be substituted for the
M. C. B. Temporary Standard Coupler or
the M. C. B. Standard Type D coupler.
Q.- Will it be necessary to stencil cars
equipped with the D type of coupler in
order to protect them against substitution
of the present type of coupler?
A. Yes.
Q. In view of the adoption as a Stand-
ard of the Type D coupler, can a coupler
with 5 by 7 in. shank, conforming to the
other M. C. B. Standard, and cast after
October 1, 1916, be applied to a foreign car
to which 5 by 7 in. couplers are standard?
A. Yes, if car is not stenciled Type D
coupler.
Q. Can a Type D coupler which has
been used in repairs to a car originally
equipped with a coupler conforming to the
present M. C. B. Standard be replaced upon
failure by another coupler conforming to
the other M. C. B. Standard in place of the
D type of coupler?
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RULES.
RULE 17 - Continued.
RULE 18. Couplers that exceed the dis-
tance of 5% in. between point of knuckle and
guard arm, measured perpendicularly to guard
arm, must have the defective part or parts
renewed to bring coupler within gage, in
which case owners are responsible. (See
drawing on page 40.)
INTERPRETATION.
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RULE 17 — Continued.
A.
Yes, if the car is not stenciled for
Type D coupler.
Q.-Is it permissible to charge for cast
steel for bottom brake rods applied to
foreign cars when wrought iron is standard
to same?
A.- Inasmuch as the Association has a
standard bottom connection, it is permissi-
ble, under Rule 17, to make use of cast steel
in this connection. The charge should be
on the basis of material applied and the
credit on the basis of material removed.
See Section (f) of Rule 17.
Q. Is it permissible to charge for cast
steel when çast-steel column castings are
applied in place of malleable iron standard
to the car?
A.- Cast steel may be substituted for
malleable iron, but the charge should be
limited to the kind of material removed.
This Association has no standard column
casting.
,
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RULES.
RULE 18 Continued.

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ORIGINAL
WORN AND
DISTORTED,
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CONTOUR
When M. C. B. couplers of another make are
applied to a car, the uncoupling arrangement
shall be made operative at the expense of the
company making the repairs.
RULE 19. In making repairs to foreign cars,
the following materials must not be used:
Cast-iron brake wheels.
Malleable iron couplers.
Open knuckles.
Malleable or steel-backed journal bearings.
RULE 20. Any company finding cars not
within the limits of standard height for coup-
lers, must make repairs and charge to owners.
When construction of car and trucks precludes
the common methods of adjusting coupler
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42
RULES.
RULE 20Continued.
heights, the application of metal shims between
journal boxes and arch bars will be permissible.
The use of liners between male and female
portions of center plates is prohibited where
the vertical bearing surfaces are reduced.
Cars must be maintained within the limits of
standard height for couplers, measured from
the top of the rails to the center line of coupler
head. As far as possible, cars should be ad-
justed when empty.
Empty cars measuring 32½ in. or less shall
be adjusted to 34½ in., or as near as practic-
able thereto, but not exceeding 34½ in. Loaded
cars measuring 31½ in. or less shall be ad-
justed to 33½ in., or as near as practicable
thereto, but not exceeding 33½ in. When bill
is to be rendered, the height of car before and
after altering must be shown on billing repair
cards.
RULE 21. Bills may be rendered against car
owners:
(a) For the cost of applying temporary run-
ning boards and hand rails to cars originally
equipped with roofs or running boards, to make
such cars safe for trainmen, when owners are
responsible for the defective condition of the
roof; also for the cost of applying temporary
hand railings to, or boarding over the open-
ing on, empty well-hole cars.
(b) For applying temporary transverse tie
rods to cars with sides spread or bulged be-
yond the clearance limits of the handling line.
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44
RULES.
RULE 22. Draft timbers must not be spliced.
Longitudinal sills may be spliced at both ends,
except that not more than two adjacent sills
may be spliced at same end of car. The
splicing of any sill between cross-tie timbers
will not be allowed.
The splice may be located either side of
body bolster, but the nearest point of any
splice must not be within 12 in. of the same,
excepting center sills, which must be spliced
between body bolster and cross-tie timber, but
not within 24 in. of body bolster.
In splicing longitudinal sills other than cen-
ter sills, if same are less than 12 in. in depth,

9
FIG. 8.
the plan shown in either Fig. 8 or 9C shall
be followed. If the sills are 12 in. or more
in depth, the plan shown in either Fig. 9 or 9C

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FIG. 9.
shall be followed. In splicing center sills the
plan shown in Fig. 9B shall be followed.
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RULE 22. Q.- In the case of coal cars
having two short subsills extending from
the end sill to hopper cross-tie block in con-
nection with two center and two side sills,
would it be proper to splice two center sills
and one side sill and maintain that they are
adjacent, or do these two short subsills
break the combination?
A.-A longitudinal sill is one extending
continuously from end sill to end sill. The
short sills can not be considered longitu-
dinal sills in connection with a combination
of defects.
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RULES.
NOT LESS THAN 24′
FROM BODY BOLSTER.
Bor
·122
OAK
24"
FIG. 9A.
RULE 22—Continued.
The size of horizontal or cross bolts should
be 5% in.
Sills of foreign cars shall be spliced as above
provided.
Cars delivered in interchange with center
sills spliced in accordance with Fig. 9A will be
accepted.
INCH.

THE SIZE OF HORIZONTAL OR CROss Bolts To be ₤

RULES.
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*3*12
#
16/12
16 1½" IN
16/11
"+10 + 10" + 1/
11"-12" →3
2 IF OAK
2½½" OF PINE OR FIR.
+
+ 2 142 1421 91
FIG. 9B.
ALL BOLTS & DIAM.
RULE 22
-
Continued.

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RULES.
RULE 22 Continued.

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RULES.
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FIG A
RULE 22
Continued.
Steel sills may be spliced in accordance with
Figs. A, B, C and D. Adjacent sills may be
spliced.
The splice for center sills, except as other-
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SECTION A-A


50
RULES.
9x16
162
f RIVETS.
16
73″LENGTH OF SPLICE BACK OF END BILL.
OH
RULE 22
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Continued.

FIG. B.
SECTION B-G

RULES.
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114
FILLING PIECES BUTT HERE TO BOLSTER SIDE PANEL
BOLSTER,
OLD SILLS CUT OFF HERE.
FIG. C.
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RULE 22-
Continued.

SECTION C-C.

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RULES.
∙14-
RULE 22 Continued.
wise herein stated, to be located not less than
7 in. from either side of the body bolster,
consing of butt joints. The butt joints to
be reinforced by plates on both sides to be not
FIG. D.
SIDE SILL
SECTION BD

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54
RULES.
RULE 22
Continued.
less than twice the length of the protruding
end, but not exceeding 24 in., and not less
than thickness of web plate, with the one on
the flange side of channel to include flanges,
while the outside plate should only cover the
web. The rivets to be spaced as shown on
Figs. A and B.
Fig. A shows the method of splicing center
sills in front of body bolster.
Fig. B shows the method of splicing center
sills back of body bolster.
Fig. C shows method of splicing in cases
where cars are damaged to such an extent that
the center sills have to be cut off less than
8 in. from the front side of the body bolster.
This method is not recommended for sills with
protruding ends less than 3 in. The outside
plate in this splice may be made of pressed
steel or a steel casting. The rivets should be
spaced as shown on sketch.
Fig. D shows the method of splicing side
sills. This splice may be located on either
side of the body bolster. The rivets should be
spaced as shown on sketch.
RULE 23. In making repairs for which own-
ers are responsible, wheels other than 33-in.
may be replaced with 33-in. wheels, if prac-
ticable. If changes are necessary in order to
bring the car to the proper height, the cost of
so doing shall also be chargeable to the car
owner.
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RULES.
RULE 24. Wheels on the same axle must
be of the same circumference.
In no case should two wheels be mounted on
the same axle when the thickness of the two
flanges together will exceed the thickness of
one normal and one maximum flange, or
2 17-32 in.
RULE 25. New wheels must not be mated
with secondhand wheels.
RULE 26. Vacant. October 1, 1917.
RULE 27. Vacant.
October 1, 1916.
RULE 28. Vacant.
October 1, 1914.
RULE 29. Vacant.
October 1, 1917.
RULE 30. (a) All freight cars shall be light-
weighed as follows, and shall be marked in
accordance with M. C. B. rules with the fol-
lowing marks :*
(1) The light weight, which shall be the
multiple of 100 lb. nearest the scale weight,
except that when the scale weight indicates
an even 50 lb., the lower multiple shall be used.
(2) Capacity in pounds. Cubical capacity,
except for flat and tank cars.
(3) Station symbol.
(4) Date of weighing, month and year.
(b) Each new car must be weighed sepa
rately and marked at the carworks, under the
* Previous to October 1, 1917, tank cars to be
weighed and stenciled by the tank car companies only,
or by authorized representatives of the tank car com-
panies.
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RULE 30. Q.-In view of the M. C. B.
standard lettering, is it permissible to omit
the end light-weight stenciling from house
and gondola cars?
A. Yes, but the old light weight on end
of car should be obliterated.
Q. Is there not a conflict between para-
graphs (d) and (i) in regard to billing for
reweighing and stenciling cars when cars
are repaired?
A.- When a car is materially changed by
repairs it should be reweighed and re-
marked, but bill should not be made against
he owning road unless the variation be-
tween the old and new weight is 300 lb. or
more, or the car has not been reweighed
and marked within the prescribed period.
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RULES.
RULE 30-Continued.
supervision of the owner's inspection. The ac-
curacy of the scales used must be certified to
by a railroad-scale inspector appointed by the
car owner.
These provisions to be incorporated in the
contract covering the purchase of the equip-
ment.
(c) Wooden and steel underframe cars
(except refrigerator cars) should be re-
weighed and remarked each year during the
first two years the cars are in service and
thereafter once every two years. All-steel cars
and all refrigerator cars should be reweighed
and remarked at least once every three years.
This weighing should be done at any favor-
able time during the year in which the car is
due to be weighed, regardless of the month in
which the previous weight was obtained. This
paragraph does not apply to tank cars.
(d) When a car is materially changed by
repairs, alterations or repainting, it should be
reweighed and remarked. (See paragraph (f)
(8).)
(e) Any car without marking should be
immediately reweighed and marked. Any car
(except tank cars) which has not been re-
weighed and remarked within the prescribed
period should be immediately reweighed and
remarked. If the car (except tank cars) is
reweighed at any time and is found to have a
variation of 300 lb. or more (for refrigerator
cars 500 lb. or more) between the marked and
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60
RULES.
RULE 30-Continued.
actual weight, it should be immediately re-
marked.
(f) (1) When empty cars are received in
yards for inspection for defects or while
empty cars are on shop tracks for repairs,
there should be selected the cars whose condi-
tion and whose date of last weighing, etc.,
indicates that they should be reweighed and
remarked. The number of cars selected will
be regulated in accordance with facilities and
traffic conditions.
(2) The initials and numbers of cars se-
lected, also old light-weight marks, shall be
reported to the weighmaster on the prescribed
blank.
(3) Cars should then be cleaned and swept
out under the supervision of the yardmaster or
some one especially designated.
Cars should be dry and free from snow, ice,
false floors, removable stakes, posts, or any-
thing else affecting the weight.
(4) Missing parts, such as side or end
doors, or parts peculiar to certain types of cars,
should be replaced and included in the marked
weight.
(5) Temporary double decks in stock cars
should be removed before cars are weighed.
(6) The old light-weight stencil marks
should be entirely painted out with quick-dry-
ing paint.

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RULES.
RULE 30—Continued.
(7) Before cars are weighed, the accuracy
of the scale must be regularly certified by the
scale department, scale must be properly bal-
anced and free from interference, and the
weighmaster must know that cars are clean.
(8) Cars should not be light-weighed dur-
ing rain, snow, sleet or heavy winds; except
that when cars have been materially changed
by repairs, alterations or repainting they must
be weighed, even if it is necessary to do so
under unfavorable weather conditions.
(9) Cars should be light-weighed at rest,
uncoupled and free at both ends.
(10) The weights of the cars so obtained
should be furnished immediately on the pre-
scribed blank to the car marker, who will mark
the cars as provided in paragraph (a). When
desired, any portion of the marks which will
not be changed may be marked on the car be-
fore reweighing.
Complete reports of such reweighing and
remarking should be forwarded on prescribed
form to the designated transportation and me-
chanical officers and a copy retained by weigh-
master.
(g) When a car is remarked the car owner
should be notified of the old and the new
weights, with place and date. The proper offi-
cer to whom these reports should be made will
be designated in "The Official Railway Equip-
ment Register."
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RULES,
RULE 30—Continued.
(h) Whenever a weighmaster at a point
not equipped for marking freight cars, as pro-
vided in paragraph (e), ascertains, as per para-
graph (f), the light weight of a car which is
not marked in accordance with this rule, he
shall attach to the car the prescribed “Light
Weight Card" with the light weight and send
two copies of the card to the designated officer
of the railroad on which the scale is located,
one copy to be sent to the owner of the car.
The presence of the Light Weight Card on
the car shall be authority for remarking the
car at first available station.
RULE 31. The re-light-weighing of cars, as
provided above, to be charged to car owners,
except when the weight of the car is changed
on account of repairs due to unfair usage;
when such repairs are made on authority of
defect card, charge for re-light-weighing may
be included on same authority.

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66
RULES.
PARTS OF CARS
WHICH JUSTIFY REPAIRS IF
OWNERS
ARE
RESPONSIBLE, OR REPAIRS OR
CARDING IF DELIVERING COMPANY IS RESPON-
SIBLE.
Delivering
Company
responsible.
BODIES.
RULE 32. Damage to the body of the car due
to unfair usage, derailment or accident. Defect
cards shall not be required for any damage so
slight that no repairs are necessary, the receiv-
ing line to be the judge.
Delivering
Company
responsible.
RULE 33. Freight cars not now equipped with
United States Safety Appliances, or United
States Safety Appliances, Standard, may be so
equipped at car owner's expense and special
notice sent immediately to the car owner. Own-
ers will be responsible for the expense of re-
pairs to safety appliances, unless such repairs
are due to wreck, derailment, cornering, side-
swiping or unconcealed fire damage.
RULE 34. Vacant. September 1, 1912.
RULE 35. Vacant. October 1, 1915.
RULE 36. Temporary advertisements tacked,
glued, pasted, varnished or otherwise secured
on cars.
The size and character of cards which may
be used on freight cars may be divided into
five classes, viz.:
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RULE 32. Q.-A car with coupler miss-
ing or broken off so short as to afford no
protection is struck by another car or is
handled before coupler is replaced, causing
damage to the end of the car. Who is re-
sponsible?
A. The handling line is responsible for
the subsequent damage thus caused.
RULE 33. Q.-Are roof grabiron crip-
ples and ladder cripples covered by Rule 33?
A.- No. You can bill the owner.
Q. When a handhold is replaced and it
is necessary to remove and replace load to
make repairs, is it proper to charge 98 cents
in addition to the labor and material charge
for handhold?
A. Yes.
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RULES.
RULE 36-Continued.
I. Routing Cards. To be of cardboard;
maximum size, vertical dimension, five inches;
horizontal dimension, eight inches.
To be permitted on all loaded cars.
The text to be as follows: No picture or
trade-mark to be permitted. Space for rail-
road information to occupy lower three-fifths
of card. Any printing on the upper two-fifths
to be limited to letters not exceeding one-half
inch in any dimension. All printing to be in
black ink. Any deviation from the above will
be considered as an advertisement, and cards
should be removed and charges made in ac-
cordance with Rule 107.
They may be affixed by shippers, not to ex-
ceed one card on each side of a car; must not
be pasted or glued, but placed in rack or on
specified location when such is provided for in
local rules.
(See page 267 for copy of card in reduced
form.)
2. Commodity Cards.-To be of cardboard
maximum size, vertical dimension, five inches;
horizontal dimension, eight inches.
To be permitted only on cars loaded with
perishable or fragile freight.
No picture or trade-mark to be permitted.
All printing to be in black ink, and show only
the name of commodity. Any deviation from
the above will be considered as an advertise-
ment, and cards should be removed and
charges made in accordance with Rule 107.
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70
RULES.
RULE 36—Continued.
They may be affixed by shippers, not to ex-
ceed one card on each side of a car; must not
be pasted or glued, but placed in rack or on
specified location when such is provided for in
local rules.
3. Special Placards.-These shall be such as
are required by the "Interstate Commerce
Commission Regulations for the Transporta-
tion of Explosives and other dangerous arti-
cles by freight and by express," and are to be
of the size as therein described. They shall
be used, be of the text and be attached to the
cars as prescribed by said regulations.
Missing placards or certificates on cars con-
taining explosives and other dangerous articles
must be replaced. Placards and certificates on
empty cars, except inflammable placards on
tank cars, must be removed. Application or
removal of such placards or certificates should
be charged for on authority of defect card in
accordance with Rule 107.
4. Symbol and M. C. B. Cards.-These are
prescribed by individual roads for special pur-
poses. Their size, use, text and method of
application will be prescribed by each indi-
vidual road to suit its requirements.
5. Special Cards Required by the Federal or
State Governments.-Customs Regulation Card,
printed on red cardboard, eight inches by ten
and one-half inches in size, which specifies the
penalty for the unlawful removal of the United
States Customs Seals, and will be used as pre-
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در میامی
72
RULES.
:
RULE 36
Continued.
scribed by the United States Customs Regula-
tions.
Other cards required by the laws of the
United States, and within some of the States.
RULE 37. Vacant. October 1, 1914.
RULE 38.
Vacant.
October 1, 1913.
RULE 39. Vacant.
October 1, 1914.
RULE 40. Vacant.
October 1, 1915.
Delivering
Company
responsible.
RULE 41.- Damaged longitudinal sills on
cars having wooden underframes or compos-
ite wooden and metal underframes, if neces-
sary to renew, splice or straighten more than
three sills at same end of car will denote
unfair usage, except as follows:
(a) In the case of four longitudinal sills
requiring renewal or splicing at same end of
car, if the repairs or renewals to any or all
of such sills are due to decay, elongated bolt
holes or split on account of elongated bolt
holes or broken on account of decay, joint
inspection certificate (using form shown on
page 260) shall accompany the billing repair
card, which together will be authority for bill
against the owner, provided the total labor
charge does not exceed the limits given in
Rule 120.
(b) Where five or more longitudinal sills
require renewal or splicing at same end of car,
and the joint inspection certificate (made on
blank shown on page 260) shows three or less
broken, and the balance of the sills are shown
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73
RULE 41. Q.—A car damaged in switch-
ing or road service which has not been de-
railed, cornered or sideswiped, and where
the repairs do not meet or exceed the com-
binations specified, are the repairs properly
chargeable to the car owner?
A. Yes. See Arbitration Case No. 457,
which properly applies.
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74
RULES.
Owners
responsible.
RULE 41
Continued.
to be owner's defects as outlined in paragraph
(a), the case shall be handled under Rule.
120, irrespective of labor cost of repairs.
(c) Draft members, wood or steel, extend-
ing from end sill to end sill and used to rein-
force center sills, are not considered as longi-
tudinal sills.
NOTE. When a car having received damage
due to wreck, derailment or other unfair usage
is found with other body defects, which are
ordinarily owner's responsibility and are not
associated with the unfair usage defects, such
defects may be repaired at car owner's ex-
pense. In such cases a joint inspection cer-
tificate, or an affidavit from points where no
disinterested inspector is available, covering
car owner's defects repaired must accompany
the bill, except that no joint inspection is re-
quired in cases where unfair usage defects are
covered by defect card.
RULE 42. Vacant. October 1, 1916.
RULE 43. Any damage to all-steel or steel-
underframe cars, unless such damage occurred
in wreck, derailment, cornering or sideswip-
ing, and except unconcealed fire damage.
RULE 44. Vacant.
RULE 45. Vacant.
RULE 46. Vacant.
October 1, 1913.
October 1, 1913.
RULE 47. Vacant.
October 1, 1914.
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76
RULES.
Owners
responsible.
RULE 48. Failure or loss under fair usage
of any part of the body of the car, except miss-
ing drop-bottom doors where the loss of same
is not due to corrosion or decay; inside parts
or concealed parts at owner's risk.
RULE 49. Steel cars not equipped with card-
boards for joint evidence and defect cards.
RULE 50. Vacant. October 1, 1913.
RULE 51. Vacant. October 1, 1913.
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RULE 48. Q.-In case of interior fire
damage, in any class of car, if the evidence
of such interior damage was not discernible
externally, is the damage at owner's risk?
A. If there is no external evidence of
interior damage, such interior damage is an
owner's defect.
Q.-Is an end gate missing from a drop-
end gondola when delivered at an inter-
change point an owner's or delivering line
defect?
A. It is an owner's defect. See Arbitra-
tion Case No. 513.
Q. When flooring planks are cut out and
can be seen from the outside of car, who is
responsible?
A. They are cardable defects where they
can be seen in interchange from underneath
the car.
Q. Who is responsible for paint missing
in spots, due to hot lading, such as pig iron,
billets and blooms having been loaded in
cars?
A. It is not a cardable defect in inter-
change, unless the damage is such as to re-
quire shopping the car at the time.
Q. Who is responsible for a missing
body truss rod?
A.- Unless there is evidence of unfair
usage, it is an owner's responsibility.
78
RULES.
Owners
responsible.
RULE 52. Running boards in bad order or
insecurely fastened.
In making repairs to safety appliance details,
nails or lag screws must not be used where
screws, bolts or rivets are required by law.
Handholds or grabirons must be of wrought
iron or steel.
The use of drive screws is not permissible.
Delivering
Company
responsible.
Delivering
Company
responsible.
BRAKES.
RULE 53. Vacant. October 1, 1914.
RULE 54. Damage to any part of the brake
apparatus caused by unfair usage, derailment
or accident that requires repairs or renewal.
RULE 55. Vacant. October 1 1913.
RULE 56. Cars intended to be equipped with
metal brake beams and so stenciled, if found
with wooden brake beams.
RULE 57. Cars not equipped with M. C. B.
standard 13% in. air brake hose. For label
see page 80.
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79
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RULE 52. Q.- If a foreign road makes
repairs to running board and uses nails, is
bill proper for lumber and nails or lumber
only?
A.- Repairs of this kind must not be
made.
Q. In applying a temporary running
board to a foreign box car that is carded to
home shop direct, should running board be
fastened with screws or nails? If with nails,
are nails chargeable to car owners?
A.- Nails must not be used.
Q. Is it permissible to splice the run-
ning board of tank cars where owner claims
his standard to be a one-piece board?
A. Yes, provided it is spliced in accord-
ance with the requirements of the Tank Car
Specifications.
RULE 54.
Q.-Who is responsible for
a missing push rod?
A. The owner is responsible when miss-
ing in fair usage.
80
RULES.
A.B.C. ROAD
NAME OF MANUFACTURER
6
Label to be made of white or red rubber, vulcanized
to cover at location shown. A variation of ½ in.
Lettering and figures
either way will be permitted.
must not be less than 4 in. high and stand in relief
not less than 1-32 in.
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SERIAL NUMBER
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RULE 57—Continued.


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82
RULES.
Delivering
Company
nonsible.
RULE 57—Continued.
The use of a rectangular label in addition
to the band label is optional with any railroad,
provided space between the two labels is not
less than two inches.
After October 1, 1914, the delivering line
will be responsible for hose not conforming
with the 1913 M. C. B. Standard specifications
and so labeled, except that 1905 M. C. B. speci-
fication hose, the date of which shows it was
manufactured before October 1, 1914, may con-
tinue in service until it is worn out.
RULE 58. Air brake hose, when missing
complete, missing cylinders, reservoirs, triple
valves, interior parts of triple valves, angle
cocks, cut-out cocks, dirt collectors, pressure-
retaining valves, release valves, pipe or pipe.
fittings; also damage to any of these parts
when such damage is due to wreck, derail-
ment, cornering or sideswiping.
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RULE 58. Q.- Who is responsible for
angle cocks broken off or air hose cut by
couplers passing each other when coupling
cars on short curves in a manufacturing
company's yard or any railroad company's
yard, the car not having received any unfair
usage?
A.- Under the rules, they are a handling
company's defect.
Q.-Is a missing dirt collector in inter-
change cardable when car is not stenciled?
A.-A missing dirt collector is cardable
in interchange, as it can not be missing in
fair usage.
Q. Is it necessary to furnish defect card
for steam and signal hose missing when car
is stenciled "Signal pipe and steam pipe "?
A. Car should be stenciled "Steam and
signal hose," in which case request for de-
fect card is justified.
84
RULES.
Delivering
Company
responsible.
RULE 58-Continued.
Owners
responsible.
RULE 59. Repairs or renewals to any part
of the hand brake, including top rods cut by
contact with axle, air brake and pipe work,
unless due to wreck, derailment, cornering,
sideswiping or unconcealed fire dainage, ex-
cept as provided for in Rule 58.
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85
RULE 58—Continued.
Q. Who is responsible for a missing re-
lease rod, missing at the same time the
release valve is missing?
A. If the release valve rod is missing
with release valve, the responsibility of the
delivering line for the missing release valve
will cover the responsibility for the missing
rod.
RULE 59. Q. Can a charge be made
for a worn-out gasket which was found
when some unfair usage defects were being
repaired?
A.-A charge is not proper against the
owner in connection with delivering com-
panies' defects.
Q. Is the renewal of dirt collectors,
check valve cases, angle cocks, and like fit-
tings, when broken, due to filling with water
and freezing, properly chargeable to the car
owner?
A.- Such damage is considered fair usage,
and therefore chargeable against the car
owner.
Q. Who is responsible for broken air
brake pipe when the air hose and angle cock
are gone and no evidence of rough usage?
A. It is permissible to bill the owner for
the renewal of broken air brake pipe when
air hose and angle cock are missing, unless
there is evidence of pipe having been broken
by wreck, derailment, cornering or side-
86
RULES.
RULE 59—Continued.
Owners
responsible.
RULE 60. Cylinders or triple valves not
cleaned, oiled and tested or dirt collectors not
cleaned within twelve months, and the initial
of road, together with date of last cleaning,
oiling and testing, stenciled with white paint,
preferably on the brake cylinder or auxiliary
reservoir, or if same is not readily visible, in
a convenient location at release rod.
Triple valves cleaned must be removed from
car and tested in accordance with the M. C. B.
code of tests for repaired triple valves.
A method of marking brake apparatus which
has been cleaned, oiled and tested, is shown
on page 88. In order to condense the stencil-
ing as much as possible, the words "cleaned
and oiled" and tested" have been omitted,
as their significance is well known. Old mark-
ings must be erased before new stenciling is
applied.
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87
RULE 59
Continued.
swiping, the handling company being re-
sponsible for labor and material incident to
the application of angle cock and hose.
RULE 60. Q.- Is it permissible to offer
in interchange a car with cylinder and triple
valve not cleaned within twelve months?
A. Yes.
Q. In case triple valve becomes defective
after being in service only two or three
months from previous cleaning, is cylinder
and dirt collector also to be cleaned, so that
cylinder, triple and dirt collector will all
show same date cleaned?
A.- No. It is not necessary that dates of
cleaning should correspond.
RULE 60. Q.— Cars not equipped with
centrifugal dirt collectors are being carded
in interchange for this part missing, due to
the fact that the air-brake reservoir is so
stenciled, although the car was never so
equipped. Is this proper?
A. When cars are not equipped with
dirt collectors the stencil showing infor-
mation for the dirt collector should be
omitted.
88
RULES.
IF THE LOCATION OF LETTERING DOES NOT PRESENT A CLEAR VIEW FROM
OUTSIDE OF CAR THE STENCILING SHOULD BE PLACED ON SIDE SILL
NEAR RELEASE VALVE HANDLE
RULE 60 Continued,
INITIALS OF SHOP OR STATION
AT WHICH WORK IS DONE TO BE
ECYLINDER-AV. 5-22-14
A.B.C.ROAD
PTRIPLE-AV 5-22-14,
A.B.C.ROAD
DIRT COLLECTOR-AV. 5-22-14
A.B.C.ROAD
WHEN TRIPLE VALVE OR CYLINDER IS CLEANED AND OILED, OR DIRT
COLLECTOR CLEANED, THE INITIALS OF THE ROAD DOING THE WORK TO BE
STENCILED IN I LETTERS IN LOCATION SHOWN.
STENCILED HERE.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
PQRSTUVWXYZ &.
234567890
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90
RULES.
Delivering
Company
responsible.
RULE 61. Vacant.
RULE 62. In replacing air-brake hose on
foreign cars, new 1913 M. C. B. standard
specification hose must be used.
TRUCKS.
RULE 63. Damage of any kind to the truck
due to unfair usage, derailment or accident,
that requires renewal or repairs.
RULE 64. Vacant. November 1, 1912.
RULE 65. Journal bearings (regardless of
previous condition), journal-box bolts and
dust guards which require renewal, when de-
livering company is responsible for change in
wheels and axles.
RULE 66. Vacant. October 1, 1914.
Owners
responsible.
RULE 67. Defective, missing or worn-out
parts of trucks not elsewhere provided for,
which have failed under fair usage, or if any
part of the truck frame or attachments is less
than 2½ in. above the top of the rail.
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91
RULE 63. Q. Who is responsible for
a bent truck side?
A. It is an owner's defect, unless there
is evidence of unfair usage, derailment or
accident.
RULE 65. Q.- Is it proper to charge the
car owner for applying a new brass on ac-
count of the old brass being worn out, when
new wheel is applied on account of old
wheel being slid flat?
A.- No.
Q. Is it proper to charge owner for the
second application of brass on same trip,
when first application was made on account
of wheels and axles removed due to cut
journal?
A. No charge should be made for the
second application.
RULE 67. Q.-Is the patching of cast-
steel side frames, etc., permissible?
A. The patching of cast-steel side frames
is considered bad practice and should be
prohibited.
Q.- Under M. C. B. rules and arbitration
cases, is it proper to charge for renewal of
92
RULES.
Owners
responsible.
.
RULE 67—Continued.
:
Delivering
Company
responsible.
WHEELS.
RULE 68. Flat sliding, cast-iron, cast-steel,
wrought-steel or steel-tired wheels, if the
spot is 2½ in. or over in length, or if there are
two or more adjoining spots, each 2 in. or over
in length. The same responsibility shall apply
to mate wheel, regardless of length of slid spot.
A separate defect card should be furnished
in the case of wrought-steel or steel-tired
wheels.
RULE 69. Broken flange; chipped flange, if
chip exceeds 1½ in. in length and ½ in. in
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93
RULE 67—Continued.
more than one journal bearing in same box
per trip? What constitutes a trip?
A. The car owner can only be charged
for one journal bearing per journal on any
car for the period included between the time
the car was received on the line of the re-
pairing company and the time it leaves the
line of that company, except as provided for
in Arbitration Case No. 900.
Q. If in the application of a journal
bearing the billing repair card failed to
show the box number as per Rules 9 and 14,
when bill was rendered, but subsequently
showed this information, must the charge
be canceled?
A. If subsequent information does not
make the defect one for which the deliver-
ing company is responsible, the charge
should be accepted.
94
RULES.
Delivering
Company
responsible.
Owners
responsible.
RULE 69.- Continued.
width. Broken rim, if the tread, measured
from the flange at a point 5% in. above tread,
is less than 334 in. in width (see Fig. 5),
provided these defects are caused by derailment
or wreck.
RULE 70. Cars equipped with wrought-steel
or steel-tired wheels and so stenciled, if found
with cast-iron or cast-steel wheels.
Cars equipped with cast-steel wheels and so
stenciled, if found with cast-iron wheels.
Wrought-steel wheels may be substituted for
cast-steel or steel-tired wheels.
RULE 71. Shelled out: wheels with defec-
tive treads on account of cracks or shelled-out
spots 2½ in. or over, or so numerous as to
endanger the safety of the wheel.
Brake burn: wheels having defective treads
on account of cracks or shelling out due to
heating.
RULE 72. Seams ½ in. long or over at a
distance of ½ in. or less from the throat of
the flange, or seams 3 or more in. long, if
such seams are within the limits of 334 in., as
shown in Fig. 5.
RULE 73. Worn through chill: when the
worn spot is 2½ in. or over in length. Care
must be taken to distinguish this defect from
flat spots caused by sliding wheels.
RULE 74. Worn flanges - cast-iron or cast-
steel wheels: wheels under cars of less than
80,000 lb. capacity, with flanges having flat
vertical surfaces extending I in. or more from
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95
RULE 70. Q.-Can you apply a wrought-
steel or cast-steel wheel in place of a cast-
iron wheel and charge the owner for the
betterment?
A.- No.
RULE 71. Q.-In case it is necessary
to remove wheels on account of cracked
plate and brake burned due to frequent ap-
plications of the brake, is it an owner's or
handling line responsibility?
A.-These defects are owner's responsi-
bility, according to Rules 71 and 78.
96
RULES.
Owners
responsible.
RULE 74-Continued.
tread, or flanges 15-16 in. thick or less, gaged
at a point 3% in. above tread. Wheels under
cars of 80,000 lb. capacity or over, with flanges
having flat vertical surfaces extending % in. or
more from tread, or flanges I in. thick or
less, gaged at a point ¾ in. above tread.
Figs. 3 and 4.)
(See
Worn flanges-wrought-steel or steel-tired
wheels flanges having flat vertical surfaces
extending I in. or more from tread, or flanges
15-16 in. thick or less. (See Figs. 3 and 4.)
RULE 75. Thick flange: flange over 1 19-64
in. thick for cast-iron wheels having in-
creased flange and tread standards of 1907 and
1909. (See Fig. 7.)
RULE 76. Tread worn hollow: if the tread
is worn sufficiently hollow to render the flange
or rim liable to breakage.
RULE 77. Burst: if the wheel is cracked
from the wheel fit, outward, by pressure from
the axle.
RULE 78. Cracked or broken flange, chipped
flange if it exceeds 1½ in. in length and ½ in.
in width; broken or chipped rim, if tread
measured from the flange at a point 5% in.
above tread is less than 334 in. in width (see
Fig. 5); cracked tread, cracked plate, one or
more cracked brackets, or broken in pieces, pro-
vided these defects were not caused by derail-
ment or wreck..
RULE 79. Vacant. October 1, 1914.
A
INTERPRETATION.
97
98
RULES.
Owners
responsible.
RULE 80. Wrought-steel or steel-tired wheels
loose; broken or cracked hubs, plates, bolts,
retaining ring or tire, under fair usage.
..
RULE 81. Wheels loose or out of gage.
(See Fig. 8 for wheels cast prior to the M.
C. B. Standard tread and flange adopted in
1907, and Fig. 9 for wheels cast after Jan-
uary 1, 1908.)
RULE 82. Vacant. October 1, 1914.
RULE 83. The determination of flat spots,
worn flanges and chipped treads shall be made.
by a gage, as shown in Fig. 1, and its applica-
tion to defective wheels, as shown in Figs. 2,
3, 4 and 5. The determination of thick flanges
for all wheels cast after January 1, 1908, shall
be made by a gage shown in Fig. 7.
RULES.
99
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15"
32
RULE 83 Continued.
Loko
STAMP SIZES OF
SLOTS ON EACH
INSIDE OF GAUGE.
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in100
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☎ HARDENED STEEL.
WHEEL DEFECT, WORN COUPLER LIMIT AND
WORN JOURNAL COLLAR GAUGE.

