Industry Terms & Acronyms ACACSO San Antonio, TX May 9 – 11, 2018

Terms & Acronyms Answers Industry sponsored organization whose primary purpose is to set standards & rules for the North American Railroad Industry. American Association of Railroads AAR APPURTENANCE Structure on a flatcar to haul autos BALLAST Large rock which surfaces the roadbed BLUE FLAG A sign or other device indicating employees are working CHARM Official source of time and mileage rates on freight cars. Car Hire Accounting Rate Master CHDX Car Hire Data Exchange CIRCULAR OT-10 Car service and car hire rules published by Railinc CLM Specialized type of EDI message used to track the movement of railcars. Car Location Message

DDCT DEADHEAD DERAIL EAC EOT FROG FUSEE HI-RAIL ISS KICKING CARS Application with real time access to damaged and defective cars for better communication & collaboration among rail partners. Defective & Damaged Car Tracking DEADHEAD Crew transporting in a vehicle to a train or another terminal DERAIL Device placed on a side track to prevent cars from entering main track EAC Committee maximizing the inter-railroad car utilization through management of and recommended changes in interpretation of the OT-10. Equipment Assets Committee EOT Device put on the rear of the train for identification and warning. End of Train device FROG Part of a turnout which guides cars through FUSEE Flare used for signaling HI-RAIL Rail gear mounted on highway vehicles ISS Centralized process used to negotiate & agree upon sharing of revenue generated for a movement between two or more roads. Interline Settlement System KICKING CARS Pushing cars quickly while switching

KNUCKLE LCS MILE POST PACT RECLAIMS SETTLEMENT VALUE SIGNAL SLACK Part of a coupler between railcars LCS System that create the official interchange record for car hire settlement Liability Continuity System MILE POST Lineside signs showing distance from beginning of the line PACT Movement Record indicating the time the car was physically placed at the customer’s siding. (Actual Placement) RECLAIMS Specific conditions which allow you to take back car hire SETTLEMENT VALUE Amount of compensation due the equipment owner for destroyed or damaged equipment (DDCT) SIGNAL Lights showing if trains can proceed or not SLACK Free play space between railcars SPIKE Sharp metal object which holds down rail SPLC Numeric code indicating a geographic station location Standard Point Location Code

SPUR STCC SWITCH TAG TIE UP TIME TABLE TOL TRAIN II UMLER WEED WEASELS An industry or other track STCC Numeric code representing 38 commodity groupings Standard Transportation Commodity Code SWITCH Turnout which routes cars to one track or another TAG Technical Advisory Group TIE UP Operating crews ending their day TIME TABLE Book showing mileage between stations and train schedules TOL Process where the Car Hire due on one railroad is transferred to another road TRAIN II A database containing movement events, waybills, car hire TOL records on all rail equipment. Tele Rail Automated Information Network UMLER A database of information about railroad and intermodal equipment managed through Railinc. Uniform Machine Language Equipment Register WEED WEASELS Officials observing operating crews