Sunday, April 23, 2017

Privately Owned Cars Waybills

Some cars are privately owned meaning that the industry that uses the car also owns the car and pays the railroad to deliver the car to the consignee and return it back to the car owner.  Here is an example of privately own car's waybill, the shipper is sending a boxcar to Toes-Up Funeral in Mars, PA.


Nothing extraordinary about this waybill, it is written just like any other waybill.  Below is the boxcar and you will notice the wording in the top center of the car side which states that it is a private car.  Most of the cars I have seen don't have this wording that pronounced.


Here is the return waybill from Toes-Up Funeral sending the car back to Transylvania Casket.  At first glance it looks like a normal waybill but the note in the INSTRUCTIONS box says REVERSE ROUTE.  This is different from a typical empty waybill because it sends back the privately owned boxcar back to the shipper where it originated.


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