FIG. 1.
100
RULES.
RULE 83 Continued.

21
о
METHOD OF GAUGING SHELLED
AND FLAT SPOTS.
FIG. 2.
SER RULES 68 and 71.

15
16
о
METHOD OF GAUGING WORN FLANGES.
FIG. 3.
SEE RULE 74.
For cast-iron or cast-steel wheels under cars of less
than 80,000 lb. capacity, and wrought-steel or steel-
tired wheels with flanges 15-16 in. thick or less; cast-
iron or cast-steel wheels under cars of 80,000 lb.
capacity or over, with flanges 1 in. thick or less.
RULES.
101
RULE 83-Continued.

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METHOD OF GAUGING WORN FLANGES,
FIG. 4.
SEE RULE 74.
For cast-iron or cast-steel wheels under cars of less
than 20,000 b. capacity, and wrought-steel or steel-
tired wheels I in. or more from tread; for cast-iron
or cast-steel wheels under cars of 80,000 lb. capacity
or over, % in, or more from tread.
102
RULES.
RULE 83- Continued.

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METHOD OF GAUGING CHIPPED RIMS.
FIG.5.
SEE RULES 69 AND 78.
RULES.
103
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RULE 83 Continued.

METHOD OF GAUGING
WORN AXLE COLLAR.
FIG. 6.
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104
RULES.
1끝
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34
in100
15
45
23/2
64
321
3"
14
17"
32
1층
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BASE LINE
ETAPER IIN 20
Maximum flange thickness gage for cast-iron wheels and maximum flange
thickness, height and throat radius gage for solid steel
and steel-tired wheels.
FIG. 7.
For all wheels cast after January 1, 1908.
RULE 83-Continued.

RULES.
105
Wheels are out of gauge If less
than 4. feet 5% Inches here
RULE 83-Continued.

or If more than
4 feet 84 Inches here
or less. than 5 feet 4 inches here
FIG. 8.
Measurements to be made at the same height on the
wheels as the center of the axle.
For wheels cast prior to the M. C. B. Standard tread
and flange adopted in 1907.
**
106
RULES.
QAUGING LINE.
ய
BETWEEN GAUGING POINTS-
-BETWEEN FLANGES.
·BASE LINE.
WHEELS ARE OUT
·LESS THAN 4 FEET
GAUGE IF
INCHES
MEASUREO
ON THE
BASE LINE
OR
LESS THAN 5 FEET 4 INCHES HERE.
WHEELS ARE OUT OF
-MORE THAN 4 FEET 6
FIG. 9.
AUGE IF
INCHES HERE.
Measurements to be made at the same height on the
wheels as the center of the axle.
For wheels cast after January 1, 1908.
RULE 83 Continued.


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108
RULES.
Delivering
Company
responsible.
AXLES.
RULE 84. Cut journals, axles bent, or axles
rendered unsafe by unfair usage, derailment or
accident.
Owners
responsible.
RULE 85. Axles broken or having seamy jour-
nals, fillets at back end of journals on axles of
50,000 and 60,000 lb. capacity or less, less than
fin. radius, or less than 3/8 in. radius on axles
of cars of greater capacity; length of journal
increased ½ in. over standard length, or collars
broken off or worn to 4 in. or less, under fair
usage.
RULE 86.
FOR CARS WITH NON-M. C. B. STANDARD AXLES
(FOUR AXLES PER CAK).
(a) Non-M. C. B. Standard axles less than
the following prescribed limits must be re-
moved from service:
Capacity,
Journal,
Wheel Seat,
Axle Center,
Lb.
In.
In.
In.
70 000
4
5%
4%
60 000
33/4
5
43%
50 000
31½
434
4/%
40 000
3
45%
3%
NOTE.-Axles heretofore known as 70,000-lb.
and 50,000-lb. capacity axles are not M. C. B.
Standard axles.
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RULE 84.
Q.- Under Rule 86 of the
1908 Code of Rules, pitted journals were
shown as an owner's
owner's defect. Was the
omission of this item from the rules due
to the fact that it is no longer considered
an owner's defect, or is it still chargeable
against the owner?
A. The present rules do not recognize
pitted journals as an owner's responsibil-
ity.
RULE 85. Q.- Who is responsible for
an axle cut by brake chain or brake rod?
A. It is an owner's responsibility.
RULE 86. Q.- Is it permissible to use
an M. C. B. Standard 60,000 lb. capacity axle
with wheel seat less than 5½ in. in diameter
to replace an M. C. B. Standard 60,000 lb.
capacity axle with wheel seat less than 5½
in. in diameter?
A.- No.
Q. In the event a company should find
it necessary, on account of being unable to
secure a good M. C. B. Standard axle, to
apply an M. C. B. Standard axle with wheel
seat less than 5½ in. in diameter after re-
moving a defective pair of wheels on an
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RULES.
Owners
responsible.
RULE 86 Continued.
FOR CARS WITH M. C. B. STANDARD AXLES (FOUR
AXLES PER CAr).
The total weight of car and its lading must
not exceed weight given in column "A." Col-
umn "B" is the nominal capacity stenciled on
all cars. Axles must be removed from service
when less than the prescribed limits in columns
C,” “ D,” “ E,” or when the condemning limits
in columns "F" and "H" are reached.
All cars to have their light weight and capac-
ity in pounds stenciled on them, as per para-
graph (h), Rule 3.
(b) M. C. B. Standard axles must be used in
replacing M. C. B. Standard axles, subject to
condemning limits for such axles.
M. C. B. Standard axles may be used to re-
place non-M. C. B. Standard axles of like
capacity when over-all length conforms to M.
C. B. Standard length, at expense of car owner,
except that in case of delivering line defects the
charge against owner shall be confined to the
difference in value between the non-M. C. B.
Standard axle removed and the M. C. B.
Standard axle applied.
Non-M.-C. B. Standard axles may be used to
replace non-M. C. B. Standard axles in kind,
until October 1, 1920, subject to condemning
limits of such axles.
M. C. B. Standard 60,000-lb. capacity axle,
with wheel seat less than the condemning limit
for such axle, but above the condemning limit
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RULE 86—Continued.
M. C. B. Standard axle where all of the di-
mensions were above the condemning limit,
should the car owner be allowed a credit
for the difference between the scrap M. C.
B. Standard axle applied and the second-
hand standard axle removed or should no
credit be allowed; it being assumed that
adjustment is to be made in accordance
with the rules governing wrong repairs? In
the event owner must be credited for dif-
ference in value, will not the owner still be
entitled to defect card for wrong repairs?
A.- Charge or credit should be made by
the repairing line for the axle removed or
applied. The repairing line should attach
to the car a defect card for the wrong axle
which will reimburse the car owner when
the wrong repairs have been corrected.
112
RULES.
,
RULE NO. 86.
G. OVERALL
M. C. B. STANDARD AXLES LIMITS OF WEAR AND DIMENSIONS, NEW.
LIMITS OF WEAR.
DIMENSIONS, NEW.
RULE 86 Continued.

A
B
Total
Nominal
Weight.
Capacity.
C
D
E
F
H
C
D
E
F
G
H
Lb.
Lb.
In.
In.
In.
In.
In.
In.
In.
In.
In.
Ft. In.
In.
210,000
140,000
512
738
61%
111/2
1/4
6
758
11
7 634
//8
161,000
100,000
5
634
534
1012
1/4
512
7
5%
10
7 42
3/4
132,000
80,000
436 634
54
91/2
1/4
5
62
53%
9
7 22
3/4
95,000
60,000
334
512
411
812
1/4
44
534
434
8
7 014
5/8
66,000
40,000
34
4%
41%
712
1/4
334
58
414
7
6 1114
5/8

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114
RULES.
RULE 86- Continued.
for non-M. C. B. Standard axle, may be used
until October 1, 1920, to replace a non-M. C. B.
Standard axle when latter is of M. C. B. Stand-
ard length.
(c) When secondhand axles are applied,
the diameter of wheel seats and centers must
not be less than limiting dimensions shown
above, and the diaineter of the journals must
be at least 8 in. greater than the limiting
dimensions shown above. The length of jour-
nals must not exceed 3g in, over standard
length, the collar must not be less than
thick, and the fillet at back end of journals on
axles of 50,000 and 60,000 lb. capacity cars must
not be less than fin. radius nor less than 3% in.
radius on axles of cars of greater capacity.
in.
(d) When axle is removed on account of
owner's defect on wheel, if diameter of journal
is not at least 8 in. greater than limiting diam-
eter shown, or if journal is more than 3% in.
longer than standard length, or collar is less
than in. thick, the axle shall be considered as
scrap, and so credited.
If owner elects, on account of improper re-
pairs, to remove an M. C. B. Standard axle
unsuitable to the car and apply a non-M. C. B.
Standard axle, he shall charge the average
credit price for non-M. C. B. Standard axle
applied and give credit for the value of M. C. B.
Standard axle removed as a secondhand or
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RULES.
Company
making
repairs
responsible.
RULE 86
Continued.
scrap axle, as covered in limits above, and at
prices as provided in Rule 98.
NOTE, see paragraph (c) Rule 2.— Cars of
80,000 lb. capacity and over, equipped with M.
C. B. Standard axles, may be loaded to maxi-
mum shown in Column "A," which is the total
weight of car and lading for the respective
capacities given.
IMPROPER REPAIRS.
RULE 87. Any company making improper
repairs is solely responsible to the owners,
with the exception of the cases provided for
in Rules 56, 57 and 70, and excepting that a
company applying axles smaller than the limits
given under Rule 86 shall not be held respon-
sible for improper repairs if the car is not sten-
ciled showing the capacity and light weight in
pounds.
Improper repairs must be corrected within
nine months after first receipt of car on home
line, to justify bill.
RULE 88. The company making such im-
proper repairs must place upon the car, at the
time and place the work is done, an M. C.
B. defect card, which card must state the
wrong material used.
RULE 89. Vacant. October 1, 1913.
RULE 90. If an intermediate road finds it
necessary to standardize wrong repairs, it may
render bill against the car owner for the ex-

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118
RULES.
RULE 90-Continued.
pense, except as provided in Rules 56, 57 and
70. A copy of the billing repair card of such
intermediate line shall be final as to the fact
that such wrong repairs existed and shall per-
form the same function as a joint evidence
card.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR BILLING.
RULE 91. Bills may be rendered for work
done under Rule 16, except in cases where
owners are not responsible and the car bears
no defect card covering the defects repaired,
stating upon the bill the date and place where
the repairs were made; the billing repair card
or defect card to accompany the bill.
Billing repair cards returned for correction,
or on account of exceptions, must not be de-
faced in any manner on the face of the card.
NOTE. The following rules of the Associa-
tion of American Railway Accounting Officers
must be observed when rendering or correct-
ing bills:
(a) Bills should not be rendered for
amounts less than 25 cents in aggregate, but
charges for items less than 25 cents may be
held until they amount to that sum, provided
said aggregate is rendered within 60 days.
(b) No bills should be returned for cor-
rection on account of incorrect car numbers,
but shall be passed for payment at once and
the alleged errors in car numbers brought to
the attention of the company rendering same,
within 60 days from date of receipt of bill.
INTERPRETATION.
119
RULE 91. Section (a).
Q.-Assuming
we have a charge against a foreign road for
less than 25 cents and that no other charges
accrue to bring the amount of the bill up to
25 cents within 60 days. If the bill is ren-
dered for less than 25 cents within 60 days,
should the road against which the bill is
rendered pay the bill?
A.- If the amount, 25 cents, is not accu-
mulated within 60 days the bill should then
be forwarded to the foreign road.
"C
no
Q. What is meant by the clause
bills shall be returned for correction on ac-
count of other error or questionable charges,
unless the net amount involved exceeds ten
per cent of the total amount of the bill "?
A.-The reference to other errors or
questionable charges in section (c) is in-
tended to apply to any incorrect charges or
errors other than incorrect car numbers.
The incorrect car numbers are provided for
in section (b).
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RULES.
RULE 91-Continued.
The billing company shall furnish correct
car reference, or shall issue within 30 days
countercharge authority as per form shown on
page 261.
(c) No bills shall be returned for correc-
tion on account of other error or questionable
charges unless the net amount involved ex-
ceeds 10 per cent of the total amount of bill,
but shall be passed for payment at once and
the alleged error brought to the attention of
the billing company within 60 days from date
of receipt of bill. The billing road must fur-
nish proper explanation or shall issue within
30 days countercharge authority on form
shown on page 261.
(d) Undercharges shall be similarly ad-
justed on regular authority of the company
against which the bill has been rendered.
(e) When bills are returned for correction,
all defect cards and billing repair cards, except
those in question, must be retained by the
company against which the bill has been ren-
dered.
(f) All bills should be rendered promptly.
Bills rendered after one year from date of re-
pairs may be declined.
RULE 92.
In rendering bills, cars shall be
treated as belonging to companies or individ-
uals whose name or initials they bear, except
in case of Line Cars where the equipment list
of the general officers of the Line designates
a party to make settlement.

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122
RULES.
RULE 93. Separate bills must be rendered.
for cars destroyed.
All charges for repairs made to cars on ac-
count of owner's defects, defect cards and
rebuttal authorities must be consolidated
against any one company into one bill.
Separate statements to be made:
First. For owner's defects for each calen-
dar month.
Second. For all charges based on defect
cards, including rebuttal charges.
NOTE.-Totals only of these statements to
be shown on the recapitulation.
The title and address of officer to whom.
correspondence should be forwarded relative
to exceptions to charges should appear on the
bill.
RULE 94. For repairs made on authority of
M. C. B. defect card, the defect card, together
with a billing repair card, must accompany the
bill, subject to requirement that repairs must
be made within two years from date of first
receipt of car on home line, except wrong re-
pairs which must be corrected within nine
months from date of first receipt of car on
home line, to justify bill. In the case of re-
pairs covered by defect card, if the owner
changes the original standard of parts so in-
volved, the charge must be no greater than
if the original design had been followed.
No bill shall be rendered for repairs which
have not been made, except as follows:
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RULES.
RULE 94-Continued.
trucks, or both, charge may be made for such
material as would have been required for the
repairs covered by the defect card, but such
charge to be confined to the actual material
stated on card. No labor shall be charged in
such case, except in so far as labor is already
included in M. C. B. prices for material.
RULE 95. Bills may be rendered against car
owners for the labor only of replacing the fol-
lowing material when lost on the line of the
company making the repairs, viz.:
Brake beams, including shoes, heads, jaws,
brake beam safety chains, key bolts, cotters,
brake pins and hangers, when lost with the
brake beam.
Brake levers, lever guides, key bolts, pins,
cotters, top and bottom brake rods, whether or
not they are lost with the brake beam.
Couplers, including yokes, springs and fol-
lowers, when lost with the couplers; friction
draft gear complete, whether or not lost with
the coupler.
Labor and material may be charged for key
bolts, cotters and brake pins when lost inde-
pendently of the above items.
RULE 96. In making bills under these rules,
the information necessary should be embodied
on the form shown on page 266, whether the
same is made as a bill or a statement to ac-
company a bill.
The columns in form referred to on page
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125
RULE 95.
Q.— When a carrier iron is missing with
coupler and attachments, are owners respon-
sible for material?
A.
You can charge for the material for
the carrier iron.
Q.- Objections were made to a bill for
one bottom brake rod broken, one key bolt
and cotter key missing, all at same end of
car, on the ground that they were not lost
independently of the brake rod. Claim was
made that, in view of the fact that bottom
rod was broken, the charge for cotter and
key was correct. Which position is correct?
A.-A charge for cotter and key is proper,
provided the car did not receive unfair
usage.
RULE 96. Q.- This rule provides that
the information necessary should be em-
bodied on the forms shown on page 266,"
etc We have been called upon to furnish a
description of all parts shown on the repair-
card stub on the bill form, under the head-
126
RULES.
RULE 96—Continued.
266 may be arranged to accommodate any bill-
ing machine.
RULE 97. Vacant. October 1, 1917.
RULE 98. Bills rendered for wheels and axles
shall be in accordance with the following
schedule of prices for material, with the proper
debits and credits:
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127
RULE 96—Continued.
ing, "Description of parts repaired." Is it
compulsory to make a description of all
items that are applied and shown on repair
stubs?
A. The space referred to is intended for
miscellaneous charges. It is not necessary
to show detail description of the repairs
covered by the billing repair cards.
RULE 98. Q.— In removing steel wheels
for slid flat 3 in., can a road making repairs
on authority of defect card bill the owner in
excess of 3-16 in. of service metal on each
wheel, the road claiming that in turning off
the 3-16 in. of service metal the full flange
and tread contour was not restored?
A. The owner is responsible for the
additional loss in service metal, as provided
for in the last paragraph of this rule.
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RULES.
RULE 98—Continued.

New.
Average Credit Price.
One 36-in. cast-iron wheel..
$10.50
$5.25
One 33-in. cast-iron wheel..
9.00
4.75
One 33-in. cast-steel wheel..
19.50
9.75
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Second-
New.
hand.
Scrap.
One 33-in. wrought or rolled
steel wheel..
$19.50
$4.50
One axle, 140,000 Ib..
25.50
$15.25
4.50
One axle, 100,000 lb...
19.50
11.75
3.70
One axle, 80,000 Ib..
16.50
10.00
3.00
One axle, 60,000 lb..
13.00
7.75
2.00
One axle, 50,000 lb. or under..
10.00
5.00
1.65
And with an additional charge
for all labor for each pair of
wheels and axles removed
from all types of trucks....
Removing, turning and replac-
ing a pair of wrought-steel
or steel-tired wheels, for all
types of trucks.
2.25
3.25
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NOTE. All non-M. C. B. Standard axles
shall be charged and credited at the average
credit price shown for such axles, except as
follows: New non-M. C. B. Standard axles
applied, of odd over-all length or odd journal
dimensions, for which M. C. B. Standard axle
can not be substituted, shall be charged at
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130
.RULES.
RULE 98
Continued.
The following table shall cover new and
average credit prices for non-M. C. B. Stand-
ard axles:
One non-M. C. B. axle, 70,000-lb..
One non-M. C. B. axle, 60,000-lb..
•
Average
Credit
New.
Price.
$14.30
$2.40
13.00
2.00
10.00
1.65
One non-M. C. B. axle, 50,000-lb. or under.
NOTE. For non-M. C. B. Standard axles of
capacities other than those shown in above
table, use the new and scrap prices shown for
M. C. B. Standard axle of same capacity; if
same capacity is not shown, use new and scrap
prices shown for M. C. B. Standard axle of
next lower capacity.
The following average scrap credit prices
must be allowed for wheels removed from dis-
mantled cars, under the provisions of Rule 120:
One cast-iron wheel, 50,000 lb. capacity
.$2.75
or under ...
One cast-iron wheel, 60,000 lb. capacity.. 2.90
One cast-iron wheel, 80,000 lb. capacity.. 4.75
One cast-iron wheel, 100,000 lb. capacity.. 4.75
If new wheels and axles are substituted for
average credit price wheels and secondhand
or average credit axles, proper charges and
credits shall be allowed, although such substi-
tutions be made on account of only one loose
or defective wheel or a defective axle, with
the following exceptions: In case the owner
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RULES.
RULE 98 Continued.
no charge shall be made for any difference in
value between the parts used and those re-
moved that are not damaged.
The price for new wrought-steel wheels
shall be based on the scrap value of $4.50 for
metal inside the condemning limit (which is 14
in. above the limit groove) plus $0.625 for
each 1-16 in. of service metal (on radius of
tread) in connection with standard full flange
contour, also base of limit groove not less
than 29½ in. in diameter. In no case shall
a charge or credit for service metal be made in
excess of 11½ in.
IN CASE OF OWNER'S DEFECTS.
No credit will be allowed owner for loss of
service metal due to turning off wheels.
Should there be a further loss of service metal,
however, due to the application of other wheels,
the proper credit for such additional loss must
be given the owner. Any increase in the
amount of service metal, due to the application
of other wheels, may be charged to the owner.
DELIVERING LINE DEFECTS.
When repairs are not covered by a defect
card, the proper credit for any loss of service
metal must be given the owner, at the rate of
$0.625 for each 1-16 in. of service metal re-
moved, measured on radius of tread, in con-

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134
RULES.
RULE 98-Continued.
nection with full standard tread and contour,
and charge shall be made against the owner
for any increase in the amount of service
metal, due to application of other wheels.
DELIVERING LINE DEFECTS.
When the repairs are covered by the defect
card of another company, charge covering such
repairs shall be made against the owner of the
car, the defect card and the billing repair card
to be attached to the bill. The owner to render
counter-bill on the authority of the defect card
against the company issuing same, including an
additional charge to cover the loss of service.
metal, on account of the defects covered by the
card. Should there be an additional loss of
service metal, on account of the application of
other wheels, the company making the repairs
shall allow the proper credit to the owner to
cover such additional loss of metal. Should
there be an increase in the amount of service
metal, due to the application of other wheels,
such increase may be charged to the owner.
The above provisions shall govern any loss
or increase of service metal on account of the
mate wheel, even if same is not defective, when
both wheels are turned off to correspond.
The necessary information must be given in
all cases, as provided in Rules 9 and 10.
In cases of slid-flat wheels in. for loss of
service metal will be allowed for flat spots 2½
+
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136
RULES.
RULE 98-Continued.
in. long and 1/16 in. for each additional inch
or fraction thereof.
Any additional loss of service metal that is
necessary to remove on account of worn flange
or tread must be borne by car owner.
RULE 99. Vacant. October 1, 1917.
RULE 100.
Bills or statements which do not
embody all the information called for by the
headings of the columns may be declined until
made to conform to the requirements of the
rule.
RULE IOI. Bills for repairs made under
these rules and for material furnished shall
be in conformity with schedule of prices and
credits for the articles enumerated below:

MATERIAL.
8-in.
10-in.
Air-brake Equipment:
1
L
Air-brake hose, 13g-in. M. C. B. stand-
ard, complete with fittings, applied to
car, charge...
$2.00
$2.00
2
Air-brake hose, M. C. B. Standard, aver-
age credit for fittings for same...
.60
.80
•
3
Angle cock, plain handie...
1.50
1.50
4L
Angle cock, self-locking handle.
1.80
1.80
•
5
Angle cock handle, plain...
.08
.08
6
Angle cock handle, self-locking, complete
.40
.40
7
Angle cock handle, self-locking.
.25
.25
8
Auxiliary reservoir, detachable type.
2.75
6.25
•
•
9
Auxiliary reservoir, combined type..
2.75
6.25
10
Brake pipe air strainer, 14-in..
.60
.60
11
Brake pipe air strainer union nut....
.12
.12
12
13
Brake pipe strainer union nut swivel..
Centrifugal dirt collector 1-in..
.12
.12
1.20
4
1.20
14
Centrifugal dirt collector, 14-in..
1.50
1.50
15
Centrifugal dirt collector deflector and
plug..
.30
.30
•
16
Check valve cap.
.25
.25
·
17
Cut-out cock…..
1.30
1.30
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RULE 101. Q. What is the correct
price per pound for the steel friction rods
applied to cars equipped with the Cardwell
draft gear?
A.-M. C. B. price for forgings.
Q. Is a dust guard, made in our own
shops of wood and canvas, to be considered
as a manufactured article?
A. It should not be considered as a
manufactured article under Rule 105, but
may be charged at cost.
Q. Is the revised credit price of 60
cents for M. C. B. standard air-brake hose
fittings intended to apply to fittings com-
plete, regardless of condition of same?
A. Yes. It is the average credit price,
regardless of condition of fittings removed.
Q. What is the proper price for pin
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RULES.
RULE 101
Continued.
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MATERIAL.
8-in.
10-in.
23
24
25
26
28
29
31
32
34
35
*** ******** 287****
18 Cut-out cock handle...
$0.07
$0.07
19
Cylinder body..
2.00
3.50
20
Cylinder front cap gasket (New York
triple)...
.15
21 Cylinder piston and rod….
.15
1.00
1.50
22 Cylinder piston follower
.08
.25
Cylinder piston packing leather.
.60
1.00
Cylinder piston packing leather expander
.05
.06
Cylinder piston release spring.
•
.50
.50
Cylinder non-pressure head.
.60
1.25
27 Cylinder pressure head, plain.
.50
.75
Cylinder pressure head with lever brack-
ets, lugs and bolta.
1.50
1.75
Cylinder gasket.
•
.06
.08
36
37
38
30 Exhaust piston.
Exhaust piston head...
Exhaust piston seat.
33 Gasket, air hose coupling.
Gasket, leather, union, all sizes.
Pipe nipple on end of train line, threaded,
12 in. or less in length..
Piston stop..
·
Pressure-retaining valve, two position..
Pressure-retaining valve, three position.
.20
.20
.40
.40
.10
.10
.04
+
.04
.04
.04
.12
.12
.10
.10
1.00
1.00
3.00
3.00
39
Release valve.
.60
.60
GARH ABER
40
Release valve handle.
.10
.10
41
Release valve rubber seat..
.02
•
.02
42
Release valve vent valve, complete.
.10
· .
.10
43
Release valve rod, with or without cotter
key and staple, applied, net...
.11
.11
44
Retaining valve handle..
.05
.05
45
Retaining valve cock key, two position..
.15
.15
46
Retaining valve cock key, three position.
.20
.20
47
Retaining valve case, two position..
.10
.10
48
Retaining valve case, three position..
.40
·
.40
49
Retaining valve spring.
.03
.03
50
Retarding device body.
.80
.80
51 Retarding device screws (each)
.04
.04
52 Retarding device stem.
.50
• •
.50
53
IN BONO8 8
Retarding device spring.
.05
.05
54
Rubber seat, for triple emergency valve,
check valve or vent valve...
.05
.05
55
Side cap...
.20
.20
56
Train pipe air strainer (14-in)
.60
.60
57
Triple check-valve case..
1.00
1.00
58
Triple cylinder cap (drain cup).
.75
.75
59
Triple cylinder front cap, type K-3, 4, 5,
6,-N. Y.
.75
60
Triple cylinder front cap, type F and H-
N. Y...
.75
.60
.60
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INTERPRETATION.
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RULE IOI
Continued.
chains? Some roads are charging 8 cents,
some 10 cents, and some 12 cents.
A. Where one link is used between the
two clevises, such link should be charged at
6 cents, net. Where chain is used between
the two clevises, such chain should be
charged at 4 cents, net, per lb.
Q. In case truck spring is renewed on
account of being broken, could not the
charge of two hours in connection with ma-
terial for spring and two shims be made?
A.- Sixty cents, net, for the shims; no
labor charge for the spring.
Q. When only one shim is renewed or
applied, what charge should be made against
car owner?
A.- Sixty cents.
Q. Can a journal bearing that has been
re-babbitted be considered a solid brass?
A.- Relined journal bearings may prop-
erly be charged as solid journal bearings
under Rule 101, provided the lining is less
than 3% in. thick.
Q. In case a repairing line applies an
F-36 triple valve to a foreign car in place
of a K-1 valve and furnishes defect card to
cover the wrong valve, what credit should
be allowed for the F-36 valve when repairs
are corrected and bill rendered on author-
ity of defect card for the cost thereof?
A. It is optional with the car owner in
140
RULES.
$
RULE IOI - Continued.

MATERIAL.
8-in.
10-in.
61
Triple cylinder or main cylinder gasket..
$0.40
£0.40
62
Triple emergency valve, all classes.
.60
.60
63
J
Triple emergency valve seat...
.55
.55
64
Triple emergency valve piston...
.50
.50
65
Triple emergency valve piston ring only.
.15
.15
66
Triple emergency check valve, metal.
.25
.25
67 Triple emergency check valve spring.
.02
.02
70
71
73
68
Triple emergency check case gasket.
69 Triple graduating spring..
Triple graduating stem.
•
Triple graduating stem nut.
72 Triple graduating valve, round type.
Triple graduating valve, flat type.
.10
.10
.05
.05
.15
.15
.20
.20
.05
.05
D
.25
.25
• ·
74
Triple graduating valve spring.
.02
.02
75
Triple main piston and ring.
2.00
2.00
76
Triple main piston, K type..
3.00
3.00
77
Triple main piston ring (only).
.25
.25
· · • ·
•
78
Triple slide valve, old type, W. A. B. Co.
.75
.75
79
Triple slide valve, F-1, N. Y.
.75
.75
•
80
Triple slide valve, H-1, N. Y..
.90
.90
81
Triple slide valve, K type
1.50
1.50
82
Triple slide valve spring
.03
.08 -
...
83
Triple union nut…………
.10
.10
84
Triple union swivel..
.10
.10
85
Triple valve body, complete, old style
W. A.B....
5.50
5.50
86
Triple valve body, complete, old style
N.Y....
6.00
6.00
87
Triple valve body, K type.
8.00
8.00
•
88
Triple valve seat, metal.
1.50
1.50
·
89
Triple valve strainer.
.05
.05
...
90
Triple valve gasket.
.20
.20
•
91
Triple vent piston.
.70
.70
NOTE.-Other air brake material to be
charged at catalogue prices.
MATERIAL.
Charge.
Credit.
92
93
94
Altering height of one end of car, by
adjusting center plates or body bolsters,
net (this also applies to renewing full
length shims)....
Altering height of one end of car, shimming
springs, net (this includes renewing of
shims).
Altering height of car with metal shims,
between journal boxes and arch bars;
labor charge to be based on regular
allowance for box bolts. Material to be
charged at actual weight, and proper
credit allowed for material removed.
$1.40
.60
}
INTERPRETATION.
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RULE IOI
—
Continued.
removing the wrong F-36 triple to scrap
the material and allow credit on a scrap
basis.
Q. What is the proper charge for a
grabiron applied on the authority of defect
card calling for entire superstructure of
car destroyed by fire?
A. The price for renewal of handholds
or ladder treads should be limited to a ma-
terial charge only, when parts to which
they are attached are renewed at the same
time.
Q. What scrap credit should be allowed
for couplers removed from dismantled cars
under Rule 120?
A. In settling for the salvage of dis-
mantled cars a scrap credit of one-half cent
per lb. should be allowed for couplers.
Q. Is it permissible to use secondhand
journal bearings in making repairs to for-
eign cars?
A.— There is nothing in the rules to pre-
vent this, but the practice is one that should
be discouraged. In case they are used, no
charge should be made for either labor or
material for the secondhand journal bear-
ings.
·
142
RULES.
RULE IOI
Continued.

MATERIAL.
Charge. Credit.
95
96
97
98
99
100
Brake shoe key applied; no credit for scrap
Cardboard (for defect or destination card),
complete, applied, eacb....
Box lids, pressed steel, including bolt, cot-
ter, washer and spring, all sizes, each,net
Brake shoe applied, no credit for scrap..
Brake shoe, reinforced back, applied; no
credit for scrap..
Bolts, nuts and forgings, finished, per
pound..
$0.035
80.005
.20
.36
.42
.04
.30
101
Castings, rough iron, per pound..
.0225
.005
102
103
104
105
106
Castings, rough, malleable, per pound....
Castings, rough steel (other than those
referred to in Rule 105):
Weighing 100 lb. and less, per pound.....
Weighing over 100 lb. each, including
bolsters, side frames, etc., per pound.
Chain, per pound..
...
106a Coupler, complete, new, M.C.B. "D," 5 in.
.04
.005
.055
.005
.04
.005
.045
.005
by 7 in. shank.
18.00
+
106b Coupler body, new, M.C.B. “D," 5 in. by
7 in. shank..
10.85
2.17
106c Coupler, complete, new, M.C.B. "D," 6 in.
by 8 in. shank...
18.30
106d Coupler body, new, M.C.B. "D," 6 in. by
8 in. shank...
11.15
2.28
105e Coupler knuckle, new, applied,M.C.B."D
106f Coupler knuckle lock, new, applied,M.C.B.
"D".
4.55
.80
1.35
.12
106g Coupler lock lifter, new, applied, M. C.B.
"D".
.25
.02
106b Coupler knuckle thrower, new, applied, M.
C. B. "D"
.47
04
1061 Coupler knuckle pin, new, applied, M.C.B.
"D"
.53
.05
107
109
Coupler, M. C. B., complete, new, steel
5″ x 5″ shank...
108 Coupler, M.C.B., Temporary Standard,
complete, new, steel 5″ x 5″ shank.
Coupler, M.C.B., complete, new, steel
5″ x 7′ shank…….
9.00
10.50
9.50
110
Coupler, M.C.B., Temporary Standard,
complete, new, steel 5" x 7" shank..
11.00
111
Coupler body, M.C.B., one, new, steel
5″ x 5″ shank..
5.90
1.10
112
113
114
Coupler body, M.C.B., Temporary Stand-
ard, one, new, steel 5" x 5" shank..
Coupler body, one, malleable 5″ x 5″ shank
Coupler body, M.C.B., one, new, steel
5" x 7" shank.
7.40
1.25
1.10
6.40
•
1.20
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144
RULES.
RULE IOI
Continued.

MATERIAL.
Charge.
Credit.
116
117
121
122
123
124
126
127
A
129
130
115 Coupler body, M.C.B., Temporary Stand-
ard, one, new, steel 5′ x 7* shank.
Coupler body, one, malleable, 5″ x 7′ shank
Coupler knuckle, one, new, open
...
118 Coupler knuckle, one, new, solid, applied.
119 Coupler knuckle pin, one, new, applied...
120 Coupler lock, one, new, applied..
Coupler release clevis, applied, net...
Coupler release clevis link, applied, net.
Coupler release clevis pin or bolt, applied
separately, net....
125 Door hook, refrigerator car, one, applied,
128
131
net..
Door hook staple or eye, one, applied, net..
Door, for end of box or stock car, wooden,
each, applied; no credit for scrap..
Door, for end of box or stock car, ventilated
(wooden frame with iron rods), each,
applied; no credit for scrap.
Door, for side of box or stock car, wooden,
each, applied; no credit for scrap...
Door, for side of box or stock car, venti-
lated (wooden frame with iron rods),
each, applied; no credit for scrap..
Door, wooden, single, for side of carriage,
automobile or furniture car, when door-
way is over 6 ft. wide, each, applied; no
credit for scrap..
$7.90
$1.35
1.20
.40
2.25
.40
.25
.05
.60
.06
·
.06
.06
.04
Other individual malleable, wrought or
steel parts, per pound.
.04
.08
.05
2.00
3.50
5.25
7.25
6.00
132
Door, for side of stock car, with iron rods,
each, applied; no credit for scrap...
7.00
133
Door, for roof of coke car, wooden, each,
applied; no credit for scrap..
1.50
134
Door, for roof of stock car, wooden, each,
applied; no credit for scrap..
1.50
135
Half door, for side of stock car, each, ap-
plied; no credit for scrap
3.25
136
Half door, or twin door, for side of carriage,
furniture or automobile car, wooden,
each, applied; no credit for scrap.
5.25
137
Half door, for end of furniture, carriage or
automobile car, each, applied; no credit
for scrap.
6.00
138
Handhold, one, applied, net...
.40
139
Hatch cover, for roof of refrigerator car,
wooden, each, applied; no credit for
scrap...
1.75
140
Hatch plug, for refrigerator car, wooden,
each, applied; no credit for scrap...
2.00

INTERPRETATION.
145
146
RULES.
RULE IOI —Continued.

MATERIAL.
CHARGE.
CREDIT.
141
Iren, galvanized, per pound..
$0.06
142
Journal bearings, brass or bronze, lined or
143
147
149
150
144
145
146
148
·
unlined, per pound, applied..
Journal bearings, filled brass or bronze
shell, per pound, applied...
JOURNAL BEARINGS: WEIGHT TO BE
Charged and Credited as Follows:
For journals7 in. long and over, but not 8in.
For journals 8 in. long and over, but not 9in.
For journals 9 in. long and over, but not
10 in....
For journals 10 in. long and over, but not
11 in...
For journals 11 in. long and over.
Journal bearings, cast steel or malleable
iron back, credit for scrap, per pound
Key ring, one, applied, net..
10
.18
$0.12
.14
.12
Lbs.
Lbs.
6
13
8
2 2500
20
12
37
និង
15
23
$0.02
$0.05
151
152
Lag screws, each, no credit for scrap.
Labor, per hour.
.01
•
.28
153
Lumber.-Yellow,
White and Norway
Pine, Poplar, Oak, Hickory and Elm,
dressed and framed, per foot B.-M.
required to make the part.
.04
154
Nails, per pound..
.03
155
Nut-lock, one, applied; net
.03
156
Paint, lead, freight car, mixed per pound.
.15
157
Paint, mineral, freight car, mixed per pound
.07
158
Pipe, 3-8-in., per foot .
.03
.0025
159
Pipe, 1-in., per foot
.05
.005
160
Pipe, 11-in. per foot
.07
.01
161
Ratchet wheel key, one, applied; net ..
.05
162
Spring cotters or split keys, each, renewed
when not used with application of other
parts being renewed, net..
163 Spring cotter or split key, one, renewed,
when used in connection with other
parts being repaired or renewed, net...
Staple, one, applied, net....
164
165
166
168
.03
.01
·
.01
.03
·
•
.005
.04
.005
.04
.005
.03
.005
Steel for springs, rough, per pound..
Steel helical springs, per pound..
167 Steel, pressed and flanged, per pound..
Steel, plate and structural, per pound....
Stenciling sides and ends when done to
preserve identity of car, when not
necessitated by other repairs, net (per
Rule 102)....
169
170 Turnbuckles, all sizes, each, net.
.60
•
4
.50

INTERPRETATION.
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RULE IOI
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148
RULES.
RULE IOI Continued.
BRAKE BEAMS.
The following illustrations (Figures 1 and
2) are to be used for identifying all M. C. B.
No. 1, 2 and 3 brake beams. All beams which
do not conform to these illustrations shall be
charged and credited as non-M. C. B. brake
beams:
IDENTIFICATION TABLE FOR M.C.B. TRUSSED TYPE BRAKE BEAMS

ANY BEAM WITH A SINGLE DIMENSION OR REQUIREMENT LESS THAN THAT SHOWN
SHALL BE CLASSED EITHER NON M.C. B OR ONE CLASS LOWER AS THE CASE MAY BE.
BACK EDGE OF COMPRESSION MEMBER
A
OF TENSION MEMBER
COMUNED DY MC.
BRAKE BERE COMMITTEE.
1217
MINIMUM REQUIREMENT ONLY
COMPRESSION MEMBER
TENSION MEMBER
CLASS M.C.A NO
FORM
OMEN-
SION
FORM
·
2
3
CLASS M. C. B. NO.
2
a
20
2%
2%
%%%
b
216
26
276°
14
%%%
%
от
a
2/16
2/2
•
2%*
2%
1/2" x 2" 1/2"
1/2x2/2
½ x 3 OR EQUIVA-|
OR EQUIVALENT AREA
LENT AREA
$/32
%
24
27%
b
24*
24
a 12 Q
2'
b
1%
b
2"
t
t
16
t
Yo
%%
DISTANCE FROM BACK OF COMPRESSION
TO CENTER OF TENSION MEMBER OR"A.
a
1%
1%
I
M. GB N
}
2
3
b
3°
3
"A"NOT LESS THANÍ
12″
15'
L
%
1½
t'
5/6
Yo
Q 2%
3 2/
3*
b
E
OF
t
a
b 2 ·OR 2 1/2 2° OR {1/2
WHEN "A" IS GREATER THAN 14%"
* ON BEAMS WITH TEE- SECTION TENSION
MEMBER "A" IS MEASURED OVER OUTSIDE
OF COMPRESSION AND TENSION MEMBERS
AS FOLLOWS -
1%
M. C. B. NA
2
3
7/12
1/4
A MOT LESS THAN
12*
12/2
2/2
1/2
+
7/52
7/3
FIG. I.
RULES.
149
RULE IOI
—
Continued.

IDENTIFICATION TABLE FOR M.C.B. NO.1 SOLID
BRAKE BEAMS.
SOLID BEAMS ARE THOSE WITHOUT A STRUT MEMBER
NO SOLID BEAM MAY BE CLASSED AS NO.2 OR higher.
ANY SOLID BEAM WITH A SINGLE DIMENSION OR RE-
QUIREMENT LESS THAN THAT SHOWN 1.6 NON M. C. B.
MINIMUM
REQUIREMENT ONLY
COMPILED BY
ICO. ERANE
BEAM COMMITTE
1917
FORM I
FORM
DIMENSIONS
WT. PER FOOT
WITHOUT AT-
TACHMENTS LBS.
3/4
1/2"
14.75
S"
34"
"
17.00
I
6"
36
Yo
12.25
FORM I
6"
3/16"
7/8"
14.75
6"
36
1/2
17.25
H
II
6/2 4
Y4"
15.25
FIG. 2.
150
RULES.
RULE IOI
Continued.

CHARGES.
CREDITS.
MATERIAL.
New.
S. H. S. H.
(75%) (50%)
Serap.
171
172 Complete with safety chain clips...
M. C. B. No. 1 trussed or solid type, inside or out-
side hung brake beam without safety chain
clips or finger guards (per Figures 1 and 2)...$4.40 $3.30 $2.20
175
Solid section (solid beam).
173 Complete with safety chain clips and finger guards 4.76
174 Compression member (trussed beam).
4.60 3.45
2.30
3.57
2.38
1.20
.90
.60 $0.20
2.20 1.65
176
Tension member.
1.10
.32
1.00 .75
177
Head..
.50
.12
.80
.60
་
178
Strut or fulcrum..
.40
.08
·
.80
179 Finger guard pins only, per pair.
.60
.40
.08
181
180 Safety chain clips or finger guard pin castings,
combined or separate, per pair.
.16
.12
.08
.03
.19
182 Complete with safety chain clips.
M. C. B. No. 2 trussed type, inside or outside
hung brake beam without safety chain clips or
finger guards (per Figure 1).…….
.14
.10
.01
4.80
3.60
2.40
5.00
183
184 Compression member.
Complete with safety chain clips and finger guards 5. 16
3.75 2.50
3.87
2.58
185
Tension member...
1.60
1.20
.80
24
1.20
.90
186
Head..
.60
.16
.80
187
Strut or fulcrum.
.60
.40
.08
188 Finger guard pins only, per pair
.80
189
190
Safety chain clips or finger guard pin castings,
combined or separate, per pair.
.16
.19
191
Complete with safety chain clips.
M. C. B. No. 3 trussed type, inside or outside,
hung brake beam without safety chain clips or
finger guards (per Figure 1).
དྱུལ #
.60
.40
.08
.12
.08
.03
.10
.01
6.60 4.95
3.30
193
Compression member.
192 Complete with safety chain clips and finger guards 6.96
6.80
5.10
3.40
5.22
3.48
·
2.00
1.50
1.00
194
Tension member.
.32
1.80
195❘ Head..
1.35
.90 .24
1.00
.75
.50
196
Strut or fulcrum
.12
197 Finger guard pins only, per pair.
1.00
.75
.50
.12
199
198 Safety chain clips or finger guard pin castings,
combined or separate, per pair.
.16
.12
.08
.08
.19
200
Non M. C. B. trussed or solid inside or outside;
hung metal brake beam without safety chain
clips or finger guards.
.14
.10
.01
3.60
2.70
Complete with safety chain clips.
1.80
3.80
202
203
Solid section (solid beams only)
201 Complete with safety chain clips and finger guards 3.92
Compression member..
2.85 1.90
2.94
1.96
1.20
.90
.60
.20
•
1.60
1.20
204
Tension member.
.80
.32
.40
205
Head..
.30
.20
.12
.80
.60
.40 .08

INTERPRETATION.
151
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152
RULES.
RULE IOI - Continued.

CHARGES.
CREDITS.
MATERIAL.
S. H. S. H.
New.
(75%)|| (50%)
Scrap.
206
Strut or fulcrum.
.80
.60
.40 .08
207
Finger guard pins only, per pair.
.16
.12
.08 .03
208
Safety chain clips or finger guard pin castings,
combined or separate, per pair..
.19
.14
.10
.01
209 Non M. C. B. wooden, wooden trussed or com-
posite beams or parts of same shall be charged
at M. C. B. prices for lumber, forgings, cast-
ings, etc...
RULE 102. Not more than one pound of
mineral paint can be charged for 15 sq. ft. of
surface covered, and not more than one pound
of lead paint for 12 sq. ft. of surface covered.
No charge to be made for lettering except
when done to preserve the identity of the car
and not necessitated by other repairs.
In computing charges for lumber, if finished
length of the piece in odd inches is under 6
in., the half foot will be allowed for rough
length; if 6 in. or over, the even foot will be
allowed. Finished thickness, if under 1 in.,
consider as I in. rough; if I in. or over, but
under 1½ in., consider as 1½ in. rough; 1½
in. or over, but under 2 in., consider as 2 in.
rough; and upward on corresponding scale.
The same scale will apply to width, except for
matched sheathing, roofing, lining and floor-
ing on which 34 in. shall be added to finished
face width, for rough. The total amount of
each item may be charged in even feet B. M.;
INTERPRETATION.
153
RULE 102. Q.- If the present provisions
of the M. C. B. rules on painting apply to
light or medium repairs only, or in other
words "patch work," can a charge for
necessary material at cost and labor at the
M. C. B. rate per hour be made against
owner for repainting an entire car rebuilt
on authority under Rule 120?
A. The labor of applying the part re-
newed or replaced includes the labor of re-
painting. The only charge that can be made
is for the material used in the painting.
Q. In charging for lumber, if a running
board is dressed on one side to 1 in., can
the repairing line charge for 1½ in. thick-
ness in rough?
A. Yes.
A
154
RULES.
RULE 102- - Continued.
if fractional amount is less than 2 ft., it
should be dropped.
In computing charges for bolts, nuts and
forgings, if fractional weight of each entry on
billing repair card is less than one-half pound,
it must be dropped; if one-half pound or
more, charge the entire pound.
RULE 103. Whenever scrap credits are al-
lowable the weights of scrap credited shall be
equal to the weights of the new metal applied,
except as otherwise provided in the rules, and
except in the case of scrap M. C. B. couplers,
and parts of same, and material applied on
defect cards, in which cases the weight and
kind of metal removed shall be credited.
RULE 104. Secondhand M. C. B. couplers or
parts, or secondhand metal brake beams may
be used in repairs, but must be charged at 75
per cent of value new.
Secondhand M. C. B. couplers or parts re-
moved, must be credited at 75 per cent of
value new.
Credits shall be confined to the
body, lock, knuckle and knuckle pin, whether
secondhand or scrap. In the type D coupler
credit shall be allowed for all parts.
Secondhand parts of metal brake beams re-
moved must be credited at 50 per cent of value
new.
In applying new M. C. B. coupler or new
metal brake beam it shall be so charged,
whether or not it be of same make as that re-
moved.
INTERPRETATION.
155
RULE 104. Q.-What charge should be
made for the application of a new Monarch
metal brake beam on account of Monarch
beam removed on account of body broken?
A. In cases of defective metal brake
beams, the proper charges and credits are
as follows:
If a new brake beam complete is substi-
tuted, it shall be so charged, regardless of
make of beam removed, with the usual labor
charge, two hours, for replacing, allowing
credit for secondhand and scrap parts of the
defective beam.
If a secondhand beam complete of same
or different make is substituted, charge shall
be made for the secondhand beam, with two
156
RULES.
RULE 104-
Continued.

INTERPRETATION.
157
RULE 104- Continued.
hours labor charge for replacing, allowing
credit for the secondhand and scrap parts of
the defective beam.
In above cases the credit for secondhand
parts removed, namely, 50 per cent of value
new, as against 75 per cent when subse-
quently applied, is intended to cover the
labor cost of necessary repairs to the de-
fective beam.
Q.- Rule 104, in connection with Arbi-
tration Case 586. Is it proper to charge for
brake beam or brake head applied on ac-
count of old brake head worn at keyway?
A. It is proper to charge for a brake
beam or brake head applied on account of
the old brake head being worn at the key-
way, providing the keyway has not been
worn out due to the head coming in contact
with the wheel. Proper credits should be
given for the good secondhand and scrap
parts in the case of applying the brake beam
complete.
Q. What is the proper charge for a
coupler changed on account of broken
knuckle lock, the car being practically new,
and the broken lock in a temporary stand-
ard M. C. B. coupler?
A.- Charge should be made against the
car owner for the coupler complete, less the
secondhand and scrap value of the coupler
removed, plus the cost of removing and re-
placing.
ક્
158
RULES.
RULE 105.
Manufactured articles not in-
cluded in Rules 98 and 101 must be charged
at current market prices.
NOTE. Manufactured articles are those which are
not subject to competitive prices, and which can only
be obtained from one manufacturer or concern.
Material furnished by owners for repairs to
their cars, whether for individual car or for
stock, should be billed in conformity with sched-
ule of prices shown in these rules. No store
expense should be added by repairing road to
the net cost of material furnished by car owner,
when ordered in accordance with Rule 122.
RULE 106. For repairs made on and after
October 1, 1917, thirty-five per cent shall be
added to the net total amount of the bill, for
material and labor; this provision to apply to
all charges authorized in these rules, with the
following exceptions:
Twenty-five per cent may be added to
charges for repairs made on authority of de-
fect card issued between January 1, 1917, and
October 1, 1917. Thirty-five per cent may be
added to such charges on defect cards issued
on and after October 1, 1917, regardless of
date of repairs.
No percentage to be added to bills rendered
by car owners for material furnished by them
for repairs to their cars on foreign lines.
No percentage to be added to bills covering
INTERPRETATION.
159
لزر
་ ་
RULE 105. Q.- Does the "current mar-
ket price" refer to price at factory or net
store department cost, including factory
price and freight charges?
A. It refers to the net store department
cost.
Q. Is it permissible for a road using a
special grade of material in the manufacture
of rivets and bolts that cost more than the
ordinary material used for this purpose, to
charge owner for the increased cost?
A.- No. M. C. B. prices should be used.
Q.- Does this rule govern the price of
pressed steel parts, such as end sills, center
sills, draft sills, body bolsters, truck bol-
sters and other pressed shapes which can
be manufactured by more than one com-
pany, thus making them subject to com-
petitive prices?
A. They should only be regarded as
manufactured articles, provided they are
protected by a patent and obtainable only
from one manufacturer, and are not obtain-
able in the open market.
Q. Can a bolster that is made by more
than one steel company be considered a
manufactured article?
A.- No. It can not be considered as a
manufactured article.
160
RULES.
گر
RULE 106
Continued.
settlement for destroyed cars or trucks, under
Rule 112.
RULE 107. The following table shows the
labor charge which may be made for perform-
ing the various operations shown. Unless
otherwise specified, the labor allowances include
all work necessary to complete each item of re-
pairs, except such items as are covered in mate-
rial charges shown in Rule 101.
Explanation of abbreviations:
R. & R.— Removing and replacing same arti-
cle.
R. & R. or R.— Removing and replacing old
article or removing old article and replac-
ing new one.
LABOR.
ORDINARY
CARS.
REFRIGERATOR
CARS.
Charge
Charge
Hours. for
Labor.
Hours. for
Labor.
1 Advertisements, temporary, tacked, screwed
or wired on car, removing per car...
2 Advertisements, temporary, pasted, glued or
varnished on cars, removing, per car .
3 Air-brake equalizer or fulcrum, one, renewed.
4 Air-brake block or plate (plus labor charge for
R. and R. cylinder, when necessary to do so),
one, renewed
5 American continuous draft rods, one rod,
$0.50
$0.50
1.00
1.00
3/4
.21
3/4 .21
2
.56
2
.50
welding.
21/2
.70
214
.70
6 Anchor rod (bolster and dead wood), one,
renewed..
84
.21
.21
7 Anchor rod (bolster and dead wood), black-
smith labor repairing, including R. and R
8 Anchor rod, head block tank car or Gould
draft, one, renewed
134
.49
134
.49
1
.28
1
28
INTERPRETATION.
161
RULE 107. Q.- Define the sill stiffener
or furring strip referred to in this rule.
A.-A sill timber generally secured to the
under side of a longitudinal sill between the
body bolster and cross bearer, and some-
times between cross bearers. It is some-
times bolted and sometimes lagged in place.
Q.-On cars having end plate board and
drip molding, is it the intention of the rule
that 3 cents per lin. ft. covers the charge
for applying both, or should there be a
charge of 3 cents per lin. ft. for the end
plate board and an additional 3 cents for the
drip moldings?
A. On cars having end plate board and
drip molding, a charge of 3 cents per lin. ft.
would apply to each.
Q. What would be the proper black-
smith labor charge for repairing both sec-
tions of one body truss rod?
A.- Body truss rod, per section, 14
hours; full length, or rod without turn-
buckle, 14 hours, 35 cents.
Q. It was necessary to shift the load to
clear the brake shaft on account of the load
being shifted so as to obstruct the proper
working of the same. Is a charge against
the owner a proper one?
A. The readjustment of a shifted load is
not a proper charge against the car owner.
162
RULES.
RULE 107-
107 — Continued.

LABOR.
9 Anchor rod, head block tank car or Gould
draft, blacksmith labor repairing, including
R. and R
10 Anchor tank band, one, renewed.
11 Anchor tank band, blacksmith labor repairing,
including R. and R.
12 Anchor tank band "Y" bolt, one, renewed..
13 Anchor tank band "Y" bolt, blacksmith labor
repairing, including R. and R.
14 Anchor straps, any length, threaded one end,
one renewed, allow for bolts securing same;
threaded end of strap to be counted as one
bolt.
15 Anchor straps, any length, blacksmith labor
repairing, not including R. & R.
ORDINARY
CARS.
REFRIGERATOR
CARS.
Charge
Charge
Hours. for
Hours. for
Labor.
Labor.
194 $0.49
14 $0.49
1
.28
2
.50
3/2
.14
114
.35
34
.21
3/4
.21
16 Arch bars, 1 or 2, replaced on same side of
truck.
312
.98
17 Arch bars, blacksmith labor, each, repairing
18 Arch bar tie strap, one, renewed..
19 Arch bar tie strap, blacksmith labor, one, re-
pairing, including R. and R...
212
.70
.28
2
.56
27 Bolster, body, metal, one, renewed when draft
timbers extend through same
20 Belt rail or girth (end), renewed, when two
posts or braces are renewed, per end.
21 Belt rail or girth (end), renewed, when not
associated with renewal of posts or braces,
per end...
22 Belt rail plank (end) when renewed separately,
per end..
23 Belt rail plank (side) when renewed separately
24 Bolster. body, composite, one, replaced.
25 Bolster, body, metal, one, renewed..
26 Bolster, body, wood, one, renewed..
11/2
.42
222 22
123
3/22
.98
21½
.70
.28
2
.56
22228
12
.42
3
.84
4
1.12
13½
.42
11½
.42
2.
.56
2
.56
12
3.36
15
4.20
92 2.66
91%
2.66
912 2.66
12
3.36
15
4.20
17
4.76
28 Bolster, body, plain, metal or wood, one, re-
newed when one or more defective sills are
renewed....
945
.70
21½
.70
29 Bolster, composite, one, renewed when one or
more defective sills are renewed.
3
.84
3
.84
30 Bolster truck, when not otherwise specified,
one, renewed...
2.52
9
2.52
31 Bolster, truck, one, and one spring plank in
same truck, renewed.
13
3.64
13
3.64
INTERPRETATION.
163
.
置
​RULE 107—Continued.
Q.- Rule 107, in connection with Arbitra-
tion Case 793. Is it proper to make charge,
for either labor or material, for applying
wooden truss-rod blocks when metal truss-
rod saddles are standard to the car, regard-
less of whether or not the car is stenciled
indicating that metal saddles are standard?
A.- No bill should be rendered, because
no repairs have been made, consequently
the standardization of the truss-rod saddle
on the part of the owner is not subject to
counterbill.
Q. Is it proper to charge labor for
applying side and end fascia when sheath-
ing has been renewed?
A.- No labor charge should be made.
Q. Is the labor of removing, repairing
and replacing a bent pin lifter or coupler
release lever chargeable to the car owner?
A. It is an owner's defect if occurring
in fair usage.
Q. Does the last item, No. 421, of Rule
107, which provides a charge of 98 cents
when necessary to remove load at one end
of car, apply to any and all cases where a
load or any part of it might be moved, or
is it intended to cover such substantial work
as removing load to apply draft bolts, cen-
ter-plate bolts, etc.?
A.-The charge is an arbitrary one, and
applies in all cases.
164
RULES.
RULE 107- Continued.
LABOR.
་་
ORDINARY
CARS.
REFRIGERATOR
CARS.

Charge
Charge
Hours. for
Hours. for
Labor.
Labor.
37 Body truss rod bearing or saddle block, open,
one, renewed...
36 Body truss rod bearing or queen post, closed,
two on same rod, renewed
32 Bolster, truck, one, renewed, when no bolts
or rivets require removal to remove bolster
from truck (not including Bettendorf de-
sign)...
33 Bolster, truck, Bettendorf, Andrews, Vulcan
or Scullin type, one, renewed, including
R. & R. one truck side when necessary (does
not include rivets or bolts of the spring
plank)..
34 Bolster, truck, one, renewed, when one or more
truck transoms are renewed on same truck
35 Body truss rod bearing or queen post, closed,
one, renewed.
2
312 $0.98
312 $0.98
7
1.96
7
1.96
1
11/2
38 Body truss rod washer, renewed.
.21
39 Body truss rod, full length, renewed..
1/2
.14
21
40 Body truss rod, per section, renewed.
.70
renewed..
51 Brake beam safety chain, separately, one,
50 Brake beam head (wooden beam), two on
same beam, renewed…….
47 Brake beam, wooden truss, repairing
48 Brake beam guide or finger guard, one,
49 Brake beam head (wooden beam), one,
renewed.
46 Brake beam, metal, one, blacksmith labor
repairing.
45 Brake beam, one, replaced, including attach-
ments and connections.
42 Body truss rod, tightening and replacing on
eaddle..
43 Braces, side or end, one, renewed………..
44 Braces, side or end, cach, renewed, when
associated with the renewal of posts..
41 Body truss rod, per section, or full length,
blacksmith labor repairing.
134
.49
11/4
.3.5
$ 8 ° སc &
.56
2
.56
.28
1
.28
.42
112
.42
♡
33
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ANA
.21
.14
1.05
3
.84
114
.35
16
4
412
1.26
14
6122 1.82
泛
​.14
234
.77
434
1.33
2
.56.
2
.56
21
2
.56
2
.56
1/4
.35
1/4
.35
.07
4
.07
225
8/4
.21
3/4
.21
1
.28
1
.28
renewed..
52 Brake beam suspension spring hanger or link,
one, renewed.……
53 Brake beam suspension spring and cap, single
or double, either or both, renewed.
14
.07
14
.07
3/22
14
1/2
.14
•
34
.21
.21
INTERPRETATION.
165
RULE 107 — Continued.
Q. In the event a foreign car is re-
ported to the owner under Rule 120 and the
owner authorizes repairs, it being necessary
upon completion of repairs to re-light-weigh
and stencil the car, the request of the han-
dling line for disposition of the car under
Rule 120 cancels per diem, which would not
resume until the repairs were completed,
or 60 days after authority had been granted
to repair the car, provided the repairs had
not been completed before that time, would
it be proper to apply the rate of $2.50 for
re-light-weighing and stenciling the car, or
should the rate of $1.00 apply?
A. The rate of $2.50 is an arbitrary rate
and applies in all cases.
Q. Is it permissible to make a labor
charge for replacing a brake beam which
has dropped down, due to brake shoe and
key missing?
A. No labor charge should be made
other than is provided for in the material
charge of the new brake shoe and key.
Q. Is it proper to make a labor charge
of 1½ hours, in addition to the charge of 2
hours allowed for the renewal of a truck
spring, to cover partly removing and re-
placing a top arch bar, when necessary in
connection with renewal of a truck spring?
A.- No. The usual 2 hours allowed for
renewal of a truck spring is proper.
166
RULES.
RULE 107 - Continued.

ORDINARY
CARS.
REFRIGERATOR
CARS.
LABOR.
Charge
Charge
Hours. for
Hours. for
Labor.
54 Brake beam hook bolt, one, renewed.
55 Brake chain, one, renewed………..
56 Brake connection rod or lever, one or both,
renewed...
3/2
180.14
.14
61 Brake hanger shackle box or bearing and cap,
one, renewed.
·
62 Brake hanger trimmer block, one, renewed...
63 Brake hanger eye bolt, separately, one,
renewed..
64 Brake lever guide or carrier, one, renewed.
65 Brake lever bracket, one, renewed.
66 Brake pawl, one, renewed.
67 Brake pin or key bolt, any length, renewed,
separately, each
68 Brake rod carrier, one, renewed
69 Brake shaft, one, renewed..
70 Brake shaft, blacksmith labor repairing, in-
cluding R. and R..
71 Brake shaft brace or support, one, renewed.
72 Brake shaft brace or support, blacksmith labor
repairing, including R. and R...
73 Brake shaft carrier or bow, one, renewed
74 Brake shaft carrier or bow, blacksmith labor
repairing, including R. and R…………
75 Brake shaft ratchet wheel, one, renewed...
76 Brake shaft step board plate, only, one,
renewed...
57 Brake connection, repaired and replaced..
58 Brake hanger, repaired and replaced.
59 Brake hanger, separately, one, renewed..
60 Brake hanger bearing, double, secured to
spring plank, one, renewed.
1
1
35
13+
11
•
• •
1/4
1
11/4
.42
1/2
1
.28
1/2
.14
1
.28
3/4 .21
1
.28
77 Brake shoe, renewed on authority of defect card
when brake beam is not renewed or replaced.
泊
​.14
78 Brake step board, one, renewed.
2
•
.56
8888
81
82
79 Brake wheel, one, renewed....
80 Buffer block, one, cast-iron, renewed.
Bolts-
Carrier iron bolts, 6 in. or less, each...
Carrier iron bolts, 6 in. or less, renewed in
connection with R. & R. of carrier iron,
coupler or any operation which includes
same; no labor charge to be made.
K
.14
1
.28
རག འཧྨཝཱ ༣ སསྒྱུ ་སྐྱུ8ཅུ b➢8 སྒྱུར 87 སློབ 8 8
Labor.
2 $0.14
.14
.14
· 14
.28
1
.28
.28
1
.28
.14
1/2
.14
.49
134
. 21
.42
11/2
.14
.14
.21
.07
.07
.07
א
.28
1½
.14
**
.42
.14
1
.28
1/2
1
.28
3/4
1
12
.14
ཙཱུ མསྒྱུ ཙཱཙཱ8 ཅ སྐྱུ ཨྰཿཌ སློབ སྒྱུ སྒྱུ
.49
.42
.14
.14
.21.
2
.56
.14
1
.28
.07
4
.07
INTERPRETATION.
167
RULE 107
Continued.
Q. Can a labor charge be made for
painting made necessary on account of dam-
aged parts?
A.- Material charge only is proper, ex-
cept when parts repainted are not renewed
or otherwise repaired.
Q. Is it proper to make labor charge for
replacing journal wedges when shifted back
into position with a hammer, without the
use of a jack?
A. Unless a jack is used, no labor charge
should be made.
Q. What is the proper labor charge for
replacing a coupler cross key which is
shown on repair card as shifted and requires
only part replacement?
A.- Under Item 122, 1 hour labor is
proper.
Q.— On page 184 of the 1916 Code, provi-
sion is made for reduction of one hour to
provide for overlapping labor. In the case
of two pairs of wheels removed and re-
placed at the same end of car, is it neces-
sary to reduce the labor one hour on one
pair of wheels on account of overlapping?
A. Yes, this applies to wheels removed
and replaced.
Q.- If the end siding back of the dead-
wood is decayed or broken so as to require
renewal, and it is necessary to remove and
168
RULES.
RULE 107 Continued.
LABOR.
ORDINARY
REFRIGERATOR
CARS.
CARS.

Charge
Charge
83
6 in. long, either or both, renewing at
same end of car.
Carrier iron bolts or draft timber bolts, over
Hours. for Hours. for
Labor.
Labor.
5 or less, each.
$0.14
$0.14
6 or more, all...
3
.84
3
84
Center plate bolts, one or more, or all at
.84
one end, renewing.
3
85
Center plate bolts and center plate, at one
end, renewing...
.84
3
.84
3
.84
3
84
86
NOTE.-If center plate bolts pass
through draft timbers, they shall be termed
center plate bolts and charged accordingly.
Coupler stop bolts, lug strap bolts or draft
timber cross-tie bolts at same end of car
when coupler is not removed.
5 or less, each, renewing.
6 or more, all renewing.
.14
14
3
.84
3
.84
87
Coupler follower guide bolts or draft pan
bolts, each, renewing.
¼
.07
1/4
.07
88
Draft timber bolts, or carrier iron bolts,
over 6 in. long, either or both, at same
end of car, renewing.
5 or less, each
16
.14
12
6 or more, all...
3
.84
3
89 Journal box bolt or column bolt, one, renewed.
Each additional bolt renewed, in same truck
90 Bolts, 6 in. or less in length, other than those
provided for, each, renewed...
11/2
.42
11/22
16
.14
12
=ཙྪཱསྶུ*
.14
.84
.42
.14
.07
.07
91 Bolts, over 6 in. in length, other than those
provided for, each, renewed...
1/6
.14
1½
.14
92 Bolt, journal box, horizontal, when box is not
renewed, each, renewed..
93 Bolts, tightening, except when included in
costs of other operations, each..
+
94 Cap, discharge valve for tank car, one, re-
newed....
95 Cap, dome, for tank car, one, renewed.
14
.07
1/4
.07
.01
.01
.14
.21
96 Carline, one, renewed.
4
1.12
97 Carline, one, replaced, when out of place..
98 Carline, metal, one, renewed, exclusive of all
related work.....
1/44
.35
1
99 Carrier iron, one, renewed
8/4
100 Carrier iron, blacksmith labor repairing, in-
cluding R. and R.
132
.42
ཚབཝ
.28
1
.28
.21
3/4
.21
112
.42
INTERPRETATION.
169
.
RULE 107
Continued.
replace the deadwood, does the labor allow-
ance for the siding include the labor of re-
moving and replacing the deadwood?
A. There should be no charge for re-
moving and replacing the deadwood, as the
labor is covered in the charge for siding.
Q.— When an end sill under siding, and
a coupler, coupler yoke, or coupler yoke
rivets are renewed at the same time, what
reduction, if any, should be made in the
hourly allowances for these items in order
to avoid overlapping labor? Would the re-
newal of end sheathing, the labor for which
is included in the allowance for end sill
under siding, in any way affect the total
hours charged for the above work?
A.- Item 124 covers the question.
Q.- Inasmuch as all-steel cars are being
destroyed on authority of owner under Rule
120, what would be proper charge for doing
the work?
A.- Until such time as arbitrary charges
are designated, the actual cost of doing the
work should be charged, the labor being
charged at 28 cents per hour.
Q.- Rule 107 allows a labor charge of
1½ hours for removing a drop door shaft
and bracket. Does this refer to drop door
shafts extending the full length of car?
A. The item referred to applies only to
lateral shafts and not longitudinal shafts.
170
RULES.
RULE 107 Continued.

LABOR.
ORDINARY
REFRIGERATOR
CARS.
CARS.
Charge
102 Carrier iron, Bettendorf type, adjusted, when
turned over, each.
103 Chute plank, top, middle or bottom, side, each,
renewed
•
104 Chute plank, end, each, renewed.
105 Column casting, one or both, renewed, on
same side of truck.
106 Column casting, two, renewed, on opposite
sides, same truck.
107 Column casting, when arch bar is off, one or
two, renewed...
108 Column guide, one, renewed.
•
•
109 Column guide, two, at same end of bolster.
renewed.
110 Center pin (head), renewed
Charge
Hours. for Hours. for
Labor.
Labor.
12 $0.14
1/2 $0.14
•
124 12
1
.
.28
3
.84
8
.84
5½
1.54
51½
1.54
2
.14
1/2
.14
1
.28
1
.28
11/2
.42
11/22
.42
1
.28
.28
2
.56
2
.56
2
.56
2
.56
21/2
.70
2122
.70
1
.28
1
.28
4
1.12
4
1.12
111 Center pin (head), renewed, and placing car on
center.
112 Center pin (key or plain), renewed, including
placing car on center if necessary
113 Center plates, one or two, at same end, re-
newed.
114 Corner band, one, renewed..
115 Coupler and complete gear, key attachments,
renewing or replacing..
22 223 222 2
312
.98
312
.98
(Covers key-connected couplers with com-
plete gear).
116 Coupler, with stem attachments, coupler
springs, one or more follower plates,
American continuous draft key, American
continuous draft rods, one or more coupler
stops, renewing or replacing one or all, at
same end of car, at same time...
117 Coupler, with pocket attachments, coupler
springs, one or more follower plates, one or
more coupler stops, coupler stop bolts,
coupler pocket, coupler pocket rivets, re-
newing or replacing, any or all at same end
of car, at same time.
(This does not include coupler stops riveted.
which should be charged for on per rivet
basis, in addition to the cost of removing
and replacing, when it is necessary to do
the riveting).
118 No labor shall be charged for shifting back
into position any coupler attachments.
5
1.40
5
1.40
INTERPRETATION.
171
RULE 107—Continued.
The actual labor should be charged until
definite price is inserted in the rules.
Q. What is the proper labor charge for
removing, repairing and replacing a coupler
release rod in connection with removal of
deadwood?
A. One hour.
Q. What is correct labor allowance for
renewing nine draft bolts and replacing the
old draft timbers and coupler back in posi-
tion?
A.- Replacing coupler yoke attach-
ments
Renewing bolts
Total
•
·
5 hr.
•
3 hr.
.8 hr.
Q.- This rule provides proper charges
for the application of various types of drop
end gates and drop end gate planks, but
does not cover labor charge for the renewal
of a four-plank end gate complete, nor for
more than two planks in one of these gates.
What is the proper charge?
A.- When one or two drop end gate
planks are renewed, the prices shown for
plank renewals will apply. When three
planks are renewed the prices for a com-
plete end gate of three planks will apply.
Each additional plank in excess of three
planks should be charged as follows:
Plain end gate plank...
Metal bound gate plank.
•
½ hr. each.
2 hr. each.
172
RULES.
RULE 107-- Continued.

LABOR.
119 Coupler pocket rivets, renewed, with long
stroke air hammer, where not necessary to
remove coupler, each..
120 Coupler, with key attachments, renewing or
replacing, where gear is not R. & R. (covers
coupler with yoke key only).
121 Coupler springs, followers or complete gear
on coupler with key attachment, removed
or replaced, when not necessary to remove
or replace coupler.
ORDINARY
CARS.
REFRIGERATOR
CARS.
Charge
Hours. for Hours. for
Charge
Labor.
Labor.
1
$0.28
1
$0.28
2
.56
2
.56
123 Coupler yoke bolts, renewed, one or two, at
same end of car (coupler not R. & R.).
124 Coupler yoke bolts or rivets, renewed, in con-
nection with draft timber, inside end sill or
sill renewals, or in connection with center sill
splices, no labor charge to be made.
125 Coupler yoke, blacksmith labor repairing
126 Coke rack cleat (wooden rack), each, renewed
127 Coke rack gate (2 bars), renewed.
2
.56
2
.56
122 Coupler key attachment cross key, renewing
or replacing, when neither coupler nor gear
is removed or replaced..
1
28
1
.28
1
.28
1
..28
116
34
.42
.21
1
.28
223
12
.42
128 Coke rack gate (3 bars), renewed..
11/4
.35
•
129 Coke rack gate guide, each, renewed.
3
.21
130 Coke rack gate sla., each, renewed.
.21
131 Coke rack stake clamp, each, renewed.
.14
•
132 Coke rack stake clip, each, renewed
.07
133 Coke rack thimble or catch, each, renewed...
.07
134 Coke rack stake, one, renewed...
135 Cross-tie timber, one, renewed.
98
2
.56
•
6
1.68
7.
1.96
136 Cross-tie timber, one, renewed, when one or
more defective sills are renewed
11/2
.42
01
2
.56
137 Dead block, wooden, renewed, at one end of
car...
312
.98
32
.98
138 Dead block, metal, renewed, at one end of car.
139 Deck bearer, upper (stock car), one, renewed.
140 Deck, upper, flooring, per board, renewed...
141 Door, end, old, rehanging.
143 Door, side, half or full, if entirely off rail, re-
hanging.
144 Door, side, half or full, if not entirely off rail,
replaced..
145 Door bar (stock car), renewed
21/2
.70
212
.70
1
.28
1/2
.14
1
.28
2
.56
2
.56
1/2
.14
16
.14
1
.28
*
INTERPRETATION.
173
RULE 107
Continued.
Q.- Item 204 allows a labor charge of 22
cents per lineal foot for renewing flooring
boards. Does this include any and all work
incident to renewing the flooring, such as
removing the bottom inside lining board
and the triangular grain strips in box cars;
also the bottom side plank on steel under-
frame gondola cars with metal side stakes
which are riveted to the side sills?
A.- The price of 22 cents includes the
grain strips but none of the other items
mentioned.
Q.-Should the full charge of 1½ hr. for
trussing an empty car be made when the
repair card shows less than the entire num-
ber of truss rods tightened, and makes no
mention of same being out of saddle? If
not, what should be the proper charge per
rod?
A.— A charge of ½ hr. per rod may be
made, but the total charge should not ex-
ceed the 12 hrs. allowable for trussing the
car.
Q.- Should any deduction be made from
the 12 hr. labor charge for trussing an
empty car when one or more truss saddles
are applied on account of overlapping labor?
A.— The labor charge for renewing truss
rod saddle includes the tightening of its rod.
A labor charge of ½ hr. may be made for
tightening each additional rod where its
174
RULES.
RULE 107—Continued.
LABOR.
ORDINARY
CARS.
REFRIGERATOR
CARS.
Charge
Charge
Hours. for Hours. for
Labor.
Labor.
146 Door siding, renewed, including fixtures and
trimmings, per lin. ft. (not including R. and
R. door)
147 Door batten or stile (nailed door), renewed, not
including R. & R. door.
148 Door rail or stile (framed door), renewed, not
including R. & R. door.
·
.
149 Door cap or housing (wood), renewed
150 Door cap or housing (metal), renewed
151 Door cap block or casting, separately, one, re-
newed..
152 Door cap for small end door, renewed.
153 Door, end, old, rehanging on automobile car...
154 Door hanger or roller, either or both, renewed,
except when door is rehung..
$0.24
$0.24
1
.28
1
.28
222
.56
.56
.56
222
.56
.56
.56
4
.07
13
.28
.84
1
.28
155 Door hinge, one, renewed, except when door is
rehung.
1
.28
1
.28
156 Door guide bracket, one, renewed...
157 Door guide rail bracket, one, renewed...
1
.28
.07
158 Door hasp or keeper, one or both, renewed...
.14
4
159 Door seal hook or pin and chain, one, renewed.
160 Door stop, iron, one, renewed.
161 Door stop, wood, one, renewed..
.07
1/4
.07
.14
11/2
.42
162 Door rod (lock), one, renewed, not including
door rehung...
11/2
.42
11/2
.42
163 Door rod (lock), blacksmith labor repairing.
164 Door rod bearing, only, one, renewed..
1
.28
12
.14
165 Door rod shoe, only, one, renewed, except
when door is rehung.
1/2
૫
.14
166 Door track, top or bottom, one, renewed, not
including door rehung.
2
.56
167 Door track, top or bottom, blacksmith labor
repairing.
1
.29
168 Door track repaired on car
169 Door handle, one, renewed.
8\1
AA
.21
.97
.07
170 Draft timbers, one, renewed.
7
1.96
9
2.52
171 Draft timbers, two on same end, renewed.
11
3.08
13
3.84
172 Draft timbers, one, extending beyond body
bolster, renewed.
12
3.36
15
4.20
173 Draft timbers, two, extending beyond body
bolster, renewed......
16
4.48
19
5.32
174 Draft timbers, one, renewed, when its center
sill is renewed or spliced, at same end of car
2122
.70
21½
.70
INTERPRETATION.
175
RULE 107
Continued.
saddle is not renewed, the total charge for
tightening not to exceed the total M. C. B.
price for trussing a car.
Q. What is the proper charge where an
air hose is replaced on account of owner's
defect and the angle cock is at the same
time ground in on account of leaking?
A. The 4 cents overlapping labor should
be deducted, making the charge $1.64, in-
stead of $1.68.
Q. Should the full two hours' labor
allowance be charged for applying a side
door cap when the full two hour charge has
been made for rehanging the side door on
the same side of the car?
A.-The full charge should be made for
each operation.
176
RULES.
.
RULE 107 Continued.
LABOR.
ORDINARY
REFRIGERATOR
CARS.
CARS.

Charge
Charge
Hours.
for
Hours. for
Labor.
Labor.
175 Draft timbers, one, renewed, when its opposite
center sill at same end of car is renewed or
spliced.
31 $0.98
32 $0.98
176 Draft timber filler block, renewed, when draft
timbers are not renewed...
177 Draft rod key, repaired..
178 Drop end gate, replacing on authority of de
fect card...
179 Drop end gate (1 plank), plain, renewed...
180 Drop end gate (1 plank),metal bound, renewed
181 Drop end gate (2 or 3 plank), plain, renewed…
182 Drop end gate (2 or 3 plank), metal bound,
renewed...
183 Drop end gate plank, plain, one, renewed
184 Drop end gate plank, plain, two on same end
renewed..
21
2
.56
1
.28
114
.42
2
.56
3
.84
DE STUD
28
23
2
.56
1
.28
13
1.40
11
.42
2
.56
185 Drop end gate plank, metal bound, one, re-
newed.
214
.70
186 Drop end gate plank, metal bound, two, same
end, renewed..
41
1.26
187 Drop end gate cleat or stop, one, renewed.
11
.35
188 Drop end gate hinge, one, renewed.....
1
.28
189 Drop end gate keeper or latch, one, renewed
.14
190 Drop door chain, one, renewed..
.14
191 Drop door hinge, one, renewed
.28
192 Drop door plank, each, renewed…………
.28
193 Drop door reach or connecting rod, one, R.
and R. or renewed..
12
.14
194 Drop door reach or connecting rod, blacksmith
labor repairing.
.21
renewed...
195 Drop door shaft and ratchet, either or both.
196 Drop door shaft, blacksmith labor repairing
197 Drop door shaft pawl, one, renewed.
198 Drop door shaft key, one, renewed..
199 End plank on gondola cars.
Without corner bands, one plank renewed
Without corner bands, each additional
plank, renewed on same end of car....
With corner bands, bolted or riveted,
one plank, renewed
With corner bands, bolted or riveted,
each additional plank,renewed on same
end of car...
11%
.42
11
42
.14
.07
31/42
.98
2
.56
5 1.40
•
8/2
.98
1
INTERPRETATION.
177

!
178
RULES.
RULE 107 Continued.
LABOR.
ORDINARY
CARS.
REFRIGERATOR
CARS.
Charge
200 End of car jacked into place and secured,
when end framing is not renewed.
201 End plate, one, renewed.
202 Fascia or drip molding, inside or outside metal
roofs, bolted or nailed type, renewed, per
lineal foot.
203 Fascia, renailing, one or two ends, or one side.
204 Flooring boards, renewed, per lineal foot.
205 Flooring boards, renewed, in connection with
sill renewals, reduce foot price for renewal of
flooring boards 2 cents per lineal foot for
each sill renewed. No reduction to be made
when sills are spliced.
206 Flooring, short, over center sills, between drop
doors, per lineal foot..
207 Follower guide or rest plate, steel, steel under-
frame or steel center sill cars, tightened, per
end...
208 Follower tie strap, one, renewed...
209 Grain strip, renewed separately, per lineal foot
210 Hand hold, removed and straightened, one…..
211 Hand hold, straightened on car, one or two..
212 Hand rail rod or pipe, per side, separately re-
newed.
213 Hand rail post, including rail removed and
replaced.
214 Hand rail post, renewed, each additional.
215 Hay box, complete, renewed..
216 Hay box door, one, renewed.
•
217 Head block casting (tank car), one, renewed.
218 Hopper supporting strap, wooden hopper car
(not including chute planks, R. & R.), one,;
renewed...
་
219 Hopper supporting strap, wooden hopper car,
blacksmith labor repairing
4
220 Journal boxes, on arch bar truck.
One, renewed..
Each additional, on same truck, renewed...
221 Journal boxes, on solid pedestal truck.
One or two, renewed, on same axle
Three or four, renewed, on sarne truck.
222 Journal box, one, renewed, in connection with
wheel renewals, including lid and dust guard
Charge
Hours. for Hours. for
Labor.
Labor.
2
$0.56
2
$0.56
14
3.92
1512
4.34
.03
.07
.22
22
.07
858
.03
1/4
.07
.30
.07
.07
.14
.14
.02
1
.28
1
.28
4
.07
.07
116
.42
2
.56
1/2
.14
312
.98
•
2
.56
3
.84
w to w
21
153
2
•
2
.56
2
.56
.56
116
.42
4
1.12
7
1.96
12
.14
1/2
.56
11/22 .42
· 1.12
1.96
.14
47

INTERPRETATION.
179

180
RULES.
RULE 107 Continued.
ORDINARY
CARS.
REFRIGERATOR
CARS
LABOR.
Charge
Charge
Hours. for Hours. for
Labor.
Labor.
231 Letter or number board, one, renewed.
232 Lining, renewed, per sq. ft..
223 Journal box lid, one, renewed..
224 Journal, truing up, one or two, on same axle.
225 Journal wedge, renewed or replaced, separately
226 Key for center pin, separately, one, renewed...
227 Ladder, complete (wood), renewed.
228 Ladder stile (wood), one, renewed………...
229Ladder treads (wood), one or two, renewed
230 Lag screw, one, renewed
$0.14
12
$0.14
2
.56
2
.56
.21
.21
.07
.07
21
.70
.70
11
.12
.42
+ ·
.14
.14
.07
.07
.21
.21
234 Lining, under sills or over flooring, per sq. ft..
235 Lining, renewed, in connection with renewal
of one or two posts or braces, per sq. ft....
236 Lining, renewed, in connection with renewal of
three or more posts or braces, per sq. ft....
237 Nuts only, 14 in. or under, four or less,
renewed.
233 Lining, renailing, per end or side section from
door to end of car, either above or below belt
rail...
.03
.04
.07
.02
52
.02
.02
.01
¼
.07
238 Nuts only, 13% in. or over, one or two, re-
newed.
239 Pedestal tie bolt or casting, either one or both,
.07
1/4
renewed.
1/2
14
240 Pedestal tie strap, one, renewed .
14
241 Pipehanger cap or clamp, one, renewed
.07
242 Pipe hanger, complete, renewed...
.14
243 Pipe hanger, blacksmith labor repairing.
.14
244 Pipe hanger, tightening, one or two.
.07
AMMAMM
.07
.14
སྦྱ ཀྑུ ཆུ རྫུ སྒྱུ7b སྒྱུ
.02
.01
.07
.07
.14
.14
.14
.07
245 Platform end sill plank, full length and width
of end sill, renewed, or flooring in lieu thereof.
246 Platform end sill plank, one half section, re-
newed, or flooring in lieu thereof...
2
.56
2
-.56
1
.28
1
247 Post, center, door, automobile cars, one, R.
and R., to repair door (when attached to
door).
.28
112
.42
248 Post, door or side, cach, renewed.
32
.98
6
1.68
252
249 Post, corner or end, each, renewed.
250 Post, corner, door, end or side, each renewed,
where associated with renewal of side sill,
inside end sill, side or end plate.
251 Push rod guide, one, renewed
Push pole pocket (bolted), one, renewed
253 Push pole pocket, blacksmith labor repairing,
including R. and R.
·
412
1.26
7
1.96
214
.70
316
.98
16
.14
•
.14
3/4
.21
.21
11/4
.35
14
.35
INTERPRETATION.
181
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*

182
RULES.
RULE 107 Continued.


LABOR.
ORDINARY
CARS.
REFRIGERATOR
CARB.

Charge
Hours. for Hours. for
Charge
254 Release lever (coupler), one, renewed..
255 Release lever (coupler), blacksmith labor re-
pairing, including R. and R
256 Release lever (coupler), repaired on car.....
257 Release lever bracket (coupler), one, renewed
258 Renailing roofing or siding, per lineal foot..
259 Rod, vertical tie rod, one, renewed
260 Rod, vertical tie rod, blacksmith labor re-
pairing, including R. and R
261 Rod or pipe, side or center hitch (stock car),
one, renewed…….
262 Rod, transverse tie, one, applied, first applica-
tion, including drawing sides of car together.
263 Rod, transverse tie, one, renewed (except first
application)....
264 Rod, longitudinal tie, full length, one, re-
newed..
265 Rod, not otherwise specified, one, renewed.
266 Roof boards, single, plate to ridge pole, includ-
ing removing and replacing running board
necessary to renew roof boards, per lineal
foot...
267 Roof boards, longitudinal, renewed, only, per
sq.ft.
sq. ft. per course.
268 Roofing, inside or outside, metal, including
caps, roof clips and bolts on outside metal
roofing, exclusive of roof and running board,
renewed, per sheet.
Labor.
Labor.
34 $0.21
4 $0.21
11/4
.35
111
.35
.07
.07
1/2
.14
1/6
.14
.015
.015
84
.21
3/4
.21
114
.35
11/4
.35
3/4
.21
2
.56
34
.21
134
.49
.21
3
.21
.10
•
.10.
.03
.03
269 Roofing, inside or outside, metal, extending
full width of car, including caps, roof clips
and bolts on outside metal roofs, exclusive
of roof and running board, renewed, per
sheet...
270 Roof cap, metal, inside or outside metal
roof, renewed, exclusive of roof, roof sheet
and running board, each.
271 Roof boards, double board roof, including re-
moving and replacing running board, per
.14
.14
1
28
1
.28
1
.07
¼
.07
lineal foot.
.15
+
272 Roof purline, one, renewed...
1
.28
273 Roping staple, one, renewed.
16
.11
274 Roping staple, blacksmith labor repairing, in-
cluding R. and R
1
.28
2222
.15
1
.28
16
.14
222
1
.28
275 Running board, latitudinal, secured with bolts
or screws, renewed, per single board..
34
.21
.21
INTERPRETATION.
183
184
RULES.
RULE 107-
Continued.
ORDINARY
CARS.
REFRIGERATOR
CARS.
LABOR.
Charge
Charge
Hours. for
Hours. for
Labor.
Labor.
newed..
77 Running board, longitudinal, complete, re-
76 Running board, latitudinal, one, renewed,
complete..
3
$0.84
3
$0.84
78 Running board, renewed, per lineal foot, per
single board..
10
2.80
10
2.80
79 Running board to secure with screws, per
lineal foot of single board
80 Running board saddle, separate, one, renewed.
81 Running board bracket, one, renewed
82 Running board bracket, blacksmith labor re-
pairing, including R. and R.
83 Running board extension block, renewed
84 Running board saddle, renewed in connection
with partial renewal of running board over
same, each...
85 Running board saddle, renewed, when com-
plete running board over same is renewed,
no labor charge to be made.
86 Safety chain hook or link (end sill), one, re-
newed....
12
.14
32
14
88 Safety valves, tank car, onc or more, testing
valve and stenciling tank..
2
.56
1
.28
.02
.02
01
.01
· 14
16
.14
.14
.14
1
.28
1
.28
In
.14
1/2
.14
.07
.07
89 Safety valve, tank cars, adjusting, per valve……
90 Sheathing, when bolted to wooden or steel
posts and braces, on box or automobile cars
with sheathing only, renewed, including
bolting, per sq. ft……….
91 Side bearing, one, renewed.
92 Side bearing, each additional, at same end of
car, renewed
93 Spring plank, one, renewed.
94 Spring plank, Bettendorf, Andrews, Vulcan or
Scullin type, one, renewed, including R. &
R. both truck springs, but excluding spring
plank rivets or bolts..
.04
132
.42
11-2
.42
1/2
.14
12
8
2.24
S
.14
2.24
00
3
84
95 Side plank on gondola car.
With corner bands, one, spliced.
4
1.12
Without corner bands, spliced, one.
312
.98
Without corner bands, one plank, renewed
7
1.90
Without corner bands, same side of car, each
additional plank, renewed...
6
1.68
With corner bands, bolted or riveted, one
plank, renewed...
10
2.80
With corner bands, bolted or riveted, each
additional plank, on same side of car, re-
newed...
6
1.68
୪.
3
.84
INTERPRETATION.
185
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186
RULES.
RULE 107 — Continued.
LABOR.
ORDINARY
CARS.
REFRIGERATOR
CARS.
Charge
Hours. for Hours. for
Charge
Labor.
Labor.
296 Side plate, one, renewed..
35
$9.80
297 Side plate, one, spliced..
11
3.08
2222235
45 $12.60
20
5.60
298 Side slat or end slat (stock car), nailed, one,
renewed...
299 Side slat (stock car), inside or outside, bolted,
one, renewed...
1/2
.14
1
28
. 18
.22
.26
.15
.15
4
.07
¼
.07
1
.28
.14
3
.14
300 Siding removed and replaced, per lineal foot.
301 Siding removed and replaced, per lineal foot,
where nails are set and holes puttied.
302 Siding, removed and replaced, in connection,
with one or two adjoining belt rail renewals,
per lineal ft.
303 Siding, short, above or below door openings,
not including fixtures, R. and R., renewed,
per lineal foot....
304 Slat, end (stock car), bolted or riveted, one,
renewed..
•
305 Sheave wheel, in brake rod, one, renewed..
306 Sill nailing girth, longitudinal or end, for steel
or steel underframe cars, applied (excluding
all other operations, which should be paid for
in accordance with M. C. B. Rules), per
lineal foot for longitudinal or end girths,
including removal.
307 Sill step, bolted, one, renewed
308 Sill step, blacksmith labor repairing, including
R. and R.
309 Sill steps, hand holds and ladder treads, tight-
ening, four or less.
310 Sill splices, renewal of, charge same as for
original splicing.
311 Sills, short stub, bolted to side of full length
single center sill, and extending from end
sill to point back of body bolster, and to
which draft timbers are bolted.
One, renewed.
• •
Two, renewed, same end.
•
312 1 center sill spliced, per end..
313 2 center sills, spliced, same end.
314 1 center eill, renewed..
315 2 center sills, renewed.
316 1 end sill, under siding, renewed
•
317 1 end sill, outside siding, renewed..
318 1 end sill, under siding, renewed, when one or
more defective sills are renewed or spliced
.21
1/4
.35
82 38
.07
.04
84
14
04
ཙསྶ ༔ ཅི
.35
.07
**20****
18½
5.18
•
6.44
6.16
30 8.40
8.40
40
11.20
12.04
65
14.50
5.04
2.24
22
8 2.24
10
8820 0
18.20
22.40
6.16
2.24
2.80

INTERPRETATION.
187

188
RULES.
RULE 107 Continued.
ORDINARY
CARS.
REFRIGERATOR
CARS.
LABOR.
Charge
Charge
Hours. for
Hours. for
Labor.
Labor.
319 1 end sill, outside siding, renewed when one or
more defective sills are renewed or spliced.
320 1 end sill, outside, with end posts tenoned into
same, renewed.
42 $ 1.26
4128 1.26
12
3.36
321 1 intermediate sill, renewed..
30
8.40
52
14.56
322 1 intermediate sill, short, for hopper cars, re-
newed..
14
3.92
323 2 intermediate sills, short, for hopper cars, at
one end of car, renewed...
16
4.48
324 Intermediate sill, short, for hopper cars, re-
newed, when one or more full length sills are
renewed or spliced at same end, each.
325 2 intermediate sills, renewed.
37
•
326 3 intermediate sills, renewed.
44
327 4 intermediate sills, renewed..
51
328 1 intermediate sill and one center sill, renewed.
329 1 intermediate sill and two center sills, re-
newed....
50
2358
.56
10.36
72
20.16
12.32
91
25.48
14.28 110
30.80
14.00
84
23.52
59
16.52
99
27.72
330 2 intermediate sills and one center sill, re-
newed.
57
331 2 intermediate sills and two center sills, re-
newed..
332 3 intermediate sills and 1 center sill, renewed
333 3 intermediate sills and 2 center sills, renewed.
334 4 intermediate sills and 1 center sill, renewed
335 4 intermediate sills and 2 center sills, renewed.
336 1 intermediate sill, spliced.
3371 side sill and 1 center sill, renewed.
338 1 side sill and 2 center sills, renewed.
339 2 side sills and 1 center sill, renewed
340 2 side sills and 2 center sills, renewed.
3411 side sill, spliced...
342 1 side sill, renewed……..
343 Two side sills, renewed..
·
· •
344 One side sill and one intermediate sill, renewed
345 One side sill and two intermediate sills, re-
newed.
346 One side sill and three intermediate sills, re-
newed....
8 9 AGOGAJ SZOLJ28 %
15.96
103
28.84
66
18.48
118
33.04
64
17.92
122
34.16
73
20.44
137
38.36
19.88
141
39.48
80
22.40
150
42.00
4.20
21
5.88
59
16.52
91
25.48
19.04 106
29.68
21.00 117
32.76
84
23.52
132
36.96
1512
4.34
20
5.60
39
10.92
58
16.24
55
15.40
86
24.08
46
12.88
79
22.12
53
14.84
97
27.16
60
16.80
117
32.76
347 One side sill and four intermediate fills, re-
newed...
67
18.70
135
37.80
348 Two side sills and one intermediate sill, re-
newed..
62
17.36
105
29.40
349 Two side sills and two intermediate sills, re-
newed..
69
19.32
124
34.72
INTERPRETATION.
189

190
RULES.
—
RULE 107 Continued.
LABOR.
ORDINARY
CARS.
REFRIGERATOR
CARS.
Charge
Hours. for Hours. for
Charge
Labor.
Labor.
350 Two side sills and three intermediate sills, re-
newed...
76
$21.28
143 $40.04
351 Two side sills and four intermediate sills, re-
newed...
83
23.24
162 45.36
852 One side sill, one intermediate and one cen-
ter sill, renewed
66
18.48
110
30.80
353 Two side, one intermediate and cne center sill,
renewed..
82
22.96
136
38.08
354 One side, two intermediate and one center sill,
renewed..
73
20.44
129
86.12
355 Two side, two intermediate and one center sill,
renewed..
94
20.32
180
44.80
356 One side, three intermediate and one center
sill, renewed..
22.40 148
41.44
357 Two side, three intermediate and one center
sill, renewed.
358 One side, four intermediate and one center
sill, renewed.
359 Two side, four intermediate and one center
sill, renewed.
8 25
26.88 174 48.72
24.36
167
46.76
103
28.84
193
64.04
360 One side, one intermediate and two center
sills, renewed.
75
21.00
125
35.00
361 Two side, one intermediate and two center
sills, renewed...
91
25.48
151
42.28
362 One side, two intermediate and two center
sills, renewed.
82
22.96
144
40.32
363 One side, three intermediate and two center
sills, renewed
364 One side, four intermediate and two center
sills, renewed...
888
89 24.92 163
45.64
96
26.88 182 50.96
365 Two side, two intermediate and two center
sills, renewed.
98 27.44
170 47.60
366 Two side, three intermediate and two center
sills, renewed.
105
29.40
189 52.92
367 Two side, four intermediate and two center
sills, renewed...
112
31.36
208
58.24
368 Each side or intermediate sill spliced when
longitudinal sills have to be renewed, or
when other sills are spliced at same end.
369 One center sill spliced, when intermediate
or side sills have to be renewed
5
1.40
8
2.24
12
3.36
16
4.48
D
370 One center sill spliced when other center sill has
to be renewed..
8
2.24
10
2.80
371 Two center sills, spliced, when intermediate or
side sills have to be renewed..
20
5.60
27
7.56
INTERPRETATION.
191
192
RULES.
RULE 107 Continued.
LABOR.
ORDINARY
CARS.
REFRIGERATOR
CARS.

Charge
Charge
374 Stakes, end or side, on gondola cars, each,
renewed...
373 Sill stiffener or furring strip, nailed, per sec-
tion, renewed..
372 Sill stiffener or furring strip, bolted,per section
renewed..
Hours. for Hours. for
Labor.
Labor.
1
$0.28
1
$0.28
2
.14
36
.14
2
375 Stake pocket, wooden car, each, renewed.
376 Stake pocket, blacksmith labor repairing, in-
cluding R. and R...
377 Stake pocket "U" bolt, one, renewed.
378 Stake pocket "U" bolt, blacksmith labor re-
pairing, including R. and R
381 Striking plate, one, renewed.
382 Striking plate, blacksmith labor repairing, in-
cluding R. and R ……
383 Sub-flooring between sills, including cleats,
when not associated with sill renewals, re-
frigerator cars, per lin. ft. per course..
384 Sub-flooring, between sills, including cleats,
whether or not in connection with sill re-
newals, ordinary cars, per lin. ft., per course.
385 Tank head blocks, not including castings,one,
renewed.
386 Tank head block casting, one, renewed
387 Tank raised to apply draft bolts, empty car.
per end..
.56
1/2
.14
.21
1/4
.07
36
.14
1
.28
1
.28
14½
.42
112
.42
.04
.01
43
1.12
.84
388 Tank raised to apply draft bolts, loaded car.
per end...
1.12
6
1.68
389 Train pipe replaced and tightened, when
shifted.
1
.28
1
.28
390 Truck, R. and R., when necessary in connec-
tion with repairs made on a rivet basis.....
391 Truck hanger (swing motion truck), renewed.
392 Truck banger, two same end of car (swing
motion truck), renewed.
1
.28
1
.28
3122
.98
332
.98
4
1.12
4
1.12
393 Truck hanger, blacksmith labor repairing, in-
cluding R. and 'R…….
5
1.40
5
1.40
394 Truck hanger, each additional in same truck,
blacksmith labor repairing, including R.
and R...
2
.56
2
.56
395 Truck hanger pin, separately (swing motion
truck, renewed.
2
.56
2
.56
396 Truck hanger pin,blacksmith labor repairing,
including R. and R
397 Truck hanger pin seat, one, renewed.
214 .70
112
33
42
21
21/2
.70
132 .42

INTERPRETATION.
193

194
RULES.
RULE 107 Continued.

LABOR.
ORDINARY
CARS.
REFRIGERATOR
CARS.

Charge
Charge
402 Truck transom, one, wood, renewed.
403 Truck transoms, two, wood, renewed, in
same truck.
404 Truck truss rod, outside, one, renewed.
405 Truck truss rod, center, one, renewed.
398 Truck side, cast steel, one, renewed, not in-
cluding spring plank rivets or bolts..
399 Truck side, cast steel, two on same truck, re-
newed, not including spring plank rivets or
bolts..
400 Truck spring, replacing, one or cluster, when
out of place, both loaded and empty car..
401 Truck springs, one or all, in same truck,
renewed....
Hours. for Hours. for
d NO 22,
Labor.
Labor.
$1.65
$1.65
2.10
2.10
8%
.21
8/4
.21
12
•
ONE ON
.56
2
.56
10
2.80
10
2.80
3.30
12
3.36
.50
.56
9
2.52
2.52
406 Truck truss rod, outside, blacksmith labor,
repairing, including R. and R.
8
.84
3
.84
407 Truck truss rod, center, blacksmith labor re-
pairing, including R. and R ...
10
411 Trussing car, empty
412 Trussing car, loaded.
414 Trussing truck bolster, empty car..
415 Trussing truck bolster, loaded car….
408 Truck truss rod saddle, one, renewed
409 Truss rod, body bolster, one, renewed..
410 Truss rod, body bolster, blacksmith labor re-
pairing, including R. and R
413 Truss rod across end of car, one, renewed.
416 Truss rod turnbuckle, one, renewed.
417 Turnbuckle lock, one, renewed.
•
4
ཐཱསཡཾ
2.80
10
2.80
.56
2
.56
11/2
.42
1½
.42
2122
.70
216
.70
11/2
.42
12
.42
2
.58
2
.56
1.
.28
1
.28
•
1
.28
1
.28
12
.42
112
.42
1
.28
1
.28
1/2
.14
杯
​3/2
.14
418 Weighing and re-stenciling stock cars, net, non-
per diem...
419 Weighing and re-stenciling other cars, net, non-
per diem.
1.25
1.00
1.00
420 Weighing and stenciling all per diem cars,
net..
2.50
2.50

INTERPRETATION.
195

196
RULES.
RULE 107 Continued.
LABOR.
421 When necessary to remove load to make re-
pairs at one end of car.
When any item is applied only and not re-
moved, the full renewal labor price will be
used.
In all cases where more than one item of re-
pairs is made on a car, each of which items
if performed separately, would require the
removal of the same truck or the raising of
the same end of car, each item of repairs,
except the initial one, should have its labor
charge reduced one hour in order to provide
for the overlapping labor brought about by
the removal of the truck, or the jacking up of
the car. This will also apply to wheels
removed and replaced, altering height of car
and renewal of shims.
ORDINARY
CARS
REFRIGERATOR
CARB.


Charge
Charge
Hours. for
Hours. for
Labor.
Labor.
32 $0.98
334 $0.98
REPAIRS OF STEEL OR STEEL PARTS OF COMPOSITE CARS.
All rivets in. diameter or over, 14 cents net per rivet, which covers removal
and replacing of rivets, including removing, fitting, punching or drilling
holes when applying patches or splicing and replacing damaged parts, not
to include straightening.
All rivetsin. diameter and less than in. diameter, 8 cents net per rivet,
which covers removal and replacing of rivets, including removing, fitting,
punching or drilling holes when applying patches or splices and replacing
damaged parts, not to include straightening.
Straightening or repairing parts removed from damaged car, including all
necessary fuel, power or welding process 60 cents per 100 lb.
Straightening or repairing parts in place on damaged car; also any part that
requires straightening, repairing or renewing, not included on rivet basis,
28 cents per hr.
Repairs of steel tanks of tank cars.
Labor, repairing and testing, including rivet work- per hr.
Steaming, per tank, including steam.
Water for testing, per 1,000 gal...
·
$0.50
1.50
.06
In making repairs to cars on a rivet basis, the cost of removing and replacing
fixtures not secured by rivets, but necessarily removed in order to repair
or renew adjacent defective parts, should be in addition to the rivet basis;
rules covering wood-car repairs to govern.
INTERPRETATION.
197

#
198
RULES.
·
RULE 107- Continued.
DISMANTLING CARS -PER RULE 120.

Dismantling wood constructed cars, including trucks and all work neces-
sary, including handling, assorting and weighing scrap.
Box, stock and other house cars, except refrigerators
Flat cars..
•
Gondola or hopper car having sides over 36 in
Gondola or hopper car having sides 36 in. and under.
Refrigerator..
·
• •
Deduct 2.00 from the above prices when trucks are not dismantled.
•
$10.00
6.50
9.00
8.00
12.00
RULE 108. No labor to be charged for the
inspection of cars, testing or adjusting brakes,
adjusting angle cocks, tightening unions or
spreading cotters.
No charge to be made for the material or
labor of lubrication.
RULE 109. When it is necessary to apply an
M. C. B. coupler complete, on account of a
broken or missing knuckle or lock, the usual
labor charge for replacing a coupler can be
made.
When one or more carrier iron bolts over
6 in. long are replaced, and pocket coupler
at same end of car is removed and replaced,
the regular labor charge for applying carrier
iron bolts should be reduced one-fourth hour
for each bolt.
When one draft timber is renewed the regu-
lar labor charge for renewing carrier iron bolts
over 6 in. long, passing through or adjacent
to mate draft timber, should be reduced one-
fourth hour per bolt.
Where carrier iron bolts over 6 in. long
do not pass through draft timber, the regular
carrier iron bolt labor shall be reduced one-
fourth hour per bolt when such bolts are re-

INTERPRETATION.
199

200
RULES.
RULE 109
Continued.
newed at same time one or both draft timbers
or pocket coupler are renewed at that end of
car.
RULE 110. No additional labor to be charged
for:
Applying end sheathing when end plate or
end sill under sheathing is renewed or re-
placed, also side sheathing when side sill or
side plate is removed or replaced.
Applying center pins or friction rollers or
putting car on center when center plates or
center-plate bolts are applied at same end.
Applying center plate or center-plate bolts
when car is raised to standard height by ad-
justing center plates or body bolster, at same
end of car.
Applying dead block or platform plank when
end sill is applied at same end.
Applying coupler when draft timber, one or
both, is applied at the same end.
Applying brake hangers when brake beam is
applied.
I. RULE III. The following table shows the
labor charges allowable for air-brake repair
work. The letters "R. & R." mean removed
and replaced."
2. When slide valve, check valve, graduating
valve, angle-cock key, cut-out cock key, etc., are…
applied new, account of being worn out or
otherwise defective, and are properly charge-
able to car owner, the charge for grinding in or
INTERPRETATION.
201
RULE 111. Q.- Can a labor charge be
made for bending train air pipe to suit the
construction of the car, in addition to the
labor charge shown in Rule 111?
A.-- No labor charge can be made for
bending train line air pipe, it being consid-
ered that the price for pipe is sufficient to
cover this labor.
Q. Is the full labor charge of 22 cents
202
RULES.
RULE III
Continued.
seating the new parts to fit the valves or keys is
proper.
3. Whenever the number of bolts or nuts
securing triple valve, triple cylinder cap or
check case differs from the number specified in
following prices or details, no deductions or
additions shall be made in the labor charges.
4. Air hose, R. & R.....
Cents.
5. Angle cock, R. & R. (including air hose,
R. & R.)
6. Angle-cock handle, renewed (including
4
8
angle cock and air hose, R. & R.)…….. 12
7. Angle cock, R. & R., and grinding in
(including air hose, R. & R.).………………. 28
8. Check-valve case, spring gasket, or all,
R. & R....
ΙΟ
DETAILS.
Disconnecting union
Check valve case (2 cap screws).
Emergency valve seat...
Total
Cents.
3
2
5
|
ΤΟ
9. Check valve, grinding in.......
ΙΟ
10. Coupler dummy, R. & R. (1 lag screw). I
II.
12.
Cut-out cock, R. & R... Make charge of
3 cents for each connection necessary.
Cut-out cock, grinding in, R. & R..... 30
13. Cut-out cock handle, renewed.....
4
"
INTERPRETATION.
203
RULE III
Continued.
for renewing triple piston packing ring al-
lowable when the triple is removed, cleaned,
oiled, tested and stenciled?
A. This item of repairs would rarely
happen except when triple valve was taken
down for some other reason. The price of
22 cents does not include any other opera-
tion.
Q. What is the proper labor charge for
applying one new piston push rod, the old
rod being missing under fair usage?
A.- When any item is applied only and
not removed, the full renewal labor price.
will be used.
Q.- What price is allowable for renew-
ing lag screws in accordance with this rule?
A.- A labor charge of one cent per lag
screw is allowable. Inasmuch as this is an
air brake item, the price given in item 230
of Rule 107 does not apply.
Q.-Is it permissible to make a labor
charge for renewing cylinder-cap gasket
when cylinder is cleaned, oiled and sten-
ciled, in addition to the charge of 38 cents
allowed by the rule?
A.-It is only proper in this case to
charge for material.
Q.- Does the 33 cents allowed for grind-
ing a slide valve include the cost of remov-
ing triple valve from car and removing the
204
RULES.
RULE III - Continued.
-
14. Cylinder, R. & R., detachable...
15. Cylinder, R. & R., combined type.
DETAILS.
Cents.
23
•
30
Cents.
Push rod (I connecting pin).
Clamping piston (1 cap screw)
Cylinder head, R. & R. (4 nuts, ½
• • •
in., 1 cent each).
Disconnecting cylinder from reservoir
(7 nuts, ½ in., 1 cent each).....
Reclamping cylinder piston (1) cap
screw)
Removing cylinder from car (6 nuts,
5 in., 2 cents each)..
Total
3
2
4
7
2
•
•
I 2
30
16. Cylinder and reservoir, R. & R.......
DETAILS.
Cents.
Removing push rod (1 connecting pin)
Removing cylinder head (4 nuts, ½
in., I cent each)..
·
Removing cylinder from car (6 nuts,
5% in., 2 cents each)
• •
•
Removing reservoir from car (2 nuts,
5% in., 2 cents each)
Removing release rods.
Removing release valve.
Removing 2 plugs.
•
•
Removing triple (2 nuts, % in., 2
cents each)..
Disconnecting train pipe union...
Disconnecting retaining pipe union...
Total
3
4
I 2
4
4
2
2
4
3
3
4I
►
41
17. Cylinder and reservoir, tightened when
loose (8 nuts, I cent each)………….
8
INTERPRETATION.
205
RULE III - Continued.
three cylinder-cap bolts, or is it intended to
cover the grinding of valve only?
A.- The allowance of 33 cents for slide
valve removed, ground in and replaced, in-
cludes removal of cylinder cap (three bolts),
therefore there is an overlapping charge of
3 cents when triple is removed for any other
reason, in which case the charge for grind-
ing in slide valve should be 30 cents.
Q. Is it proper to make a labor charge
of 5 cents when renewing rubber seat known
as QT 20 in the New York valve, in connec-
tion with the cleaning, oiling, testing and
stenciling of triple valves?
A. Yes.

206
RULES.
RULE III
Continued.
Cents.
18. Cylinder cleaned, oiled, tested and sten-
ciled, including obliterating old stencil
marks
DETAILS.
38
Cents.
Removing push rod (1 connecting pin) 3
Clamping cylinder piston (I cap
screw)
Removing cylinder head (4 nuts, 2
in., 1 cent each)...
Cleaning, testing and stenciling.
•
•
2
4
29
Total
38
19. Cylinder-release springs, R. & R........ II
DETAILS.
Cents.
Removing push rod (1 connecting pin) 3
Clamping cylinder piston (1 cap
screw)
Removing cylinder head (4 nuts, ½
in., 1 cent each)...
cylinder head (I cap
2
4
Reclamping
screw)
Total
20. Cylinder gasket, R. & R..
DETAILS.
Disconnecting triple union..
Disconnecting retaining pipe union...
Disconnecting reservoir block (2 nuts,
% in., 2 cents each)..
Disconnecting reservoir from cylinder
(7 nuts, ½ in., 1 cent each)....
Removing push rod (connecting pin).
Clamping cylinder piston..
Removing release rod..
• •
Total
2
ΙΙ
25
Cents.
•
3
3
4
7
3
I
4
25
.
INTERPRETATION
207
11

208
RULES.
RULE III - Continued.
Cents.
21. Cylinder gasket, renewed, when cylinder
is cleaned same time.....
22. Emergency-valve piston, R. & R.
DETAILS.
Disconnecting union
•
Cents.
Removing check valve case (2 cap
screws)
Removing emergency valve seat......
3
2
5
..
15
IO
Total
ΙΟ
23. Emergency-valve seat, R. & R. (see
E. V. piston)...
IO
•
•
24. Emergency valve rubber seat, R. & R... 10
DETAILS.
Disconnecting union
Removing check valve
Cents.
3
case (2 cap
screws)
2
Removing riveted pin.
• •
4
Removing emergency valve nut..
I
•
Total
ΤΟ
25. Cylinder-piston packing, R. & R.…………... 13
DETAILS.
Cents.
Removing push rod (1 connecting pin) 3
Clamping cylinder piston (1 I cap
screw)
2
Removing cylinder head (4 nuts, 1/2
in., 1 cent each)..
4
Removing leather packing (4 nuts, ½
in., I cent each)..
4
Total
13
26. Cylinder piston packing leather, re-
newed, when cylinder piston is re-
moved to clean or repair cylinder.... 4
INTERPRETATION.
209

210
RULES.
RULE III—Continued.
27. Cylinder piston, R. & R.....
DETAILS.
Cents.
15
Cents.
Removing push rod (1 connecting pin) 3
Clamping cylinder piston (I cap
screw)
Removing cylinder head (4 nuts, ½
in., I cent each)..
Removing leather packing (4 nuts, ½
in., I cent each).
Reclamping cylinder piston (1 cap
screw)
2
4
4
Total
15
28. Dirt collector in branch pipe, cleaned,
drained and stenciled..
29. Gasket, air-hose coupling, renewed………….
30. Graduating valve, reground, round type,
8-in. or 10-in., each...
31. Graduating valve, reground, flat type, 8-
in. or 10-in., each...
32. Lag screws, R. & R. or R...
(Not to apply to pipe hanger lag
screws, which should be charged as
per Rule 107.)
33. Oil plugs, R. & R., each………….
34. Packing-leather expander, renewed (see
cylinder piston)
DETAILS.
•
Push rod, R. & R...
Clamp cylinder piston..
Cylinder head, R. & R...
Total
5
2
15
25
I
2
9
Cents.
3
2
4
9
INTERPRETATION.
211

212
RULES.
RULE III- Continued.
Cents.
35. Pipe, train or branch, R. & R., for each
connection made
• •
(No labor to be charged for bending
pipe in connection with R. & R. of
same.)
36. Push rod, R. & R. or R. (1 connecting
pin) ...
37. Release valve, renewed.
DETAILS.
Disconnecting release rods.
Disconnecting release valve..
Total
3
36
6
Cents.
4
2
6
38. Release valve, removed, repaired and
replaced (R. & R., 4 cents).
39. Release-valve handle, R. & R...
DETAILS.
Disconnecting release rods.
Disconnecting release valve.
Two riveted pins, R. & R...
Total
Cents.
4
2
•
8
co to
14
*
9
14
•
40. Release-valve rod, removed and re-
placed (including repairs, if neces-
sary)
(NOTE. If necessary to renew staple
supporting release rod, add 1 cent.)
2
DETAILS.
One spring cotter.
Removing staple
Total
• •
Cents.
I
3
INTERPRETATION.
213
214
RULES.
RULE III- Continued.
41. Reservoir, R. & R....
DETAILS.
Cents.
29
Cents.
Removing from car (2 nuts, 5% in.,
2 cents each)...
Disconnecting from cylinder (7 nuts,
½ in., I cent each)
Removing release rods.
Removing release valve.
Removing 2 plugs.
a
• •
Removing triple valve (2 nuts, 6 in.,
2 cents each)
Disconnecting unions
Disconnecting union, retaining pipe..
Total
4
7
4 2 2
4
3 3
29
42. Removing cylinder cap (3 nuts, 2-in.,
I cent each)....
43. Removing slide valve (3 nuts, 2-in., I
cent each)
44. Retaining valve, repaired...
DETAILS.
3
3
25
Cents.
Retaining valve handle, R. & R...... 2
Retaining valve case, R. & R...
Retaining valve, ground in..
4
I
5
Retaining valve cock key, ground in.. 15
Retaining valve cock key and springs,
R. & R....
2
Total
25
45. Retaining valve, R. & R. (2 lag screws,
2 cents; valve, 3 cents)...
10
5
INTERPRETATION.
215
216
RULES.
RULE III Continued.
Cents.
46. Retaining valve, R. & R. and cleaned... 9
DETAILS.
Retaining valve cap, R. & R..
Retaining valve, R. & R....
•
Cents.
I
5
Blow out retaining valve pipe and
clean retaining valve..
Total
3
9
47. Slide valve, removed, ground in and
replaced
• •
48. Slide valve, removed, ground in and re-
placed, after triple valve is R. & R.
for cleaning or repairs...
49. Slide-valve spring, R. & R…………
DETAILS.
Cylinder cap (3 cap screws)
Removing riveted pin..
•
33
30
6
Cents.
2
4
Total
6
50. Slide-valve spring, R. & R., removing
riveted pin.....
4.
51. Strainer, renewed (disconnecting union). 3
52. Triple-cylinder bushing, reground or
refitted
.$1.12
53. Triple-cylinder cap, R. & R. (3 nuts, ½-
in., I cent each).
•
54. Triple-cylinder cap gasket, renewed,
when triple valve is not R. & R. and
cleaned (3 nuts, 2-in., I cent each;
gasket, 2 cents)....
3
10
5
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RULE III Continued.
J
Cents.
55. Triple piston packing ring, renewed or
refitted after triple valve is R. & R.
to clean or repair.
56. Triple valve removed, cleaned, oiled,
tested and stenciled..
DETAILS.
•
•
22
45
Cents.
3
•
3
Train pipe union, disconnected..
Retaining pipe union, disconnected...
Removing triple (2 nuts, 5% in., 2
cents each)
• •
Check valve case (2 cap screws)
Emergency valve seats..
Cylinder cap (3 bolts).
Cleaning, testing and stenciling.
Total
D
4
2
• • ·
5
57. Triple valve gasket, renewed..
3 5
25
•
•
45
(NOTE. Not to be allowed when
triple valve is oiled, cleaned or re-
moved for other repairs.)
DETAILS.
Cents.
3
3
Disconnecting branch pipe union.....
Disconnecting retaining pipe union...
Removing triple (2 nuts, % in., 2
cents each)
4
ΙΟ
Total
1
ΙΟ
58. Triple valve rubber seat, any kind, re-
newed after triple valve is removed.
for cleaning, each...
5
59. Union, disconnected and connected..... 3
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RULES.
RULE III Continued.
J
The following basic units must not be used in
rendering bills in the foregoing schedule, but
may only be used in determining cost of other
combinations of air-brake repairs not men-
tioned:
DETAILS.
Cents.
Cap screws or bolts, R. & R., 1 or
more
•
2
Cylinder cleaning, testing and stencil-
ing
•
Emergency valve seat, R. & R.
Graduating stem nut, R. & R..
29
5
2
I
I
•
Lag or wood screws, R. & R., each..
Nuts tightened when loose, each..
Nuts, ½ in. or less, R. & R., 1 or 2
on same bolt...
in. or over, R. & R., 1 or 2
Nuts,
on
same bolt..
•
Pins, connecting, R. & R. (including
split key)
Pins, riveted, R. & R., each.
Plugs, oil, R. & R., each.
I
2
3
• ·
4
I
S
Train or branch pipe, disconnected
·
Threading one end of pipe....
and connected, or only connected,
each connection
•
Triple valve, cleaning, testing and
3
stenciling
25
Unions disconnected and connected..
3
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RULES.
SETTLEMENT FOR DESTROYED OR DAMAGED CARS.
RULE 112 (a). When the body or trucks of
a foreign car are destroyed or badly damaged,
the owner shall, upon request, furnish depre-
ciated value of body and trucks separately (the
same to be figured from the date the car was
originally built), and the party damaging shall
have the option of rebuilding or settling under
the depreciated value.
If it is decided not to rebuild, the owner
must be immediately advised.
The settlement prices of new eight-wheel
cars shall be as follows, with an addition of
$10.00 for each car equipped with 8-in. air-
brake equipment and $35 for 10-in. air-brake
equipment. The road destroying a car with
air brakes may elect to return the air-brake
apparatus, including such attachments as are
usually furnished by the air-brake manufac-
turer, complete and in good condition:
BODIES OF 8-WHEEL CArs.
Wood.
Box, 40 ft. long or over.
•
$550.00
Box, 36 ft. long or over, but under 40 ft. 475.00
Box, 34 ft. long or over, but under 36 ft. 450.00
Box, 32 ft. long or over, but under 34 ft. 400.00
Box, under 32 ft. long.
325.00
Box, ventilated, 40 ft. long or over....
575.00
Box, ventilated, 36 ft. long or over, but
under 40 ft..
525.00
Box, ventilated, 34 ft. long, but under
36 ft.
475.00
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RULE 112. Q.-In case of a rebuilt car
destroyed and settlement being made under
the 1916 Rules and Circular No. 13, dated
October 18, 1916, should the depreciation of
the trucks be figured from the date car was
originally built or from the date car was
rebuilt?
A. The arbitrary price new of trucks
should be depreciated from the date car was
rebuilt to date of destruction.
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RULES.
RULE 112
Continued.
Box, ventilated, 32 ft. long, but under
34 ft.
Flat, plain, 40 ft. long or over..
Flat, plain, 32 ft. long or over, but
under 40 ft...
Flat, plain, under 32 ft. long....
.$425.00
250.00
200.00
125.00
Gondola, drop bottom, 40 tons capacity
or over
400.00
Gondola, drop bottom, 30 tons capacity
375.00
350.00
250.00
• •
550.00
or over, but under 40 tons....
Gondola, drop bottom. 25 tons capacity
or over, but under 30 tons........
Gondola, drop bottom, 20 tons capacity
or under
Gondola. hopper bottom, 50 tons ca-
pacity
Gondola, hopper bottom, 40 tons ca-
pacity or over, but under 50 tons.... 450.00
Gondoia, hopper bottom, 30 tons ca-
pacity or over, but under 40 tons.... 400.00
Gondola, hopper bottom, 25 tons ca-
pacity, but under 30 tons..
Gondola, hopper bottom, 20 tons ca-
pacity or less.....
*
•
•
350.00
275.00
Gondola, plain, 50 tons capacity or over. 425.00
Gondola, plain, 40 tons capacity, but
under 50 tons.
•
• ·
375.00
Gondola, plain, 30 tons capacity, but
under 40 tons.
•
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350.00
Gondola, plain, 25 tons capacity, but
under 30 tons...
300.00
Gondola, plain, under 25 tons.
175.00
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RULES.
RULE 112
Continued.
Stock, 34 ft. long or over...
.$400.00
Stock, 32 ft. long or over, but under
34 ft.
375.00
Stock, under 32 ft. long..
325.00
Self-clearing hopper, 30 tons, but less
than 40 tons....
375.00
Self-clearing hopper, 40 tons, but less
than 50 tons..
400.00
Self-clearing hopper, 50 tons capacity
500.00
and over
The lengths of cars above mentioned refer
to the lengths over the end sills.
The prices for car bodies contained in the
foregoing schedule are exclusive of the fol-
lowing items, the prices of which may be
added when a car is so equipped:
a) Double-deck stock cars, per car..$ 25.00
(b) Metal body bolsters; also compos-
ite body bolsters in which the metal
members are at least 8 in. in depth
and have an aggregate minimum sec-
tional area of 16 sq. in., provided car
is 60,000 lb. capacity or over and so
stenciled, and has trucks with jour-
nals 44 in. or over when new, per car.
(c) Center sills or continuous metal
draft members shall be figured per
lineal foot per member, according to
depth and weight as follows and
including draft lugs riveted on, or
cast integral on cast-steel extensions.
(Where such cast-steel extensions are
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RULES.
RULE 112
Continued.
used, the metal center sills or contin-
uous metal draft members to which
they are attached must be figured full
length of car.)
8 in. in depth and not less than 18 lb.
per ft., per member......
·
9 or 10 in. in depth and not less than
20 lb. per ft. per member..
12 in. in depth and not less than 25 lb.
per ft, per member…………..
15 in. or over in depth and not less than
33 lb. per ft. per member…..…….
(d) Cover plate used on metal center
sills or continuous metal draft mem-
bers, per lineal foot of the sills ac-
tually covered, whether plate is ap-
plied top or bottom, or both, or in
part on top and in part on bottom.
(This price shall not apply to what is
commonly known as tie plates, re-
gardless of dimensions.) Price, per ft.
(e) Metal draft arms extending 24 in.
or more back from center line of
body bolster, including draft lugs,
whether riveted on or cast integral;
per car
(f) Friction draft gears, per car…………….
(g) Metal needle beams, when used in
conjunction with metal center sills or
continuous metal draft members, per
$ 0.90
I.IO
1.30
1.50
.65
65.00
25.00
car
10.00
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RULES.
RULE 112 - Continued.
.$ 40.00
(h) All-steel ends of the corrugated
type, per car.
(i) Where allowances as above are
based upon length, fractional parts.
of a foot in the aggregate length shall
be counted as I ft., if ½ or greater;
if less than 2, they shall be dropped.
NOTE.- Paragraphs (a), (f) and (h) to
apply to all cars so equipped.
BODIES OF 8-WHEEL CArs.
Steel.
Box, wooden body, metal underframe,
50 tons capacity, 38 ft. 6 in. long or
over, but less than 40 ft. over end
sills
Box, wooden body, metal underframe.
50 tons capacity, 36 ft. long or over,
but less than 38 ft. 6 in. over end
sills
Box, wooden body, metal underframe,
50 tons capacity and over, 40 ft. long
or over, but less than 46 ft. over end
sills
Box, wooden body, metal underframe,
30 tons capacity and over, 36 ft. long
over end sills...
Box, wooden body, metal under frame,
40 tons capacity and over, but less
than 50 tons capacity, 36 ft. long
and over, but less than 38 ft. long
over end sills...
.$1025.00
925.00
1050.00
900.00
900.00

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RULES.
RULE 112 - Continued.
Box, wooden body, metal underframe,
40 tons capacity, but less than 50
tons capacity, 38 ft. long, but less
than 40 ft. long over end sills.......$ 975.00
Box, wooden body, metal underframe,
40 tons capacity, but less than 50
tons capacity, 40 ft. long or over, but
less than 46 ft. over end sills...
Box, all steel, any capacity or length..
Flat, wooden floor, metal underframe,
any capacity or length......
Gondola, wooden body, metal under-
frame, solid bottom, 30 tons capacity
and over, but under 40 tons..
Gondola, wooden body, metal under-
frame, solid bottom, 40 tons capacity,
but under 50 tons.
•
Gondola, wooden body, metal under-
frame, solid bottom, 50 tons capacity
and over, but under 70 tons...
Gondola, wooden body, metal under-
frames, solid bottom, 70 tons
pacity and over.
·
ca-
Gondola, al steel, any capacity or
length, having either solid, drop or
1000.00
Per Lb.
.0325
.0325
$ 800.00
850.00
·
875.00
•
1025.00
hopper bottom or self-clearing by Per Lb.
floor dropping on side......
Gondola, wooden body, metal under-
frame, hopper bottom, 32 ft. over
end sills, but under 40 ft...
.0325
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RULES.
RULE 112- Continued.
Stock, wooden body, metal underframe,
50 tons capacity, 36 ft. long or over,
over end sill....
Hopper self-clearing wooden body,
steel underframe, 50 tons capacity
and over
•
.$ 975.00
950.00
Hopper, all steel (including coke cars), Per Lb.
self-clearing, any capacity or length. .0325
Gondola, wooden body, steel under-
frame, self-clearing, by floor drop-
ping on side, 40 tons capacity and
over, but under 50 tons..
Gondola, wooden body, steel under-
frame, self-clearing, by floor drop-
ping on side, 50 tons capacity and
over
Stock, wooden body, metal underframe,
less than 50 tons capacity, 36 ft. long
or over, over end sill..
.$1000.00
1025.00
900.00
To the above prices for box or stock cars
with metal underframe and steel framed com-
posite superstructure, add $75.00 if built with
sheathing boards on outside, or $125.00 if built
with sheathing boards on inside only.
TRUCKS.
50,000 lb. capacity and less, with metal
transoms and wooden bolsters, per
pair
60,000 lb. capacity or under, with wood-
en bolsters, per pair....
$215.00
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RULES.
RULE 112
Continued.
50,000 lb. capacity, all metal trucks, per
pair
60,000 lb. capacity, but under 80,000 lb.,
all metal, per pair....
.$225.00
315.00
70,000 lb. capacity, but under 80,000 lb.,
with wooden bolsters, per pair...... 215.00
80,000 lb. capacity, but under 100,000 lb.,
all metal, per pair.....
•
350.00
100,000 lb. capacity or over, but under
140,000 lb., all metal, per pair........ 375.00
140,000 lb. capacity or over, all metal,
per pair
600.00
Prices include brake beams complete, truck
levers, dead-lever guides and bottom-connec-
tion rods.
For trucks with
with wrought or steel-tired
wheels, an additional allowance of $84.00 per
car shall be made.
All trucks in service of 60,000 lb. capacity or
over, which consist entirely of metal, with the
exception of the spring plank, shall be known
as all-metal trucks.
RATE OF DEPRECIATION TO BE USED IN SETTLE-
ment for DESTROYED OR DAMAGED CARs.
(Straight Depreciation Basis.)
(b) In the case of wooden car bodies the
depreciation due to age shall be figured at 5½
per cent per annum.
In the case of all-steel car bodies or car
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RULES.
RULE 112 Continued.
structure frames, the depreciation shall be
figured at 4 per cent per annum. A steel
superstructure frame car indicates a car hav-
ing the side and end uprights, braces and
plates riveted together.
In the case of car bodies with steel under-
frames and wooden superstructure, the de-
preciation shall be figured at 4½ per cent per
annum, with the exception of steel under-
frame flat cars having wooden floors which
shall be figured at 5 per cent per annum.
The depreciation on the tanks of tank cars
for handling non-corrosive substances shall be
4 per cent per annum; for tanks of tank cars
handling corrosive substances the depreciation
shall be 5 per cent per annum.
The depreciation on trucks shall be figured
at the rate applied for the type of car the
trucks are under.
Allowances for depreciation shall in no case
exceed 60 per cent of the value new.
The amounts $10.00 and $35.00 for air brakes
shall not be subject to any depreciation.
The bodies of refrigerator cars, stock cars
permanently fitted for stall shipments, and
other freight cars, designed for special pur-
poses, not referred to above, shall be settled
for at the present cost price, as may be agreed
to by the parties in interest, less the deprecia-
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RULES.
RULE 112- Continued.
tion due to age, which shall be on the same
basis as for regular freight equipment.
In the case of cars equipped with racks for
carrying coke and for other such purposes,
and also stock cars other than those perma-
nently fitted for stall shipments with feeding
and watering attachments, the actual cost of
these equipments shall be added to the stand-
ard settlement price for such cars.
RULE 113. For the mutual advantage of rail-
way companies interested, the settlement for a
car owned or controlled by a railway company,
when damaged or destroyed upon a private
track, shall be assumed by the railway com-
pany delivering the car upon such tracks.
When a car owned or controlled by a rail-
way company is damaged or destroyed on the
tracks of a road which is not a member of the
per diem rules agreement of the American
Railway Association, the road responsible for
the per diem while in the possession of the
non-subscriber shall be responsible to the owner
for damage to or destruction of the car.
RULE 114. If the company on whose line the
car is destroyed elects to rebuild the car, the
original plan of construction must be fol-
lowed, and the original kind and quality of
materials used. In such cases no allowance
shall be made for betterments not authorized
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RULES.
RULE 115. If only the body of a car is de-
stroyed, and the company destroying it elects
to return the trucks, they shall be put in good
order, or accompanied by a defect card, cover-
ing all defects or improper repairs made by
it for which owners are not responsible,
and forwarded, within 60 days, free of freight
or other charges, to the nearest point on the
line of the company owning or operating the
car, and the number, line and class of car
destroyed shall be stenciled or painted on each
truck so returned.
Except in cases of trucks of 50,000 lb. capac-
ity or less, when the railroad company destroy-
ing the body of car may elect to retain the
trucks and settle for them at their scrap value,
except that secondhand value will be allowed
for all metal brake beams good for further
service and the average credit price for wheels.
This paragraph will not apply to trucks be-
longing to individual ownership.
RULE 116. Vacant.
October 1, 1916.
RULE 117. Vacant.
October 1, 1916.
RULE 118. Vacant.
October 1, 1916.
RULE 119. Vacant. October 1, 1913.
DISPOSITION OF CARS REQUIRING EXTENSIVE
REPAIRS FOR WHICH OWNERS ARE
RESPONSIBLE.
RULE 120. When the labor cost of repair-
ing, including net charge for rivets, exceeds
schedule shown below, such car shall be jointly
inspected by handling line and a representative
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RULE 115. Q.- Can holding road re-
turn to owner under defect card for repairs,
where there is a direct connection, damaged
steel underframe cars with missing super-
structure?
A. If such car is fit for road movement,
is on its own trucks, properly carded, and
there is a direct connection, the car can be
returned to the owner,
RULE 120. Q.-What would be a reason-
able time limit in which the owner should
notify the line reporting car to either re-
build or dismantle?
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RULES.
RULE 120- Continued.
of car owner, or of a disinterested line, sub-
scriber to these rules (whichever can be most
conveniently obtained), and form furnished as
shown on page 260, showing all defects found
on car and an estimated total cost of the re-
pairs. Upon receipt of this information owner
must authorize either destruction or repairs.
In the latter case owner must forward to
handling company necessary plans and speci-
fications for such repairs.
If owner authorizes destruction, handling
line shall allow credit for all material at M.
C. B. scrap prices, less labor cost of destruc-
tion.
All wooden flat cars, irrespective of capac-
ity, and all other wooden cars under
60,000 lb. capacity, except refrigerator
cars
All wooden cars, 60,000 lb. capacity and
over, including refrigerator cars and ex-
cepting flat cars.....
All steel, steel underframe and steel
framed cars, excepting steel or steel
underframe flat cars.....
All steel or steel underframe flat cars.....
.$ 20
40
100
50
NOTE.- Cars reported to owner in accor-
dance with Section (b) of Rule 41 shall be
handled under Rule 120 irrespective of labor
cost of repairs.
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RULE 120- Continued.
A. It is desired that this information be
furnished immediately upon receipt of joint
inspection certificate.
Q.-Under the present rule there will
probably be a considerable increase in the
number of cars dismantled by foreign lines.
If such cars are equipped with metal bol-
sters or steel underframes, the value of the
material to the owner may be more than the
scrap allowance under the rules. Would
there be any objection to allowing the
owner to ask for the return of such parts,
the freight and shipping charges on same to
be assumed by the owner of the car?
A. There is no objection. The rule does
not prohibit any such mutual arrangements
being made between the roads interested.
Q.- Under M. C. B. Rule 120 we are to
authorize repairs to or destruction of a car
when joint inspection is furnished by a for-
eign line showing the car to be in a general
worn-out condition. When authority is
given to repair such car, should not the
safety appliances be made to conform with
the law?
A.-Safety appliances, standard, should
be completely applied to all such cars as
the Safety Appliance Act requires that
when cars are practically rebuilt, safety ap-
pliances, standard, should be applied. The
repairing line is liable to be penalized if it
violates the law. The estimated cost of re-
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RULES.
ULE 120Continued.
RULE 121. Vacant. October 1, 1914.
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RULE 120—Continued.
pairs furnished on form shown on page 260
should include this work.
Q. In repairing a foreign car under
Rule 120, and additional defects are found
other than those reported to the owner,
under what conditions must additional
authority be obtained from the owner?
A.- First: When such additional defects
of themselves form a combination.
Second: When the cost of repairs of ad-
ditional defects (other than combinations)
exceeds the original total labor and mate-
rial estimate by $25; the car owner to be
charged for repairing such additional de-
fects not exceeding $25.
Q. If we renew one side and two center
sills at a cost of $19.04, and change one pair
of wheels at a labor cost of $1.55, total cost
$20.59, on a 50,000-lb. capacity box car,
would it be necessary to get authority from
the owners before making repairs, as per
paragraph (b) of Rule 41?
A.— The rule refers to both body and
trucks. The above case would be a Rule
120 car.
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RULES.
FURNISHING MATERIALS.
RULE 122. Companies shall promptly fur-
nish to each other, upon requisition, and for-
ward, freight or express charges collect from
point of shipment, materials for repairs of their
cars on foreign lines. If the material is for re-
pairs of car owner's defects, the foreign com-
pany may bill the car owner for the entire
freight charges, and in such case the car
owner may reclaim freight charges for that
portion of the movement over its own line.
If the material is for repairs of user's defects,
the foreign line may reclaim only for that por-
tion of the movement over its line. A sepa-
rate bill, with copy of freight, express or due
bill attached, should be rendered for the
freight or express charges, showing reference
to bill covering repairs.
Requisitions for such material shall specify
that same is for repairs of cars, giving car
number and initial of such car, together with
pattern number, sketch or other data to enable
correct filling of requisition.
Material weighing less than 125 lb. gross
weight ordered from car owner must be shipped
by express.
The company having the car in its possession
at the time shall provide from its own stock
the following:
Lumber, forgings, hardware stock, paint,
hairfelt, piping, air-brake material and all M.
C. B. Standard material.
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La
RULE 122. Q.-Why should a road re-
pairing owner's defects pay the freight
charges on the material over the owning
line?
Why, in the case of user's defects, should
the owning road pay that portion of the
freight charges over the road of the com-
pany making the repairs?
A. This rule was made to conform to the
requirements of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
The reclaiming of freight charges does
not mean reclaiming it from any one but
themselves, that is, it is reclaimed from the
revenue freight account and charged to the
freight-car repair account.
Q.-If material is shipped by local freight
to repair owner's defects, who should pay
the cartage from the freight depot to the
repair tracks?
A. There should be no charge for cart-
age.
Q. What items are covered by the word
forgings?"
A.- Commercial shapes, such as chan-
nels, Z bars, etc., should be furnished by the
repairing line. Pressed steel shapes which
require special dies for their forming should
not be carried as forgings; such material
should be furnished by the car owner.
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RULES.
SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES.
RULE 123. In order to settle disputes arising
under the rules, and to facilitate the revision
of the rules at the annual conventions of the
Association, an Arbitration Committee of five
representative members shall be appointed an-
nually by the Executive Committee; three
members of this committee to constitute a
quorum.
In case of any dispute or question arising
under the rules between the subscribers to said
rules, the same may be submitted to this com-
mittee, through the Secretary, to receive con-
sideration by the Arbitration Committee.
The abstract should set forth:
I. An agreed statement of facts.
2. Argument of plaintiff.
3. Argument of defendant.
The abstract should consist of not more than
three typewritten pages, letter size, single space,
the agreed statement of facts to be signed by
both parties to the dispute.
Should one of the parties refuse or fail to
furnish the necessary information, the commit-
tee shall use its judgment as to whether, with
the information furnished, it can properly give
its opinion. The decisions of the committee
shall be final and binding upon the parties con-
cerned. This committee shall report its deci-
sions to the Association, and its report shall
be incorporated in the annual report of pro-
ceedings of the Association.
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RULES.
REVISION OF THIS CODE OF RULES.
RULE 124. The Arbitration Committee shall
ask for suggestions of changes, amendments
and additions to these rules prior to each an-
nual convention, which it shall consider, and
it shall report its recommendations to the suc-
ceeding annual convention.
RULE 125. In the revision of these rules by
the Association, a two-thirds vote shall be nec-
essary for adoption.
RULE 126. Voting powers shall be the same
as prescribed in the Constitution of the Master
Car Builders' Association on matters pertain-
ing to the adoption of standards and the ex-
penditure of money.
RULE 127. This Code of Rules shall be in-
troduced for discussion and revision at one
session of the Master Car Builders' Associa-
tion convention each year.
CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CODE.
RULE 128. Any car owner or railway com-
pany may become a party to this Code of
Rules by giving notice through one of its gen-
eral officers to the Secretary of the Master Car
Builders' Association.
Railroad companies becoming subscribers to
this Code of Rules must have a representative
member in the Master Car Builders' Associa-
tion.
RULE 129. Any car owner or railway com-
pany that is a party to this Code of Rules shall
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RULE 129
Continued.
be bound by same through its successive revi-
sions, until one of its general officers files with
the Secretary of the Master Car Builders' As-
sociation its notification of withdrawal.
RULE 130. Acceptance or rejection of this
Code of Rules must be as a whole, and no
exception to an individual rule or rules shall
be valid.
RULE 131. This Code of Rules shall become
effective October 1, 1917.
RULES.
255
3
ว
M. C. B. ASSOCIATION-AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OR ADJUSTMENT OF LADING.
(NAME OF ROAD)
Date
Lading
Transferred or Lading Adjusted. Account of
Lasued to
Initial
R. R..
Send bill and this chepk oard to

Inspector at
NOTE.–Tộ de printed in black on white paper in duplicate form, filled out with ink or black Indelible penoti.
Originať to accompany bill and duplicate retained for recard.
Car No.
256
RULES.

RETURN CARD.
Car No...
from...
to...
for the following defects..
*
•
NOTE-Fill in defects on both
sides with ink or black indelible
as per Rule 14.
pencil.
Attach this card to car
191..
3 by 8 inches.
To be printed in red.
SEE RULE 2.
.Ry.
.Ry.
Inspector

M. O. B. DEFECT Card.
(Name of Road.)
Date..
Car specified below will be received
at any point on this company's line
with the following defects:
Car No.
•
Initials.
Inspector at.
3% by 8 inches.
SEE RULE 5.
Send bill on this card to.
RULES.
257

RAILROAD.
BAD ORDER TRANSFER.
Send to.....
Send to owner or..
•
•
R. R. Transfer track and
R. R. when empty for repairs
Account of following defects..
Car No...
Date.
·
Signed
.Initial.
191...
•
Car Inspector.
3½ by 8 inches.
To be printed in green.
SEE RULE 2.

BAD ORDER.
Return when empty to owner or.
For Repairs......
Car No....
Date.
.Initial..
191..
.RAILROAD.
Per....
To be printed in black.
..R. R.
DO NOT RELOAD THIS CAR.
258
RULES.
Car No.
THE
Initial.
RAILWAY CO.
REPORT OF IMPROPER REPAIRS TO.
CARS.
Station.
.Received from
Description of wrong Repairs
Show how Carded on other Side.
We Certify Above to be Correct.
.
.Ry.
At
.191..
.Date
.191..
How Repairs should be made
.Inspector for
.Inspector for
Ry.
Ry.
SEE RULE 12.
Size, 3½ by 8 inches.
Other side shown on page 259.
FORM OF JOINT EVIDENCE CARD
RULES.
259
THE
RAILWAY CO.
COPY OF M. C. B. DEFECT CARD. Issued by.
Ry, At.
Inspector..
Reading as follows
COPY OF M. C. B. BILLING REPAIR CARD. Issued by.
Inspector.
.Reading as follows.
Date.
.101..
.Ry. At.
.Date.
191..
DISPOSITION OF CAR. Repaired at.
.Shop;
Date..
.191..
Other side shown on page 258
260
RULES.

RAILWAY COMPANY.
JOINT INSPECTION CERTIFICATE.
The undersigned has personally inspected (Initial) (Kind) Car No..
and find it to be in the following condition:
REPAIRS REQUIRED.
19..
NATURE OF DEFECTS.
Estimated Cost of Repairs.
Signature.
Signature
Inspector for.
Inspector for.
Size 8 by 10½ inches.

Name of Railroad.
This will authorize the.
to counterbill the.
to offset charges in our bill No..
$
Place.
Signature of person issuing.
.Amount $.
This authority must be attached to bill.
M. C. B. Association Counterbilling Authority.
191..
Railroad Company
Railroad Company
dollars
262
RULES.
M. C. B. ASSOCIATION-BILLING REPAIR CARD
.Railway Co.
(To be attached to Bill.)
IRON
END
REPAIRS MADE
Net
Price
Labor
Lumber. Springs.
WHY MADE
Cast Wrot. Mall
DATE,
Car No..
191
Total.
REPAIRED AT.
INITIAL
OR NAME
INSPECTOR.
KIND.

34x8 in. or 7x8 in.
Must not have carbonized back.
SEE RULE 8.


14
RULES.
263

M. C. B. ASSOCIATION-RECORD REPAIR CARD.
(NAME OF RAILROAD) To be retained by party making repairs.
IRON
END
REPAIRS MADE
Net Labor
Price
Lumber. Springs.
WHY MADE
Cast. Wrot. | Mall.
DATE.
Car No..
191.
..
REPAIRED AT.
INITIAL
OR NAME
INSPECTOR
KIND
312x8 in. or 7x8 in.
Record repair card may have carbonized back.
BEE RULE 8.
264
RULES.
To be attached to bill.
M. C. B. ASSOCIATION-BILLING REPAIR CARD. (Wheels and Axles.)
R. R. CO.
WHEELS AND AXLE REMOVED
WHEELS AND AXLE APPLIED
SERVICE METAL
Ry. Co.'s | Wheel No.
MAKER
Initials
on Wheel
Date
Cast
Before
Turning Turning
After
CAUSE OF REMOVAL
MAKER
Ry. Co.'s Wheel No.
Initials
on Wheel
Service
Date
Now or
Second-
Metal
Net
Charge
Cast
band
M. C. B.
Axle
Non-M. C. B.
Location
DATE
CAR
Length
Condition of
Size and Kind of Wheets
Removed
Applied
Axle
M. C. B.
Non-M. C. B.
...Length
Journal
Wheel Seat Center
Actual Dimension
Labor
Length
Diam.
Diameter
Diameter
Removed
Applied
Total
.191.
REPAIRED AT
INITIAL
LOR NAME
INSPECTOR
KIND
1

RULES.
265

M. C. B. ASSOCIATION-RECORD REPAIR CARD.
WHEELS AND AXLE REMOVED
(Wheels and Axles.)
.R. R. CO.
To be retained by party
making repairs.
WHEELS AND AXLE APPLIED
MAKER
Ry. Co.'s
Inffials
on Whest
Wheel No.
Date
Cast
SERVICE METAL
Before Aftor
Turning Tarning
CAUSE OF 'REMOVAL
MAKER
Py. Co.'s
Initials
on Wheel
Wheel No.
Date
Service
Metal
Cast
New or
Second-
hand
Net
Charge
M. C. B.
Non-M. C. B.
Axle
Location
DATE
CAB
Length
Condition of
Stre and Kind of Wheels
Removed
Applied
M. C. 8.
Axle
Non-M. C. B.
Length
Journal
Wheel Seat Center
Actual Dimension
Labor
Length
Diam.
Diameter
Diameter
Removed
Applied
Total
191
REPAIRED AT
INITIAL
……OR NAME
INSPECTOR
KIND

STATEMENT OF REPAIRS MADE TO
BY
During.
Repairs Made
CAR
DESCRIPTION
OF PARTS
REPAIRED
Date
Place
Initials Number
Value of
Miscella-
neous
Material
CARS, PER M. C. B. RULES.
19.
RAILWAY CO.
IRON
Credit
Lum-
Springs
for
Cast
Wrot.
Mall.
ber
Scrap
Labor
Lbs.
Lbs.
Lbs.
Feet Lbs.
Lbs.
QUANTITY,
PRICE,
VALUE,
8 by 8 in. or 8½ by 14 in.
Total,
Credit for Scrap,
Net Charge,
RULES.
267

(Name of Consignor, etc.)
(Name of Consignor, etc., in letters not more
than one-half inch in any dimension.)
Initial and No....
Point of Shipment.
Consignee and Destination.
•
Via...
Date.
Contents..
.R. R.
Vertical dimensions, max. 5 inches.
Horizontal
8
To be permitted on all loaded cars.
No picture or trade-mark to be permitted.
Space for railroad information to occupy lower
three-fifths of card. Printing on upper two-fifths to be
limited to letters not exceeding one-half inch in any
dimension.
All printing to be in black ink.
SEE RULE 36.
ROUTING CARD.
AMERICAN RAILWAY ASSOCIATION.
Car Service Rule 15.
Unless otherwise agreed, the cost of trans-
ferring the lading of freight cars or rearrange-
ment of lading at junction points shall be
settled as follows:
FIRST
The delivering road shall pay cost of
transfer or rearrangement
(a) When transfer is due to defective equip-
ment that is not safe to run according to M. C.
B. Rules, except where the repairs can be
made under load as per M. C. B. Rule 2,
268
RULES.
(b) When transfer or rearrangement of load
is due to contents being improperly loaded or
overloaded, according to M. C. B. Rules, or the
Interstate Commerce Commission Regulations.
for the Transportation of Explosives and Other
Dangerous Articles by Freight and by Express,
or when dimensions of the lading of open cars
are in excess of the published clearances of any
of the roads covered by the routing.
(c) When transfer is due to delivering line
not desiring its equipment to go beyond junc-
tion points.
(d) When cars can not pass the approved
clearances of The American Railway Asso-
ciation.
SECOND
The receiving road shall pay cost
of transfer or rearrangement—
(e) When cars can not pass clearances, ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (d), or when
cars and lading exceed load limit or can not be
moved through on account of any other dis-
ability of receiving line.*
"
"
*NOTE TO RULE 15 (e). The word cars covers
both closed and open cars, but not lading on open
cars. The words "load limit " refer to the limits
placed on bridges, tracks, etc., and not to car capacity.
(f) When receiving road desires transfer to
save cost of mileage or per diem.
RULES.
269
LIST OF CAR OWNERS AND RAILWAY
COMPANIES
WHICH HAVE ADOPTED THE CODE OF RULES
GOVERNING THE CONDITION OF, AND REPAIRS
TO, FREIGHT CARS FOR THE INTERCHANGE OF
TRAFFIC.
The following is a complete list of car own-
ers and railway companies which have given
notice of the adoption of the above Code of
Rules.
Other companies which adopt this Code of
Rules should notify the secretary, in accor-
dance with the Rules, so that the names of
such companies may be included in the list
thereafter. Notice should be given of all
changes in the names of companies in this list:
Abilene & Southern.
Akron, Canton & Youngstown.
Alabama Great Southern.
Alabama & Mississippi.
Alabama & Northwestern.
Alabama & Vicksburg.
Alabama, Tennessee & Northern.
Alameda & San Joaquin.
Albany & Hudson.
Alberta & Great Waterways, The.
Alexandria & Western.
Al. G. Barnes Circus.
Algoma Central & Hudson Bay.
Algoma Eastern.
Aliquippa & Southern.
Allegheny Valley.
Altoona Northern.
American Cotton Oil Co.
American Creosoting Co.
American Linseed Co.
American Milling Co.
270
RULES.
A
American Refrigerator Transit Co.
American Tank Line.
American Tar Products Co.
American Turpentine & Tar Co.
American Tar Products Co.
Anglo-American Tar Products Co.
Ann Arbor.
Arizona & New Mexico.
Arizona Eastern.
Arkansas Central.
Arkansas, Louisiana & Gulf.
Arkansas, Louisiana & Southern.
Armour Car Lines.
Armour Packing Co.
Arms Palace Horse Car Co.
Associated Oil Co.
Astoria & Columbia River.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.
Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern.
Atlanta Stone, Coal & Lumber Line.
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic.
Atlanta & Birmingham Air Line.
Atlanta & West Point.
Atlanta Terminal Co.
Atlantic Coast Line.
Atlantic Seaboard Despatch.
Atlantic Seaboard Line.
Atlantic, Valdosta & Western.
Atlas Car Co.
Aurora, Elgin & Chicago.
Baltimore & Ohio.
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern.
Baltimore & Potomac.
Baltimore & Sparrow's Point.
Bangor & Aroostook.
Barberton Belt.
Barkoat Shows, K. G.
Barnes, Al. G.
Barnum & Bailey.
Barrett Mfg. Co.
Batesville Southwestern.
Bay Terminal.
RULES.
271
Beech Creek.
Bellefonte Central.
Bellingham Bay & British Columbia.
Bennington & Rutland.
Berwind-White Coal Mining Co.
Bessemer & Lake Erie.
Bessemer Coke Co.
Bingham & Garfield.
Birmingham & Northwestern.
Birmingham Southern.
Blakely Southern.
Booth's Refrigerator Line.
Booth's Cold Storage System.
Boston & Albany.
Boston & Lowell.
Boston & Maine.
Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western.
Brimstone Railroad & Canal Co.
Bristol, Elizabethton & North Carolina.
British Columbia Electric Ry. Co., Ltd.
Buffalo Creek & Gauley.
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg.
Buffalo & Susquehanna.
Bullfrog Goldfield.
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern.
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific.
Buttercup Oil & Car Co.
Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago.
California Despatch Line.
California Fruit Transportation Co.
Cambria & Indiana.
Campbell's Creek.
Cammal & Black Forest.
Canada Southern.
Canadian Northern.
Canadian Northern Quebec.
Canadian Pacific.
Cananea Consolidated Copper Co.
Cananea, Yaqui River & Pacific.
Canda Cattle Car Co.
Canton.
Cape Girardeau South-Western.
272
RULES.
Capitol Refining Co.
Carlton & Coast.
Carolina & North-Western.
Carolina & Gadkin River.
Carolina & Tennessee Southern.
Carolina & Western.
Carolina. Clinchfield & Ohio.
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City.
Centerville. Albia & Southern.
Central California Traction Co.
Central Indiana.
Central New England.
Central of Georgia.
Central Railroad of New Jersey.
Central Vermont.
Champaign & Havanna.
Chanute Refining Co.
Charleston & Western Carolina.
Charlotte Harbor & Northern.
Chattahoochee Valley.
Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus.
Chattanooga Southern.
Chesapeake, Ohio & South-Western.
Chesapeake & Ohio.
Chesapeake & Western.
Chestnut Ridge.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy.
Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville.
Chicago, Fort Madison & Des Moines.
Chicago Great Western.
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville.
Chicago Junction.
Chicago, Kalamazoo & Saginaw.
Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern.
Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend.
Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary.
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul.
Chicago, New York & Boston Refrigerator Co.
Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria.
Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis.
Chicago Refrigerator Car Co.
RULES.
273
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​Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific.
Chicago Short Line.
Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburgh.
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha.
Chicago, Terre Haute & South-Eastern.
Chicago Terminal Transfer.
Chicago Union Transfer.
Chicago, West Pullman & Southern.
Chicago & Alton.
Chicago & Calumet River.
Chicago & Eastern Illinois.
Chicago & Erie.
Chicago & Illinois Western.
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric.
Chicago & North Western.
Chicago & South Bend.
Chicago & Western Indiana and Belt Railway.
Chihuahua & Pacific.
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf.
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton.
Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western.
Cincinnati, Selma & Mobile.
Cincinnati Northern.
Cincinnati Southern.
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific.
Cleveland, Akron & Columbus.
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis.
Cleveland & Marietta.
Cleveland, Canton & Southern.
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling.
Cleveland Provision Co. ·
Cleveland Terminal & Valley.
Clinton, Davenport & Muscatine.
Clinton & Oklahoma Western.
Clove Branch.
Clyde's World at Home Shows.
Coal & Coke.
Cold Blast Refrigerator Transit Co.
Cold Blast Transportation Co.
Colorado & Southern.
Colorado & South-Eastern.
...
274
RULES.
Colorado & Wyoming.
Colorado Midland.
Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District.
Columbia & Puget Sound.
Commercial Car Line.
Corona Coal & Iron Co.
Consumers Refining Co.
Connecticut River.
Consolidated Cattle Car Co.
Consolidated Rolling Stock Co.
Continental Fruit Express.
Coop & Lent.
Cornwall.
Cornwall & Lebanon.
Corsicana Cotton Oil Co.
Corvallis & Eastern.
Craig Oil Co.
Crescent Tank Line.
Crosbyton-Southplains.
Crystal Car Line.
Cudahy Refrigerator Line.
Cumberland Valley.
Cumberland & Pennsylvania.
Dairy Shippers' Despatch.
Davenport, Rock Island & Northwestern.
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western.
Delaware River & Union.
Delaware, Susquehanna & Schuylkill.
Delaware & Hudson Co.
Delaware & Northern.
Delray Connecting.
Des Moines Gas Co.
Denver & Inter-Mountain.
Denver & Rio Grande.
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern.
Denver & Salt Lake.
Detroit, Bay City & Western.
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton.
Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee.
Detroit & Lima Northern.
Detroit & Mackinac.
Des Moines & Fort Dodge.
Des Moines & Northern.
RULES.
275
Des Moines Union
Dewar Co., J. A.
Dewey Portland Cement Co.
Diamond Alkali Co.
Dominion Atlantic.
Doniphan, Kensett & Searcy.
Donora Southern.
Doud Stock Car Co.
Dry Fork.
Du Queen & Eastern.
Duluth & Iron Range.
Duluth, Missabe & Northern.
Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific.
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic.
Eagle Oil Co.
Eastern British Columbia.
East St. Louis & Suburban.
Edmonton, Dunvegan & British Columbia.
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern.
Elizabeth River.
Elkhorn Piney Coal Mining Co.
Elkin & Allegheny.
Elmira, Cortland & Northern.
El Paso & Southwestern.
Empire Oil Works.
Erie.
Erie & Michigan Ry. & Nav. Co.
Erie & Wyoming Valley.
Esquimalt & Nanaimo.
Essex Terminal.
Ed. A. Evans Great Shows.
Evansville & Indianapolis.
Evansville & Terre Haute.
Everett Pulp & Paper Co.
Express Coal Line.
Fairbank Co., The N. K.
Fairport, Painesville & Eastern.
Fall Brook.
Farmer's Fertilizer Co., The.
Federal Creosoting Co.
Fernwood & Gulf.
Findlay, Fort Wayne & Western.
276
RULES.
Fitchburg.
Florence & Cripple Creek.
Florida.
Florida Central.
Florida East Coast.
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern.
Fort Smith & Western.
Fort Worth & Denver City.
Francis Ferari's Shows.
Franklin & Pittsylvania.
Freedom Oil Works.
Fruit Grower's Express.
Gainesville & Northwestern.
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio.
German-American Tank Car Corp.
Geneva, Ithaca & Sayre.
Gentry Bros. Shows.
George's Creek & Cumberland.
George L. Wade.
Georgia.
Georgia & Florida.
Georgia Southern & Florida.
German-American Refrigerator Express.
Germania Refining Co.
Gilmore & Pittsburgh.
Globe Soap Co.
Golden Circle.
Goodwin Car Co.
Grafton & Upton.
Grand Rapids & Indiana.
Grand Trunk.
Grand Trunk Pacific.
Graver Tank Works, Wm.
Great Northern Railway Line.
Great Patterson Shows.
Great Western Oil Refg. Co.
Green Bay & Western.
Greenville, Spartanburg & Anderson.
Groveton, Lufkin & Northern.
Gulf & Sabine River.
Gulf & Ship Island.
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe.
RULES.
277
Gulf Refining Co.
Gulf, Western Texas & Pacific.
Guyton, W. A. & Co.
Hagerstown & Frederick.
Haggenbeck-Wallace Shows.
Hartford & Connecticut Western.
Hecla Belt Line.
Heinz, H. J., & Co.
Higgins Oil & Fuel Co.
Higley Co. Refrigerator Line.
Hocking Valley.
Housatonic.
Houston Belt & Terminal.
Houston East & West Texas.
Houston & Texas Central.
Houston Packing Co.
Howe's Great London Show.
Huntington & Broad Top Mountain.
Hutchinson & Southern.
Idaho & Washington Northern.
Illinois Central.
Illinois Northern.
Illinois Southern.
Illinois Terminal.
Illinois Traction System.
Imperial Oil Co., Ltd.
Indiana, Bloomington & Western.
Indiana Harbor.
Indiana Pipe Line & Refining Co.
Indianapolis, Decatur & Western.
Indianapolis Union.
Intercolonial of Canada.
International Agricultural Corporation.
International Paper Co.
International Refining Co.
International & Great Northern.
Inter-Urban.
Interstate.
Inverness Railway & Coal Co.
Iowa Central.
Iron Car Express Coal Line.
Jacob Dold Packing Co.
278
RULES.
James S. Bent.
Jamison Coal & Coke Co.
John Robinson's Ten Big Shows.
Johnstown & Stony Creek.
Joplin & Pittsburgh.
Jordan, O. F. Co.
Kalamazoo, Lake Shore & Chicago.
Kanawha & Michigan.
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis.
Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham.
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient.
Kansas City Northwestern.
Kansas City Southern.
Kansas City Terminal.
Keith Car Co.
Kentucky & Indiana Terminal.
Kentucky Refining Co.
Keystone Palace Horse Car Co.
Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins Contracting Co.
Knapp, I. N.
Lackawanna Coal & Coke Co.
Lackawanna Iron & Steel Co.
Lackawanna Steel Co.
Lake Charles & Northern.
Lake Carrier's Oil Co.
Lake Champlain & Moriah.
Lake Erie & Detroit River.
Lake Erie & Eastern.
Lake Erie & Western.
Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion.
Lake Superior & Ishpeming.
Lake Terminal.
Las Vegas & Tonopah.
Leavenworth, Kansas & Western.
Leetonia.
Lehigh & Hudson River.
Lehigh & New England.
Lehigh Valley.
Lexington & Eastern.
Linde Air Products Co.
Lipe, F. W.
Litchfield & Madison.
....
RULES.
279
Litchfield, Carrollton & Western.
Live Poultry Transportation Co.
Long Island.
Louisiana & Arkansas.
Louisiana & Northwest.
Louisiana & Pacific.
Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co.
Louisiana Western.
Louisville Cotton Oil Co.
Louisville & Nashville.
Louisville & Wadley.
Louisville, New Orleans & Texas.
Louisville Soap Co.
Louisville, St. Louis & Texas.
Louisville & Northwest.
Louisville & St. Louis.
Lutz & Schramm Co.
McClintick & Co.
McCloud River.
Macon & Birmingham.
Macon, Dublin & Savannah.
Madison, Alton & Chicago.
Mahoning Valley.
Maine Central.
Manhattan Oil Co.
Manistee & Grand Rapids.
Manistee & North-Eastern.
Manistique & Lake Superior.
Manitoba & North-Western Ry. of Canada.
Manufacturers' Junction.
Manufacturers Ry. of St. Louis.
Marietta, Columbus & Cleveland.
Maryland & Pennsylvania.
Martin, John C.
Marshalltown & Dakota.
Mason City & Fort Dodge.
Mather Stock Car Co.
Memphis, Dallas & Gulf.
Mercer Valley.
Merchants & Planters Oil Co.
Merchants Despatch Transportation Co
Mexican.
280
RULES.
Mexican Central.
Mexican International.
Mexican Northern.
Mexico North-Western.
Michigan.
Michigan & Chicago.
Michigan Ammonia Works.
Michigan Central.
Middletown & Unionville.
Midland Continental.
Midland Valley.
Midland Valley Tank Line.
Midland Terminal.
Miller's Sons' Co., A. D.
Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western.
Mineral Point Zinc Co.
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie.
Minneapolis & St. Louis.
Minnesota & International.
Mississippi Central.
Mississippi River & Bonne Terre.
Mississippi River, Hamburg & Western.
Missouri Pacific.
Missouri & North Arkansas.
Missouri River Despatch.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. of Texas.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. Co. of Texas.
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf.
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Ry. Co. of Texas.
Mobile & Birmingham.
Mobile & Ohio.
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City.
Monongahela.
Monongahela Connecting.
Monongahela River Consol. Coal & Coke Co.
Monongahela Valley Traction Co.
Montana Union.
Montana, Wyoming & Southern.
Monte Cristo.
Montour.
Montpelier & Wells River.
RULES.
281
Mooney Car Line Co.
Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad &
Steamship Co.
Morganstown & Kingwood.
Morris & Co.
Morrisey, Fernie & Michel.
Morton-Gregson Car Lines.
Munising, Marquette & Southeastern.
Nacozari.
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis.
National Ammonia Co.
National Car Co.
National Car Line.
National Paving Co.
National Rys. of Mexico.
National Rolling Stock Co.
National Zinc Co.
Nevada Copper Belt.
Nevada Northern.
New England Coal & Coke Co.
Newburgh & South Shore.
Newburgh, Dutchess & Connecticut.
New Orleans Coffee Co., Ltd.
New Orleans Great Northern.
New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago.
New Orleans, Natalbarry & Natchez.
New Orleans & North-Eastern.
New Orleans, Texas & Mexico.
Newport News & Mississippi Valley.
New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Co
Co.
New York Central.
New York & Northern,
New York, Chicago & St. Louis.
New York, New Haven & Hartford.
New York, Ontario & Western.
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio.
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk.
New York, Providence & Boston.
New York & New England.
New York, Susquehanna & Western.
New York, Texas & Mexican.
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282
RULES.
Norfolk Southern.
Norfolk & Carolina.
Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line.
Norfolk & Western.
Northern Central.
Northern Electric.
Northern Pacific.
Northwestern Ohio Ry. & Power Co.
Ocala Northern.
Ocean Shore.
Ocilla Southern.
Ohio Electric.
Ohio River & Western.
Old Colony.
Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co.
Ogden, Logan & Idaho.
Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain.
Ohio Southern.
Ohio & Mississippi.
Oil Seeds Co.
Oklahoma, New Mexico & Pacific.
Omaha & St. Louis.
Oregon Electric.
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co.
Oregon Short Line.
Ottawa & New York.
Overland Refrigerator Express.
Owasco River.
Pacific Electric.
Pacific Fruit Express Co.
Pacific Great Eastern.
Paragon Refining Co.
Parral & Durango.
Patterson & Golmar Bros. Circus.
Penn Gas Coal Co.
Pennsylvania & North-Western.
Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Corporation.
Pennsylvania Co.
Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Pennsylvania Steel Co.
Pennsylvania Tank Line.
& Boston.
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Pennsylvania Terminal.
Peoria, Decatur & Evansville.
Peoria & Pekin Union.
Pere Marquette.
Petersburg.
Philadelphia & Reading.
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington.
Piedmont & Northern.
Pierce Fordyce Oil Assn.
Pittsburgh, Akron & Western.
Pittsburgh, Allegheny & McKees Rocks.
Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny.
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis.
Pittsburgh Coal Co.
Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern.
Pittsburg Provision & Packing Co.
Pittsburgh & Buffalo Co.
Pittsburgh & Eastern.
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie.
Pittsburgh & Ohio Valley.
Pittsburgh & Shawmut.
Pittsburgh & Susquehanna.
Pittsburgh & Western.
Plant System.
Pontiac, Oxford & Northern.
Portland, Eugene & Eastern.
Portland & Rumford Falls.
Potato Creek.
Prescott & Eastern.
Produce Shippers' Despatch.
Producers' Pipe Line Co.
Polar Refrigerator Line.
Providence & Worcester.
Provision Dealers' Despatch.
Puget Sound & Willapa Harbor.
Pullman.
Quanah, Acme & Pacific.
Quebec & Lake St. John.
Quebec, Montreal & Southern.
Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City.
Raleigh & Gaston.
Ray & Gila Valley.
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RULES.
Rio Grande, Sierra Madre & Pacific.
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac.
Ringling Bros.
Rio Grande Western.
River Terminal.
Roberval-Saguenay.
Rock Island & Peoria.
Rome & Northern.
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg.
Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific.
Rutland.
Saginaw Valley & St. Louis.
Saint Clair Terminal.
Salt Lake & Ogden.
Salt Lake & Utah.
San Antonio & Aransas Pass.
San Antonio, Fredericksburg & Northern.
San Benito & Rio Grande Valley.
San Francisco-Oakland Terminal.
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake.
Santa Fe Central.
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix.
Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch.
Scioto Valley.
Seaboard Air Line.
Seattle, Port Angeles & Western.
Seattle & International.
Shenandoah Valley.
Sherman, Shreveport & Southern.
Sherwin-Williams Co.
Shippers' Refrigerator Car Co.
Shreveport Creosoting Co.
Sierra Ry. Co. of California.
Sinclair & Co., Ltd., T. M.
Skinner & Eddy Corp.
Snyder Car Line.
Solvay Process Co., The.
Sonora.
South Buffalo.
South Carolina.
South-Eastern Line.
South Florida.
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South Georgia.
Southwestern of Arizona.
Southern.
Southern Central.
Southern Cotton Oil Co.
Southern Freight Line.
Southern Indiana.
Southern Iron Car Line.
Southern Oil Co.
Southern Pacific (Pacific System).
Southern Pacific R. R. Co. of Mexico.
Spokane & Inland Empire.
Spokane Falls & Northern.
Spokane International.
Spokane, Portland & Seattle.
St. Clair Coal Mining Co.
St. Johns River Terminal.
St. Joseph, South Bend & Southern.
St. Joseph & Grand Island.
St. Louis & Belleville Electric.
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico.
St. Louis Car Co. Line.
St. Louis, Chicago & St. Paul.
St. Louis Dressed Beef & Provision Co.
St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado.
St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal.
St. Louis, Peoria & Northern.
St. Louis Refrigerator Car Co.
St. Louis, Rocky Mountain & Pacific.
St. Louis South-Western.
St. Louis South-Western Railway of Texas.
St. Louis Transfer.
St. Louis, Troy & Eastern.
St. Louis, Watkins & Gulf.
St. Louis & Hannibal.
St. Louis & O'Fallon.
St. Louis & San Francisco.
St. Paul & Duluth.
Staten Island Rapid Transit.
Sugar Land.
Stephenville North & South Texas.
Street's Western Stable Car Line.
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Susquehanna & New York.
Swift Refrigerator Transportation Co.
Sydney & Louisburg.
Tacoma Eastern.
Tampa & Gulf Coast.
Tehuantepec National.
Temiscouata.
Temiskaming & Northern Ontario.
Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia.
Tennessee Central.
Tennessee Copper Co.
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis.
Terry's Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Texas & New Orleans.
Texas Brewing Co.
Texas Central.
Texas Company.
Texas Pacific.
Texas Short Line.
Texas South Eastern.
Tionesta Valley.
Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis.
Toledo, Columbus & Cincinnati.
Toledo-Detroit.
Toledo, Peoria & Western.
Toledo, St. Louis & Western.
Toledo Terminal.
Toledo & Ohio Central.
Toledo & Ohio Central Extension.
Toledo & Western.
Tonopah & Goldfield.
Tonopah & Tidewater.
Tooele Valley.
Toronto, Gray & Bruce.
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo.
Transit Company, Ltd.
Trans-Mississippi Terminal.
Tremont & Gulf.
Trinity & Brazos Valley.
Troy & Boston.
Tyler South-Eastern.
Union.
ו.
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Union Oil Co. of California.
Union Pacific.
Union Refrigerator Transit Co.
Union Sand & Material Co.
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Union Stock Yards & Transit Co. of Chicago.
Union Stock Yards Co. of Omaha.
Union Tank Line.
United Coal Co.
United States Equipment Co.
Vandalia.
Vera Cruz & Pacific.
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific.
Vinton Colliery Co.
Virginia-Blue Ridge.
Virginia & Truckee.
Virginian.
Virginia & Southwestern.
Vulcan Oil Refining Co.
Wabash Railway.
Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal.
Walworth & Neville Mfg. Co.
Washington & Old Dominion.
Washington Coal & Coke Co.
Washington Southern.
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern.
Waters Pierce Oil Co.
Wheeling & Lake Erie.
Western Allegheny.
Western Car Co.
Western Chemical Mfg. Co.
Western Live Stock Express.
Western Maryland.
Western New York & Pennsylvania.
Western Pacific.
Western Railway of Alabama.
Western Rolling Stock & Equipment Co.
Western Union Telegraph Co.
West Jersey & Sea Shore.
Westmoreland Coal Co.
West Shore.
West Side Belt.
West Virginia Central & Pittsburg.
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Wiggins Ferry Co.
Willamette Valley Southern.
Williamsville, Greenville & St. Louis.
Winston-Salem Southbound.
Wisconsin Central.
Wisconsin & Northern.
Wood Products Co.
World at Home Shows.
Yankee Robinson Circus.
Yellowstone Park.
Zanesville & Ohio River.
Zanesville & Western.

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APPENDIX.
CODE OF RULES
Governing the Condition of, and Repairs
to, Passenger Equipment Cars
in Interchange.
PREFACE.
These rules make car owners responsible
for, and therefore chargeable with, the re-
pairs to their cars necessitated by ordinary
wear and tear in fair service, so that defect
cards will not be required for any defects
thus arising.
Railroad companies handling cars are re-
sponsible for damage done to any car by
unfair usage, derailment or accident, and
for improper repairs made by them, and
they should make proper repairs at their
own expense, or issue defect card covering
all such damage or improper repairs.
All inspection of passenger equipment
cars for interchange will be made in accor-
dance with the following rules:
RULE I. Each Railway Company shall give to
foreign cars, while on its line, THE SAME CARE
AS TO INSPECTION, OILING, PACKING AND THE
ADJUSTMENT OF BRAKES THAT IT GIVES TO ITS
OWN CARS, except in case of cars on which work
is done under special agreement existing be-

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RULES.
RULE I -Continued.
tween the company owning the cars and the
road operating same.
RULE 2. Cars, loaded or empty, offered in
interchange with defects for which owner is
responsible, or with cut journals or slid flat
wheels, provided they otherwise meet the re-
quirements of the receiving line as to safety
and clearances, must be accepted, with the fol-
lowing exception:
(a) Cars, loaded or empty, having defects in
violation of the Safety Appliance Acts, should
not be offered in interchange.
RULE 3. Passenger equipment cars operating
in interchange shall be divided into two classes
of service as follows:
(a) Line Service: Cars operating in a regu-
lar course over two or more systems of rail-
roads and under an approved operating agree-
ment.
(NOTE.-A train prepared for and moved
over two or more systems of railroads in a
service specially arranged for, such as a move-
ment of troops, shall be considered in Special
Service and expenses handled same as a car in
Line Service.)
(b) "Interchange Service: Cars moving
over two or more systems of railroads and the
operation of which does not comply with the
requirements of Line Service."
RULE 4. If a car is offered with defects for
which owner is not responsible, the delivering
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RULE 3. Q.-Should the 25 per cent
addition to repair bills referred to in Cir-
culars 31 and 32 be added to line expenses,
as covered by this rule?
A.
Yes.
Q. Is the expense incidental to prepar-
ing a train for troop movement to conform
to the regulations of the Government pro-
ratable to the roads over which such train
moves?
A. Yes.
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RULES.
RULE 4-Continued.
line must promptly furnish a defect card cov-
ering such defects, the defect card to be of
form shown in freight code of rules.
RULE 5. Improper repairs to passenger
equipment cars shall be handled same as out-
lined in freight code of rules.
RULE 6. The expenses of passenger equip-
ment cars operated in interchange or line ser-
vice shall be divided into four classes, namely:
(a) Owner's defects.
(b) Delivering company's defects.
(c) Line service expense; proratable on a
mileage basis against the roads comprising the
line.
(d) Electric lighting.
RULE 7. Owner's defects are as follows:
(a) All defects due to ordinary wear and
tear.
(b) Cracked or broken glass.
(c) Chimneys, wicks, burners, shades, and
all other fittings of oil-lighting equipment
when car is not in Line Service.
Mantles, tips, burners, domes, globes, bulbs,
bowls and all other fittings of gas-lighting
equipment when car is not in Line Service.
Fuses. incandescent bulbs, shades, belts, cur-
rent, wiring, and all other parts of electric-
lighting equipment. (See Rule 10.)
Gas shall be handled in accordance with
Rule 17.
(d) All defective or missing inside or con-
cealed parts of car, including tools and emer-
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RULE 7. Q.- Who is responsible for
vestibule curtains?
A. It should be considered as an inside
part of a car and the owner is responsible.

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RULES.
RULE - Continued.
gency repair parts missing from either inside
or outside of all cars.
(e) Axle broken or having journal ½ in. or
more under the standard diameter for car (ex-
cept for 334 by 7 in. journal, which will be con-
demned at 3½ in.) or having seamy journal,
fillet in back snoulder worn out, length of jour-
nal increased ½ in. or more over standard
length for the car, or collar broken off or worn
to 1/4 in. or less under fair usage. Size of
journal should be stenciled on truck. Axles
standard to car must be maintained. When
secondhand axles are applied, the diameter of
the journals must be at least 8 in. greater than
the limiting dimensions shown above. The
length of journals must not exceed 3% in. over
standard length, the collar must not be less
than in. thick, and the fillet at back end of
journals must be good.
When axle is removed on account of owner's
defect on wheel, if diameter of journal is not
at least in. greater than limiting diameter
shown above, or if journal is more than 3% in.
longer than standard length, or collar is less
than in. thick, the axle shall be considered
as scrap, and so credited.
(f) Cast-iron, cast-steel, wrought-steel and
steel-tired wheels with following defects:
(1) Loose. All wheels.
(2) Variation from gage (see Fig. 8 in
freight code for wheels cast prior to M. C. B.
standard tread and flange adopted in 1907, and
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RULES.
RULE 7—Continued.
Fig. 9 for wheels cast after January 1, 1908.
Fig. 9 also applies for all cast-steel, wrought-
steel and steel-tired wheels.)
(3) Shelled out: Wheels with defective
treads on account of pieces shelling out; if
the spots are over I in., or so numerous as to
endanger the safety of the wheel. Brake burn:
Wheels having defective treads on account of
cracks or shelling out due to heating. All
wheels.
(4) Tread worn hollow: If tread is worn
hollow in. or over. Cast-iron wheels.
(5) Worn flange: Flanges having flat ver-
tical surfaces extending % in. or more from
tread, or flanges I in. thick or less, gaged at a
point 3% in. above tread. Cast-iron and cast-
steel wheels.
Gage: For condemning worn flanges of cast-
iron and cast-steel wheels under passenger
cars should be the same as is used for con-
demning worn flanges of cast-iron and cast-
steel wheels under freight cars of 80,000 lb.
capacity or over. (See Figs. 3 and 4 of freight
code.)
(6) Worn flange or tire: With flange 18 in.
thick or less, or having flat vertical surface
extending I in. or more from tread, or with tire
thinner than shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of
passenger code. Wrought-steel and steel-tired
wheels.
Gage for condemning worn flanges of
wrought-steel and steel-tired wheels under pas-
senger cars to be the same as is used for con-
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RULES.
RULE 7—Continued.
demning worn flanges of wrought-steel and
steel-tired wheels under freight cars, see Figs.
3 and 4 of Freight Code.
(7) Burst: If wheel is cracked from wheel
fit outward by pressure from axle. All wheels.
(8) Flange, rim, tread, plate brackets or any
other part of wheel, either cracked, chipped,
seamy or broken under fair usage. All wheels.
(9) Broken or cracked hubs, plates, bolts,
retaining ring or tire, occurring under fair
usage. Steel-tired wheels.
(10) Worn through chill: When the worn
spot is one (1) in. or over in length. Care
must be taken to distinguish this defect from
flat spots caused by sliding wheels. Cast-iron
wheels.
(11) Thick flange: Flange over 114 in.
thick for cast-iron wheels having increased
flange and tread standards of 1907 and 1909,
and for all cast-steel, wrought-steel and steel-
tired wheels. See Fig. 7 of Freight Code.
(12) Wrought-steel wheels may be substi-
tuted for steel-tired wheels.
(g) Any company finding cars not within
the limits of standard height for couplers must
make repairs. As far as possible, cars should
be adjusted when empty.
(h) Couplers that exceed the distance of
5% in. between point of knuckle and guard arm,
measured perpendicularly to guard arm, must
have the defective part or parts renewed, to
bring coupler within gage.
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302
RULES.
X (CRITICAL LINE
MIN
NEW TIRE
MEASURING LINE
NOT LESS THAN
CONDEMNING LIMIT
MEAS
MIN.
18 MIN.
FIG 1
STEELTIRE
RETAINING RING FASTENING
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× CRITICAL LIN
NEW TIRE
MIN.
CONDEMNING LIN
14
MEASURING LINE
FIG. 2.
4
15 MIN.
STEEL TIRE
SHRINKAGE FASTENING ONLY
X
RULE 7—Continued.

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RULES.
NEW TIRE
RULE 7 Continued.

MIN.
X
CRITICAL LINE
18 MIN.
CONDEMNIN
////////
NW
INGLIN
MIT
MEASURING LINE
MIN.
FIG. 3.
STEEL TIRE
RETAINING RING FASTENING
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NEW TIRE
X CRITICAL LINE
25
16
MIN
है
CONDEMNING
LIMIT
MIN.
RULE 7—Continued.
MEASURING LINE
NOT LESS THAN 4
"3/4"

·
FIG.4.
STEEL WHEEL.
MINIMUM DIMENSIONS FOR WROUGHT STEEL
AND STEEL TIRED WHEELS.
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RULES.
RULE 8. Delivering line defects are as fol-
lows:
(a) Any damage occurring in wreck, derail-
ment, cornering or side-swiping or unconcealed
fire damage.
(b) Slid flat wheels: If flat spots, caused
by sliding, exceed 1 in. in length. All wheels.
The same responsibility shall apply to the mate
wheel, regardless of length of slid spot. A
separate defect card shall be furnished in the
case of wrought-steel or steel-tired wheels.
(c) Cast-iron wheels in place of cast-steel,
wrought-steel or steel-tired wheels and cast-
steel wheels in place of wrought-steel or steel-
tired wheels.
(d) Private line cars having trucks equipped
with steel-tired or wrought-steel wheels for
movement in passenger trains, and trucks so
stenciled, if found with cast-iron or cast-steel
wheels.
(e) Cut journals, axles bent or broken, or
rendered unsafe by unfair usage, derailment or
accident. Where necessary to true up axles in
cases of cut journals, if the journal is reduced
below the limit as prescribed in Rule 7 (e),
axle must be changed at the expense of the
delivering line.
(f) Loss of service metal from wrought-
steel or steel-tired wheels, caused by flat slid-
ing, is chargeable to the company on whose
road the damage occurs.
(NOTE.
flat wheels,
For loss of service metal on slid
in. will be allowed for flat spots
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RULES.
RULE 8-Continued.
2½ in. long or less, and in. for each addi-
tional inch or fraction thereof.)
Any additional loss of service metal that it is
necessary to remove on account of worn flange
or tread must be borne by the car owner.
(g) Air brake, air signal or steam hose
missing from cars offered in interchange.
(h) Burst or broken steam pipes and fit-
tings, damaged steam valves, traps, and parts
of same (inside of car), when due to freezing,
on cars equipped with a combined steam heat
cut-out and drain valve, also on cars equipped
with hot water system of heating.
RULE 9. Line Service expense items are as
follows:
(a) Terminal cleaning. (See note below.)
(b) Heating. (Terminal heating, and coal
furnished for individual heaters for heating
en route.) See note below.
(c) Chimnies, wicks, burners, shades and
all other fittings of oil lighting equipment.
Gas mantles, tips, burners, domes, globes,
bulbs, bowls and all other fittings of gas light-
ing equipment.
(d) Lubrication, labor and material.
NOTE. The following items not being car
owner's responsibility nor cardable in inter-
change, should be assumed by the handling
line when the car is not operating in Line
Service:
(1) Ordinary daily cleaning, sweeping and
dusting interior, wiping down or washing ex-
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RULES.
RULE 9— Continued.
terior, cleaning windows, etc. (If this service.
is performed on private or business cars, the
cost shall be charged against the car owner.)
(2) Oil furnished oil-lighted cars in any
service.
(3) Terminal heating. (The cost of heat
furnished to private or business cars shall be
charged against the car owner.)
(4) Coal, wood and ice. (Such items fur-
nished private or
or business cars shall be
charged against the car owner.)
RULE 10. Electric lighting:
(a) A charge of 3 mills per car-mile (with
a minimum mileage of 100 miles for any cal-
endar day) shall be made by the road owning
the car against the road handling the car for
the electric-lighting equipment on cars equipped
either for axle generator or straight storage-
battery service.
(b) This charge of 3 mills is to cover the
expenses of operation, maintenance, deprecia-
tion and interest on the electrical equipment;
therefore all expenses incident to the operation
and maintenance of such special features shall
be charged against the car owner unless due to
unfair usage.
(c) The electrical equipment referred to
consists of the following:
Axle-generator car:
Battery complete in trays.
Axle generator complete.
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RULE 10. Q.-Is a belt missing from an
electrical generator on a car offered in in-
terchange a cardable defect?
A. No, it is an owner's responsibility
under all conditions, unless there is evi-
dence of unfair usage.
TH
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RULES.
RULE 10—Continued.
Axle generator suspension.
Axle generator regulator.
Lamp regulator.
Axle pulley.
Belt and fasteners.
Straight storage car:
Battery complete in trays.
Either axle-generator or straight storage car:
Fuses, incandescent bulbs, reflectors, cur-
rent, charging plug receptacles, conduit,
wiring, switchboard and battery box.
(d) On electrical head-end lighting system
of passenger-equipment trains a charge of 40
cents shall be made for the electrical equipment
for each 100 miles train is run. This charge.
does not include the cost of coal and attendant.
This charge is intended to cover the ex-
penses of operation (excluding attendant and
coal), maintenance, depreciation and interest
on the following, which comprise head-end
electrical equipment:
Head-end car:
Generator set complete, including all reg-
ulating and control equipment and in-
struments.
Dynamo hose.
Chain drive, including sprockets.
Train-line connectors and receptacles.
Fuses, bulbs, wiring, etc.
NOTE. In case a car fully equipped for
straight storage lighting is included in a train
lighted with head-end system, a charge of 3
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RULES.
RULE 10—Continued.
mills per car-mile (with a minimum mileage of
100 miles for any calendar day) shall be made
for each car so equipped.
If an attendant be furnished, such proportion
of his wages and expenses as is properly charge-
able to electric car lighting shall be prorated
among the roads in interest on a mileage basis.
(e) For repairs to electric lighting equip-
ment on cars in interchange or leased cars, the
instructions issued by the manufacturer of the
apparatus shall be strictly followed. In the
absence of any agreement, the material fur-
nished and applied must be of the same manu-
facturer's make and quality as that which it
replaces.
(f) This rule applies irrespective of the kind
of service in which the car is operating, unless
there is a special agreement covering these
items of expense.
RULE II. Information as to mileage made by *
cars must be furnished promptly on request of
owners by railways over which cars are run.
RULE 12. Each operating line at interest may
charge one journal bearing only per journal per
trip. The following information must be spec-
ified on billing repair card or on the bill itself:
Whether solid, filled or any other kind, re-
moved and replaced.
Length of journal.
Box number.
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RULES.
RULE 13.
No direct labor charge shall be
made for applying brake shoes, journal bear-
ings, hose (air, steam or signal), incandescent
bulbs, gas domes, gas bulbs, gas globes, gas
bowls, gas pillars, mantles, tips, filling lamps,
charging storage batteries, gasing tanks, icing,
coaling and watering cars or for inspection of
cars, testing or adjusting brakes, adjusting
angle cocks, tightening unions or spreading cot-
ters.
No charge to be made for the material or
labor of lubrication, except in line service.
RULE 14. No credit to be allowed for burned-
out incandescent bulbs, burned-out fuses or
scrap brake shoes removed.
NOTE. Steel back brake shoes not to be re-
moved if over one-half (½) in. thick; gray
iron shoes not to be removed if over three-
quarters (34) in. thick.
RULE 15. (a) Brakes must be in perfect
working order. Brake cylinders and slack ad-
justers must have been cleaned and oiled within
twelve months. Triple valves, control valves
and high-speed valves must have been cleaned,
oiled and tested within six months, and date of
last cleaning and oiling stenciled on brake cyl-
inders or control valves with white paint.
Dirt collectors and strainers must be cleaned
every six months at time of cleaning triple
valves or control valves.
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RULE 13. Q.- This rule provides that no
labor shall be charged for applying certain
items of materials, but no reference is made
to knuckles and individual parts of the
coupler. Is such charge permissible?
A.- Rule 13 of the Passenger-car Code of
Rules mentions the items on which no labor
charge can be made. Therefore, labor used
in renewing or repairing other items is per-
missible at the rate of 50 cents per hour on
passenger-car work.
The footnote at the foot of page 145 of
the 1914 Code of Rules reads: "Cost price
to be charged for material not listed above."
This permits the net Stores Department
cost to be charged for material used.
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RULES.
RULE 15
Continued.
(b) The adjustment of piston travel, based
on not less than seventy (70) lb. initial pres-
sure, must not be less than five (5) in. nor more
than eight (8) in.
(c) Air-brake hose applied must be new
and made in accordance with specifications for
M. C. B. standard 13% in. hose, and so labeled.
RULE 16. Private or other cars, except reg-
ular line cars, when offered in interchange
equipped with steam hose couplings that will
not couple with the standard on the receiving
line must be changed by receiving company; the
hose removed to accompany car and be re-
applied when car leaves the line.
RULE 17.
If a
car not in line service is
transferred from one railroad to another, the
receiving road shall issue gas certificate or
defect card authorizing the delivering road to
bill against it for the number of atmospheres
of gas and number of holders at the time car
was received.
(Name of Road.)
Car Number
GAS CERTIFICATE.
Initial
Number of Atmospheres
Number of Holders.
Size of Holders
•
Station,
•
•
19...
Inspector.
RULE 18. The depreciation of all passenger
equipment cars due to age shall be figured at
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RULES.
RULE 18-Continued.
3 per cent per annum upon the yearly depre-
ciated value of same, to continue not to exceed
50 per cent of its original value. The above
method of depreciation applies equally to
either body or trucks of such cars. No de-
preciation shall be allowed on the value of air
brakes.
RULE 19. Bills for maintenance of passenger
cars should be handled as provided in Rules 91
to 97, inclusive, of the freight code of rules.
Separate bills must be rendered monthly for:
a) Repairs.
(b) Cars destroyed.
(c) Line Service expense.
(d) Electric lighting; repairs made to elec-
tric service equipment may be included in same
bill with other repairs; however, bills for
rental of electric lighting equipment should be
rendered separately. The prices for materials
and labor to be governed in accordance with
these Rules.
The Master Car Builder's definition of pas-
senger train cars shall determine whether or
not cars are of passenger construction.
The M. C. 3. rules and prices covering re-
pairs to freight equipment cars will govern in
cases of repairs to cars of freight car con-
struction, moving in passenger service, and the
M C. B. rules and prices covering repairs to
passenger equipment cars will govern in cases
of repairs to cars of passenger car construc-
tion moving in freight service. In cases of
INTERPRETATION.
321
1
322
RULES.
RULE 19
Continued.
cars of freight car construction, equipped with
passenger car trucks, the M. C. B. rules and
prices covering repairs to passenger equipment
cars will govern, in case of repairs to such
trucks, irrespective of the kind of service in
which the car is used.
RULE 20. For repairs made on and after
October 1, 1917, thirty-five per cent shall be
added to the net total amount of the bill for
material and labor; this provision to apply to
all charges in these rules with the following
exceptions:
Twenty-five per cent may be added to the
charges for repairs made on authority of de-
fect card issued between January 1, 1917, and
October 1, 1917. Thirty-five per cent may be
added to such charges on defect cards issued
on and after October 1, 1917, regardless of
date of repairs.
No percentage to be added to bills rendered
by car owners for material furnished by them
for repairs to their cars on foreign lines.
No percentage to bills covering settlement
for destroyed cars or trucks.
No percentage to be added to the net price.
for gas.
LABOR.
RULE 21. The labor prices as shown in Rule
III for freight cars shall be used for ordinary
quick-action triple valves, and for cylinders
14 in. or less in diameter, on passenger cars.
The following labor charges are applicable
for the items mentioned:
INTERPRETATION.
323
།
324
RULES.
No.
LABOR.
1
Nuts only, 14 in. or under, four or less, renewed..
$0.09
23450 CO 1 00 σ;
Nuts only, 13 in. or over, one or two, renewed.
Bolts, tightening, each.
Lag screws, one, renewed...
.09
.01
.09
Journal box lid, one, renewed..
.18
6
7
8
9
Bolts, miscellaneous, 6 in. or less in length, each…….
Bolts, miscellaneous, over 6 in. in length, each.
Bolts, key or brake pin, separately, one, renewed.
Backs of seats, and cushions of passenger cars, either
vestibule or common, removing and beating or
cleaning by air, per car
.09
.18
.09
.65
10
Cleaning baggage cars, each:
Inside..
.35
Outside, including trucks.
.25
11
Cleaning common passenger and combination cars,
each:
Inside..
.45
Outside, including trucks
.35
12
Cleaning mail cars, each:
Inside.
.90
Outside, including trucks.
.35
13
Cleaning mail-apartment cars, each:
Inside..
.90
Outside, including trucks.
.30
14
Cleaning carpets, seats, draperies, etc., parlor and
sleeping cars, by beating or by air, including
cleaning inside, per car
1.75
15
Cleaning parlor and sleeping cars, outside, including
trucks.
1.00
16
Cleaning vestibule passenger and combination cars,
including vestibules and trucks, each:
Inside, single windows...
.80
Inside, double windows.
.90
Outside, single windows.
.50
Outside, double windows.
.60
18
19
21
23
7 22222 2
17
Drinking water container, cleaning and steaming.
including R. and R., each.
.10
Glass, setting, per light...
.35
Labor, on lubrication, per hour
.28
20
Labor, on repairs, per hour.
..35
Wheels, labor changing, center pair only.
-4.00
Wheels, labor changing, center pair with one pair
outside wheels, in same truck.
4.50
Wheels, labor changing, center pair with two pair
outside wheels, in same truck.
6.00
24
Wheels, labor changing, outside pair, when center
pair is not renewed
3.00
25
26
Wheels, labor changing, two outside pair in same
truck, when center pair is not removed.
Wheels, steel-tired, average value service metal, per
4.50
27
6
in. (on radius of tread in connection with full
flange contour), whether defects are owners' or
delivering line.
Wheels, wrought steel or steel-tired, turning to pro-
vide full flange and standard tread contour (not
including R. and R.), per pair...
1.00
1.25
INTERPRETATION.
325
326
RULES.
Continued.
RULE 21
NOTE. For items of labor not covered in
this rule, the amount chargeable shall be the
actual number of hours consumed multiplied
by the M. C. B. rate per hour. Prices quoted
for cleaning cars include necessary cleaning
material.
RULE 22.
Prices for materials used in re-
pairs made under these rules shall be in con-
formity with schedule shown below:

Second-
No.
MATERIAL.
New
hand.
Scrap
1234
Axle, 50,000 lb. or under.
Axle, 60,000 lb.
$15.35
$ 9.20
$ 4.80
•
19.00
11.40
6.00
Axle, 80,000 lb.
24.95
14.95
8.00
Axle, 100,000 lb.
Axle, 140,000 lb.
29.70
17.82
9.40
35.00
21.00 11.15
No.
MATERIAL.
Charge. Credit
Average
Credit.
6
Air-brake hose, M. C. B. Standard, 13% in.,
complete with fittings, applied.
$2.00
$0.60
7
Air-signal hose, complete, with fittings, ap-
plied....
1.75
.60
Credit.
8
Bolts, nuts and forgings, per lb..
.035
.005
9
Brake shoes, reinforced, applied, each.
.50
10
Brake shoes (flanged), applied, each.
.95
11
Brake-shoe key, applied, no credit for scrap.
.04
12
Burners, dual wick, applied, each .
.30
13
Burners, round wick, applied, each..
.55
•
14
Candles, per lb...
.15
15
Castings, rough, iron, per lb.
.0225
.005
16
Castings, rough, malleable, per lb..
.04
.005
17
Castings, rough, steel. (See note at end of
this rule):
Weighing 100 lb. and less, per lb.
.055
..005
Weighing over 100 lb. each, including bol-
sters, side frames, etc., per lb...
.04
.005
INTERPRETATION.
327
328
RULES.

23
Gas mantles, applied, each.
24
Gas, Pintsch, per receiver, net.
25
with fittings, applied.
26
No.
MATERIAL.
18
Chain, per lb...
20
2222 2228
19
Chimneys, dual wick, applied, each.
21
Chimneys, round wick, applied, each
Coal, Anthracite (including labor), per ton..
Conductor's valve or signal cord and coup-
lings, applied, per car..
Charge. Credit.
$0.045
$0.005
.07
.11
7.00
.75
.40
1.10
Hose, 15% in., straight port. steam, complete
5.00 2.50
Hose, as above, 14 or 1½ in., applied.
5.00
2.50
Credit.
27
Ice (including labor), per cwt.
.40
28
Journal bearings, brass or bronze, lined or un-
lined, per lb., applied..
.18
.12
29
Journal bearings, cast steel or malleable iron
back, credit for scrap, per lb.
.02
30
Journal bearings, filled brass or bronze shell,
per lb., applied..
.14
.12
31
Journal bearings. Weights to be charged
and credited as follows:
For journals-
Lb.
31-A 7 in. long and over, but not 8 in. long.
31-B 8 in. long and over, but not 9 in. long.
31-C 9 in. long and over, but not 10 in. long
31-E 10 in. long and over, but not 11 in. long
31-F 11 in. long and over..
32
•
.....
=
Lumber, for framing (not exterior or interior
finish), yellow, white and Norway pine,
poplar, oak, hickory and elm, dressed and
framed, per ft. B. M. required to make the
part...
Nails, per lb.
202235
Lb.
10
6
13
8
12
15
37
23
$0.05
33
.03
34
Oil, car, per gal
·
-
.22
35
Oil, coach, per gal.
.35
36
37
Oil, illuminating, American roads, per gal..
Oil, illuminating, Canadian roads, per gal..
.11
.16
38
39
40
Steel, helical springs, per lb..
Shades, Acme or common lamp, applied, each
Steel, for springs, rough, per lb...
.30
.05
$0.005
.04
.005
41
Terminal car heating, per day of 24 hours or
less. (See note below).
.30
42
Waste, woolen, per lb., applied..
.125
43
Waste, cotton, per lb., applied..
.07
44
Wicks, dual, applied, each..
.01
45
Wicks, round, applied, each..
.02
46
Wheels, wrought steel, loss of service metal,
per in., 33 in. wheel.
.625
.625
47
Wheels, wrought steel, loss of service metal,
per in., 36 in. wheel.
.875
.875
48
Wheels, wrought steel, loss of service metal,
per in., 38 in. wheels.
1.00
1.00
INTERPRETATION.
329
330
RULES.
RULE 22
- Continued.

Average
No.
MATERIAL.
New.
Credit Scrap.
Price.
49
50
One 36 in. cast iron wheel.
One 33 in. cast iron wheel.
•
$10.50
$5.25
9.00
4.75
51
52
53
One 36 in. wrought steel wheel.
One 33 in. wrought steel wheel.
One 33 in. cast steel wheel..
26.00
$5.00
19.50
4.50
19.50 4.75
NOTE.-New 33 in. and 36 in. wrought steel wheels must have base
of limit groove not less than 291½ in. and 32½ in., respectively, in diameter,
must contain 1½ in. service metal (on radius of tread), above condemning
limit (which is 14 in. above base of limit groove).
In no case shall a charge or credit for service metal be made in excess
of 1½ in.
NOTE.-Current market price should be charged for all material not
covered in the list above (net Store Department cost).
NOTE.-Materials ordered from owner for repairs of cars shall
be handled in accordance with Rule 122 of the freight code of rules.
NOTE.-Cars lying at stations for over 48 hours, expense of heating
to be borne by railway in whose possession car may be if the delay is due
to the handling line.
RULE 23.
Acceptance or rejection of this
code of rules must be as a whole, and no ex-
ception to an individual rule or rules shall be
valid.
RULE 24.
This code of rules shall apply to
all passenger equipment cars interchanged in
passenger trains, and becomes effective Octo-
ber 1, 1917.
INTERPRETATION.
231
332
RULES.
LIST OF RAILROAD COMPANIES.
The following is a complete list of rail-
road companies which have given notice of the
adoption of the Code of Rules for the inter-
change of passenger equipment cars:
Alabama & Vicksburg.
Arms Palace Horse Car Co.
Atlanta & Birmingham Air Line.
Atlantic, Valdosta & Western.
Baltimore & Ohio.
Bangor & Aroostook.
Boston & Albany.
Boston & Maine.
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern.
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific.
Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago.
Canadian Pacific.
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio.
Central of Georgia.
Central Vermont.
Chesapeake & Ohio.
Chicago & Alton.
Chicago & Eastern Illinois.
Chicago & Erie.
Chicago & North Western.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy.
Chicago Great Western.
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific.
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf.
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton.
Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western.
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific.
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis.
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling.
Cleveland Terminal & Valley.
$
RULES.
333
Colorado & Southern.
Cornwall & Lebanon.
Cumberland Valley.
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western.
Denver & Rio Grande.
Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee.
Detroit & Lima Northern.
Doniphan, Kensett & Searcy.
El Paso & Southwestern.
El Paso & Southwestern System.
Erie.
Evansville & Terre Haute.
Evansville & Indianapolis.
Fitchburg.
Florida East Coast.
Fort Worth & Denver City.
Georgia.
Georgia & Florida.
Golden Circle.
Grand Rapids & Indiana.
Grand Trunk.
Grand Trunk Pacific.
Green Bay & Western.
Hocking Valley.
Hutchison & Southern.
Illinois Central.
Intercolonial Ry. of Canada.
Kanawha & Michigan.
Kansas City Southern.
Lehigh Valley.
Long Island.
Louisiana & Arkansas.
Louisville & Nashville.
Manitoba & North-Western Railway of Canada.
Mason City & Fort Dodge.
Michigan Central.
Midland Valley.
Minneapolis & St. Louis.
Mississippi River & Bonne Terre.
Mississippi River, Hamburg & Western.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. Co. of Texas.
Missouri Pacific.
334
RULES.
Mobile & Birmingham.
Monongahela.
Nacozari.
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis.
National Rys. of Mexico.
Nevada Copper Belt.
New Orleans & Northeastern.
New York Central.
New York, Ontario & Western.
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk.
New York & Ottawa.
Northern Pacific.
Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.
Oregon Short Line.
Ottawa & New York.
Pennsylvania Co.
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie & Boston.
Pere Marquette.
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington.
Philadelphia & Reading.
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie.
Pittsburgh & Western.
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis.
Plant System.
Rio Grande, Sierra Madre & Pacific.
Rio Grande Western.
Rock Island & Peoria.
San Antonio & Aransas Pass.
Seaboard Air Line.
Sioux City & Northern.
Southern.
Southern Indiana.
Southern Pacific Company.
South Florida.
Southwestern of Arizona.
Spokane Falls & Northern.
St. Louis, Chicago & St. Paul.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern.
St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado.
St. Louis Southwestern.
St. Louis Southwestern of Texas.
RULES.
335
St. Louis & Hannibal.
St. Louis & San Francisco.
Temiskaming & Northern Ontario.
Tennessee Central.
Texas & Pacific.
Toledo & Ohio Central.
Toledo & Ohio Central Extension.
Toledo, Columbus & Cincinnati.
Toledo, St. Louis & Western.
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo.
Trinity & Brazos Valley.
Tyler South Eastern.
Union Pacific.
United Counties.
Vandalia.
Vera Cruz & Pacific.
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific.
Wabash.
Wells Fargo Express Co.
West Jersey & Seashore.
Western Pacific.
Western Union Telegraph Co.
West Virginia Central & Pittsburgh.
Wheeling & Lake Erie.
Zanesville & Western.
INDEX.
A
Rule.
Accident, responsibility for.
•
"A" end of car.
Acceptance of code of rules..
Address of correspondent in charge
of bills
Adjusting brakes, no charge for labor
Adjusting brakes of foreign cars...
Adjustment of couplers to standard
height
Advertisements, temporary
Air-brake apparatus, cleaned, tested
and marked
128-130
Page.
252-254
Preface
2
14
32
93
122
108
198
I
4
20
40
•
36
09
66
60
82
Air-brake hose label...
57
Air-brake hose replaced, new stand-
ard to be used..
78
62
Air-brake material missing or dam-
90
aged
58-59-60
82-88
able
without
Air hose, standard.
Air-brake repair work, labor allow-
Air brakes, testing or adjusting, no
charge for labor.
Air brakes, non-acceptance of cars
Air signal or train line steam pipe
connections at owner's risk..
III
202-220
108
198
3
12
•
57
78-80
All-metal brake beams, equipment of
cars with
3
16
CA)
3
14
Angle cocks, adjusting, no charge for
labor
1.08
198
·
•
A. R. A. car service, Rule 15 to apply
A. R. A. car service, Rule 15..
Arbitration committee, duties of...
Attaching defect cards to cars.
Authority for transfer or adjustment
of lading card, form of....
Average scrap credit prices for wheels
from dismantled cars..
8
267
123
250
14
32
255
98
130
Axle and wheel information to be
specified on repair cards.
9
24
Axle dimensions to be specified on
billing repair cards..
9
24
264
·
Axles and wheels, bills for...
Axles and wheels, prices allowable.
Axles and wheels, to be specified on
billing repair card...
Axles, bent
Axles, broken
Axles, equipment of cars with M. C.
B. standard
98 128-130
9
84.
24
108
85
108
3
14
INDEX.
337
Axles for cars, non-M. C. B. stand-
ard
Axles for cars, M. C. B. standard.
Axles less than prescribed limits..
Axles, not M. C. B. standard, non-
acceptance in interchange..
•
•
Rule.
Page.
86
108
86
ΙΙΟ
·
86
108
•
3
14
Axles, responsibility for damage to. 84-86 108-116
Axles, secondhand, limiting dimen-
sions
Axles, standard and
and non-standard,
limits for removal..
Axles, unsafe
86
I 12
86
ΙΙΟ
84
108
Axles with collars broken or worn off
Axles with cut journals..
$5
108
84
108
Axles with fillets in back shoulder
85
108
worn out
Axles with length of journal in-
creased
Axles with seamy journals.
Axle, worn collar, method of gaging.
85
85
10 10
108
108
103
B
"B end of car...
Bad order cars, return of, when
empty
Bad order, return when empty card,
14
32
2
4
form of ..
Bad-order transfer card
Bad-order transfer, return
empty card, use of....
257
257
when
8, 10
Bearings, journal, details to be spe-
cified on billing repair card..
Bearings, journal, malleable or steel
back, not used in repairs..
Billing for cost of standardizing
wrong repairs
Billing, instructions for.
·
Billing repair card, form of...
Billing repair card of intermediate
9
26
19
40
90
116
91-119
118
262-264
line
90
118
Billing repair card, to be attached to
monthly bill
7
22
Billing repair card, to be in dupli-
cate
8
24
Billing repair card, to be made out
when any repairs to foreign cars
are made
Billing repair card, separate, issu-
ance of under certain conditions.
Billing repair card, to specify fully
the repairs made...
7
22
7
22
7
22
338
INDEX.
Rule.
Page.
Billing repair card, to specify kind
of material applied and removed
Billing repair card, use of.
Bills, authority for countercharge....
Bills, consolidation of, for repairs
made
Bills for labor only, items lost..
Bills for lettering..
Bills for materials furnished, prices
allowable
Bills for wheels and axles,
allowable
Bills less than 25 cents...
Bills returned for correction.
Bills, separate, for cars destroyed.
Bills, separate statements to cover...
Bills, to be accompanied by defect
cards
17
36
•
7-8-9-10-11
22-28
91
120
93
122.
95
124
• ·
102
152
ΙΟΙ
101 136-152
prices
98
126
91
118
• •
91
118
93
122
93
122
94
122
Bills to be accompanied by necessary
information
96
122
Brake apparatus damaged, responsi-
bility for
•
54
78
Brake beam parts, credits allowable.
Brake beams and attachments lost,
104
154
bills for labor only..
95
124
be equipped
Brake beams, cars to be
with No. I or No. 2...
Brake beams, charges and credits for
Brake beams Nos. 1, 2, 3.
Brake beams, equipment of cars with
all-metal
Brake beam No. 1 not to be used on
cars weighing over 35,000 lb..
Brake beams applied to be M. C. B.
standard
3
12
IOI 150, 152
ΙΟΙ
148-150
3
14
2
12
2
14
Brake beam No. 2 to replace other
beams in repairs.
17
34
Brake beams, etc., lost, bills for labor
only
95
124
Brake beams, marking of.
3
12, 14
Brake beams, metal, details to be spe-
cified on billing repair card..
9
26
Brake beam, new, applied, charge for
Brake beams, renewal of...
104
154
17
34, 36
Brake beams, secondhand, used in
repairs, credit for..
Brake beams, wooden, on cars sten-
ciled for metal beams..
Brake hangers, no charge when brake
beam is applied...
Brake shafts, not to be welded.
Brake shoes, cast, replaced with re-
inforced back shoes....
104
154
56
78
ΙΙΟ
200
•
17
36
17
36
INDEX.
339
Brake shoes, details to be stated on
billing repair card..
•
Brake shoes or keys, no charge for
labor replacing or applying..
Brine-retaining devices
O
Rule.
Page.
9
26
108
198
3
14-16
113
240
115
242
2
8
2
4
255
·
•
•
257
257
262-264
261
256
258-259
260
•
•
263
257
267
36
66-72
H N
2
ΙΟ
I
4
109
198
Car damaged or destroyed on private
settlement assumed by
track,
railroad placing car..
Car destroyed, trucks returned..
Car transfer check...
•
Carding of defects on cars offered in
interchange
Cards, form of:
Authority for transfer or adjust-
ment of lading
Bad order, return when empty
Bad-order transfer
Billing repair card
•
Counterbilling authority
Defect card
Joint evidence card
Joint inspection certificate
Record repair card
Return card
Routing cards
Cards, size and character, allowed on
freight cars
Carding of cars owned by direct
connections
Care of foreign cars.
•
Carrier iron bolts, labor charge for
applying
•
Cars damaged or destroyed on roads
not members of per diem agree-
ment
Cars improperly loaded.
Cars, loaded, in interchange, must
be accepted
Cars, 80,000 lb. capacity and over,
to be loaded to axle capacity..
Cars loaded with explosives, han-
dling of
Cars, non-acceptance of:
Axles of less capacity than the sum
of light weight and marked
capacity of car..
• •
Axles, non-M. C. B. standard.
Axles, non-use of, in repairing for-
eign cars
Equipped with continuous draft rods.
M. C. B. standard axles..
113
240
2
6
4
2,86
6, 116
સ
4
33
14
14
3
I 2
3
12
3
14
340
INDEX.
Rule.
Page.
3
14
3
16
3
16
•
3
16
•
3
12
3
12
3
18
3
12
3
12
Cars, non-acceptance of - Continued:
Not equipped with all-metal brake
beams
·
Not stenciled showing date built.
Not stenciled with weight.
Stenciling of, to show date built.
Without air brakes....
•
Without all-metal brake beams.
Without door hooks and fasteners.
Without efficient hand brake..
Without No. I or No. 2 brake
beam
Without suitable brine-retaining
devices
With other than M. C. B. journals
or journal bearings..
With short draft arms..
D •
With stem or spindle coupler at-
tachments
Cars not equipped with standard air
hose
•
Cars stenciled metal brake beams,
with wooden beams.
Cars with inflammable liquid leaking,
repairs of
•
Cars with metal brake beams, stand-
ard, found with wooden beams.
Cars with safety appliance defects,
not to be interchanged...
Cars to be equipped with M. C. B.
standard triple valves.
3
14, 16
•
ww
3
14
3
16
3
12
57
78-82
56
78
2
6
56
78
2
Cast-iron brake shoes replaced with
reinforced back shoes...
repairs
Cast-iron brake wheels not used in
•
Center-pins, no labor charge when
center-plate or bolts are applied.
Center-plate, or center-plate bolts, no
charge when car is raised to
standard height
Centrifugal dirt-collector, cleaned, in-
formation to be specified on bill-
ing repair card...
Certificate of test of safety valves or
tanks to accompany billing repair
card
Chaining of cars.
Charges and credits for brake beams.
Chipped treads, method of deter-
mining
Combinations of damages denoting
unfair usage
•
Conditions of acceptance of code of
rules
+
2
12
17
36.
19
40
ΙΙΟ
200
ITO
200
9
26
9
26
3
16-18
101
150-152
83
98
41
72-74
128-130 252-254
INDEX.
341
ance of cars with.
Commodity cards, use of.
Continuous draft rods, non-accept-
Correction of repairs authorized by
Rule.
Page.
36
68
3
12
defect card,
time specified to
justify bill
5
20-22
Cotter keys, application of.
17
36
Counter billing authority card, form
of
·
Coupler heights, limits of, adjust-
ment of
Coupler, new, applied, charge for..
Coupler, no charge when draft tim-
bers are applied
Coupler parts, credits allowable.
Coupler parts, to be specified on bill-
233
20
40-42
•
104
154
ΙΙΟ
200
...
104
• ·
154
ing repair card..
9
24
Couplers exceeding 5% in. between
knuckle and guard arm..
IS
38-40
Couplers, including yokes, springs
and followers, lost, bill for labor
95
124
re-
104
154
of cars
3
12
Couplers, secondhand, used in
pairs, credit for
Couplers, stem or spindle attach-
ments, non-acceptance
with
Credit allowable for couplers re-
moved account of improper re-
pairs
Credit prices, scrap, for wheels re-
moved from dismantled cars...
Credits allowable for cars authorized
destroyed
Credits for brake beams.
Credits for loss of service metal from
steel wheels
17
ΙΟΙ
34
98 128-130
I 20
244
150-152
98
132
• •
104
154
Credits for secondhand parts used in
repairs
104
154
103
154
22
46
•
36
70
Credits for secondhand couplers and
brake beams
Credits, scrap, allowable.
•
·
Cross-bolt for splicing, size of...
Customs regulation cards, use of.
Cylinder, air brake, cleaned, informa-
tion to be specified on billing re-
pair card
9
26
D
Damage to brake apparatus..
Damaged or destroyed cars on roads
not members of per diem agree-
ment
Damaged sills, responsibility for....
54
78
113
240
4I
72-74
342
INDEX.
•
Damaged trucks, responsibility for.
Damages denoting unfair usage..
Dead block, no charge when end sill
is applied
Defect and joint evidence cards to
be securely fastened to car.
Defect card, form of..
Defect card, form of..
•
• •
Defect card must state wrong ma-
terials used
re-
Defect card not required of deliver-
ing company for improper
pairs not made by it; exceptions
Defect card replaced on car after
partial repairs are made..
Defect card, separate, to be fur-
nished for wrought or steel-tired
wheels
•
Defect cards, authority for issue
Defect cards not required for missing
material in fair usage.
Defect cards not required when dam-
age is so slight no repairs are
necessary
Rule.
Page.
63
90
32
66.
ΙΙΟ
200
14
32
5
20
: 888
256
116
4
20
6
22
68
92
4
18
4
20
4
20
Defect cards on dismantled cars,
charge for materials on.
Defect cards to accompany bills...
Defect cards to specify in full items
for which charge is authorized.
៩៩
94
122
94
122
5
20
Defective non-M. C.
C. B.
Defect cards, use of...
B. standards
4-5-6
18-22
may be replaced with M. C. B.
standards
17
32-34
Defects not associated with unfair
usage defects, repairs of..
4I
74
Defects on rejected cars to be clearly
stated on return card..
2
10-12
Defects rendering car unsafe may be
repaired
16
32
Defects to be properly carded when
offered in interchange.
2
4
6-8
Defects which should be repaired
while car is under load.
•
Definition of direct connection.
Delivering company responsibility.
Delivering line to card for all de-
livering line defects when de-
livered to owner..
Depreciation, rate of, on cars de-
stroyed
Derailment, responsibility for..
Destroyed or damaged cars on roads
not members of the per diem
agreement
2 26
32, 36
ΤΟ
66
2
IO
II2
236
Preface
113
240
INDEX.
343
Rule.
Page.
2
ΤΟ
98
I24
107
198
•
94
124
►
•
120
242
on
re-
3
18
425
4I
72-74
22
44
5.2
78
Direct connection, definition of...
Dismantled cars, scrap credits allowed
for wheels
Dismantling cars, price for.
Dismantling of cars, charge for mate-
rials covered by defect cards.
Disposition of worn-out cars.
Door hooks and fasteners
frigerator cars
Draft members not considered longi-
tudinal sills
Draft timbers must not be spliced..
Drive screws, use of, not allowed...
Duplicate defect, billing repair
ог
joint evidence cards to be fur-
nished
Dust guards, responsibility for in
connection with wheel and axle
changes
E
Empty cars to be accepted, if in safe
and serviceable condition..
End sheathing, no labor charge when
end plate or end sill under
sheathing is removed...
Equipment of cars with safety appli-
ances
F
Failure or loss under fair usage of
any part of body of car.
·
Flat spots, method of gaging.
Followers lost, bill for labor only
Foreign bad order cars, loaded, to
be received back, under certain
conditions
Forged steel wheels, loss of service
metal
Forged steel wheels, prices for..
Forms of splicing sills..
Friction draft gear, lost, bill for labor
only
Friction rollers, no labor charge when
center plates or center-plate bolts
are applied
Furnishing materials on requisition
for repairs of cars..
[
15
32
65
90
2
4
ΙΙΟ
200
3
16
+∞ a
83
76
98
95
124
نا
4
98
128
98
128
2.2
44-52
95
124
IIO
200
122
248
344
INDEX.
G
Rule.
Page.
•
Gage, maximum flange thickness...
Gaging chipped rims, method of.
Gaging shelled and flat spots.
Gaging worn flanges, method of..
Gaging worn axle collar.
•
• • · •
•
•
Grab irons not to be welded.
Grab irons to be of wrought iron or
steel
..
104
102
100
ΙΟΙ
103
17
36
52
78
Gray iron in place of malleable M.
C. B. standards..
17
34
H
Hand brakes, non-acceptance of cars
without efficient
Hand brakes, repairs or renewal of.
Handholds or grab irons to be of
wrought iron or steel.
*
Hand railings, temporary, cost of ap-
plying on empty well-hole cars..
Hand rails, cost of applying..
Height, standard, of couplers, to be
maintained
Hooks and fasteners on refrigerator
cars
•
•
Horizontal or cross bolts, size of..
Hose, air brake, responsibility for..
59
339
12
84
52
78
21
42
21
42
20
42
3
18
22
42
57, 58
82
Improperly loaded cars..
I
Improper repairs, correction of.
Improper repairs, responsibility for.
Inflammable liquid leaking, repairs or
transfer of cars with..
Inspection for interchange
method of loading
Inspection of foreign cars..
Instructions for billing..
·
Interchanging freight cars.
• •
2
87
87-88
6
116
116
6.
and
·
Preface
2
I
91-119
2
118
COP N
4
4
90
116
13
30
9.
24-26
Intermediate road to standardize
wrong repairs and bill for...
Issuance of defect cards on joint
evidence
Items to be specified on billing repair
cards
INDEX.
345
J
Joint evidence card, form of..
Joint evidence cards to be securely
attached to cars..
Joint evidence card, use of..
Joint evidence may be obtained at
any point on home line.
Joint evidence to be obtained within
ninety days after first receipt of
car home
Joint evidence to be signed only
after inspection has been made
Joint inspection certificate..
Journal bearings, details to be speci
fied on billing repair card.
Journal bearings, filled
Journal bearings, malleable or steel-
backed, non-use of.
Journal bearings, solid.
Journal bearings in connection with
wheel and axle changes, respon-
sibility for
Journal box bolts in connection with
wheel and axle changes, respon-
sibility for
Journals and journal bearings, cars
not equipped with M. C. B.
standard
L
Rule.
Page
256
14
32
12-13
28-30
I 2
28
12
30
1 2
30
232
9
26
I I
28
19
40
ΙΙ
28
65
90
65
90
3
14
Label for air-brake hose.
រ
57
78
198
or
109
Labor allowable, applying complete
coupler account of broken
missing lock or knuckle...
Labor allowable, table of prices for.
Labor charge applying carrier iron
bolts
Labor charges for air-brake repair
work
Labor charges not allowable..
Labor, hours of, to be specified on
billing repair cards..
Labor or material, percentage to be
added
Lading of open cars in excess of pub-
lished clearances
Lag screws not to be used in repair-
ing safety appliances.
Lead paint chargeable..
• •
Lettering, charge for..
of
•
·
Light weight and capacity, stenciling
107 160-198
109
198
I I I
200-220
ΙΙΟ
198
9
26
106
158
2
6
52
78
103
152
102
152
3
16
346
INDEX.
7
Rule.
Page.
Light weight and capacity to be sten-
ciled on cars...
Limits for removal of axles.
Limits of coupler heights..
Loaded cars, defects which must be
repaired
•
Loaded, cars offered in interchange
must be accepted..
Loaded cars must be accepted, ex-
ceptions
Loss, under fair usage, of any part
of body of car.
Lumber, charges for.
Lumber, in feet, used, to be specified
on billing repair cards.
Lumber used repairing cars..
•
86
IIO
86
112
20
40
2
6.
2
4
2
4
48
76
102
152
9
26
17
36
M
Malleable iron couplers not used in
repairs
Malleable or steel-backed journal
bearings not used in repairs..
Manufactured articles, charged
current market prices.
19
40
19
40
·
at
105
158
Marking air-brake apparatus, cleaned,
oiled and tested.
60
86
Material or labor, percentage to be
added
Materials, furnishing of, for repairs.
Maximum loading of cars of 80,000
lb. capacity and over.
M. C. B. standards, use of.
Metal brake beams, details to
specified on billing repair cards.
Metal shims, use of, in adjusting
coupler height
тоб
158
122
248
6
17
32-34
be
9
26
20
40-42
Method of gaging worn axle collar.
Mineral paint chargeable...
ΙΟΙ
102
152
Miscellaneous items, value of, to be
specified on billing repair cards.
9
26
N
•
Nails or lag screws not to be used in
repairing safety appliances.
"No bill" billing repair card to be
attached to monthly bill..
Non-use of malleable couplers, cast-
iron brake wheels, open knuckles
and malleable or steel-backed
journal bearings
52
78
7
22
19
40
INDEX.
347
Oiling of foreign cars..
•
O
Open knuckles not used in repairs.
Ordinary wear and tear, responsi-
bility for
Original plan to be followed in re-
building cars
Overhead clearances
• D
•
Owners to receive their own cars.
• •
Rule.
Page.
I
4
19
40
Preface
114
422
2
240
6
4
P
Packing journals of foreign cars..
Paint, mineral and lead, chargeable.
Partial repairs, covered by defect
card
Passenger car rules
Percentage, 35 per cent to be added
to bills
Percentage not to be added to bills
for destroyed cars or trucks..
Percentage not to be added to bills
rendered by car owners for
materials furnished for repairs
of their own cars..
Placards, special, use of.
*
Prices allowable for forged or rolled
steel wheels
Prices allowable for labor...
Prices allowable for wheels and axles..
Prices for dismantling cars..
Prices for maintenance of passenger
cars
Prices for repairs of steel parts of
composite cars
Prices for trucks destroyed.
Prices, settlement for cars destroyed
Putting car on center when center
plates or center-plate bolts are
applied
I
102
4
152
6
22
290-335
105
158
106 158-160
106
158
36
70
98
128
107 160-198
98
128
198
320-330
107
196
I 12
ΤΙΣ
234
222-236
107
IIO
200
R
Railings, temporary hand, cost of ap-
plying to empty well-hole cars..
Rates for depreciation on cars de-
stroyed
21
42
112 236-240
263
S
24
57
82
cars destroyed, settle-
112 238-240
•
Record repair card, form of..
Record repair card, use of...
Rectangular label for air brake hose,
use of
Refrigerator
ment for
348
INDEX.
Relightweighing of cars, responsi-
bility for
Removal of load to make repairs, to
be stated on billing repair card.
Renewal of brake beams..
Repair bill, form of....
•
Repairs authorized by defect card,
time specified for correction to
justify bill
Repairs of defects while car is under
load
Repairs of safety appliance details..
Repairs of steel parts of composite
cars, prices for labor.
Repairs to conform to original con-
struction
Rule.
Page.
3 I
64
9
26
17
34-36
262
5
20-22
2
6
52
78
107
196
16
Repairs to foreign cars to be promptly
32
¿
made
16
Repairs which can be made on defect
cards
32
94
Repairs, wrong, standardized by in-
termediate road
Replacement of couplers, shank and
butt standard to car to be main
tained
•
Replacement of non-M. C. B. stand-
122
90
116
17
34
ards
17
32
Replacement of axles.
86
IIO
Responsibility for damaged sills.
Responsibility for damage to brake
apparatus
4Ι
72-74
54
78
Responsibility for damage to steel
cars
43
74
63-67
90
68-83
92-98
48
76
87-88
116
tear
Preface
•
Preface
· •
Responsibility for damage to trucks.
Responsibility for damage to wheels.
Responsibility for failure or loss un-
der fair usage of any part of the
body of car
Responsibility for improper repairs.
Responsibility for ordinary wear and
Responsibility for unfair usage, de-
railment or accident..
Return card, form of..
Return card, use of.
•
• "
•
Return of foreign bad order cars..
Revision of rules of interchange...
Reweighing and remarking of cars..
Rims, chipped, method of gaging..
Routing cards, forms of...
Running boards in bad order or in-
securely fastened
Running boards, temporary, cost of
applying
256
8, 10
2
4
252
30
56-64
102
124-127
68 36, 267
52
78
21
42
INDEX.
349
S
Safety appliances, equipment of cars
with
·
Safety appliance defects on cars offered
in interchange
Safety appliance details, repairs of..
Safety valves, certificate of test to
accompany billing repair card...
Schedule of prices for trucks de-
stroyed
Scrap, credits allowable
•
Secondhand parts of couplers and
brake beams, credits for.
Separate billing repair card to be
issued under certain conditions..
Separate defect card to be furnished
3,33
2
52.
9
Rule.
Page.
18, 66
4
78
26
112 234-236
103
154
104
154
7
22
68
92
98 132-136
II 2
238
123
II 2
250
222-236
labor
I 10
200
100
20
40-42
22
44-54
17
36
• •
4 I
72-74
3
14
22
44-54
3
18
17
32
90
116
for wrought or steel-tired wheels.
Service metal, credit for loss of.....
Settlement for cars designed for
special purposes
Settlement of disputes.
Settlement prices for cars destroyed
Sheathing, side or end, no
charge
Shelled out, method of gaging.
Shims, metal, use of, in adjusting
coupler height
Sill splicing
•
•
Sill steps not to be welded.
*
Sills, damaged, responsibility for.
Specifications for tank cars.
Splicing of sills
Stake pockets, size of for flat cars
used for twin or triple loads..
Standards, M. C. B., use of.
Standardizing wrong repairs.
•
•
Steel cars not equipped with card-
boards for joint evidence and
defect cards
Steel sills, splicing of...
•
Stem or spindle coupler attachments,
non-acceptance of cars with..
Stenciling and weighing of cars.
Stenciling of cars showing date built.
Stenciling of cars with weight and
capacity
•
Stenciling of tank cars..
•
Substitution of malleable iron, wrought
iron, gray iron and steel stand-
ards
Substitution of various kinds of
lumber
Switch chains, use of.
•
Symbol cards, use of.
• •
49
76
44-54
3
12
30
56, 64
3
16
3
16
3.30
16, 56
17
32
17
36
3
16, 18
36
70
350
INDEX.
T
Tank cars destroyed, depreciation on
Tank cars, bodies and tanks to bear
distinctive dates built..
•
Tank cars, owners or authorized rep-
resentatives only to stencil.
Tanks, certificate of test to accom-
pany billing card
Temporary advertisements
Temporary hand railings, cost of ap-
plying to empty well-hole cars...
Test of safety valves or tanks, cer-
tificate to accompany billing re-
pair card
Testing of cleaned triple valves.
Tests of tank cars..
Thickness of wheel tread to be
shown on billing repair card.
Third-rail clearances
Tie rods, transverse, temporary, bill
for applying
Rule.
Page.
II2
236
3
16
3, 30
16, 54
9
26
36
66-72
21
42
•
9
26
•
•
60
86-90
3
ΤΟ
28
2
6
21
42
21
42
бо
86-90
9
22
2
12
Transverse tie rods, bill for applying
Triple valves, cleaned and tested.
Triple valves, to be specified on bill-
ing repair card..
Triple valves, standard, equipment
of cars with...
Trucks destroyed, schedule of prices
for settlement for
Trucks destroyed, settlement for.
Trucks, responsibility for damage to.
Trucks returned from car destroyed.
Turning wheels
112 234-236
II 2
234
63-67
90
115
242
98
132
U
Uncoupling arrangements to be made
operative
Uncoupling levers not to be welded..
Unfair
usage, responsibility for.
Use of billing repair card..
Use of defect card...
• •
Use of defect cards to be determined
by Chief Interchange Inspector.
Use of joint evidence card..
•
18
17
영승
​40
36
Preface
·
·
7-8-9-10-11
4-5-6
22-28
18-20
4
20
12-13
28-30
W
Weighing and stenciling of cars.....
Weight to be stenciled on cars.
Wheel bill, form of
Wheels other than 33-in., replace-
ment of, in repairs.
30-31
56-64
3
16.
264, 265
23
54
INDEX.
351
Wheels and axles, prices allowable..
Wheels and axles to be specified on
billing repair card.
Wheels, brake burns..
•
•
Wheels, broken or chipped flange,
broken rim
Wheels, burst
•
Wheels, cracked, broken or chipped.
Wheels, flat sliding
Wheels, flat spots, worn flanges and
chipped treads, method of gaging
-Wheels, wrought or rolled, credit for
service metal
► •
Wheels, wrought steel or steel-tired..
Wheels, wrought steel or steel-tired,
broken or cracked
Wheels, loose or out of gage..
Wheels, maximum flange thickness,
gage for
Wheels, new, not to be mated with
secondhand wheels
·
Wheels on same axle, same circum-
ference
Rule.
Page.
98
128
9
24
71
94
69
92
77
96
78
96
68
92
83
98
98
132
70
94
80
98
81
98
83
98
25
56
24
56
24
56
08
68-83
130
92-106
72
94
∞ NNNNN
86
71
94
75
96
76
96
74
96
73
94
56
78
44-48
Wheels on same axle with large
flanges
•
Wheels removed from dismantled cars,
average scrap credit prices for...
Wheels, responsibility for damage to.
Wheels, seamy
Wheel seats of foreign axles, reduc-
tion of
Wheels, shelled-out
Wheels, thick flanges
Wheels, tread worn hollow.
Wheels, worn flanges
Wheels, worn through chill.
•
Wooden brake beams on cars sten-
ciled for metal beams..
Wooden sills, splicing of...
Worn axle collar, method of gaging.
Worn flanges, determination of..
Worn flanges, method of gaging.
Wrong repairs, standardized, bill for
22
•
83
90
103
98
100-101
116
Y
Yellow pine, use of, on foreign cars.
Yokes lost, bill for labor only...
17
36
95
124


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