© 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved. Equipment Assets Management Working Committee

Discussion Topics ITSC 2009 Project Schedule SCO 90 Review OT-5 Revisions CSR 14 Revisions Embargo Communications Process LCS Car Hire Benchmarking © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Discussion Topics Data Integration Review Tank Car Mileage Equalization © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

ITSC 2009 Project Schedule April 2009 – Kickoff Conference Call April 10 to May 15 – Idea Submission –Committees submit project ideas –Ideas are evaluated based on project type, business value and urgency –Accepted projects move to the initiation phase © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

ITSC 2009 Project Schedule May 16 to June 13 – Project Request Submission –Project requests prepared for accepted ideas –Business cases revised –Railinc develops a Rough Order of Magnitude June 17 – Initial Project Review –Committee Chairs present projects to ITSC –Railinc provides recommendations © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

ITSC 2009 Project Schedule June 18 to September 3 – Detailed estimates are prepared September 4 – ITSC and Committee Chairs review detailed estimates November 12 – 2009 project plan is presented to NEMC/SOMC © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

SCO 90 Review Changes were implemented in September 2007 –Facilitate the return of empty cars in pool assignment –Use the UMLER lessee field to return general service and unassigned cars The committee recommends that the process be updated and automated. © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

OT-5 Revisions Improve the registration system at Railinc –Use Industry Reference Files and UMLER to retrieve and validate information –Electronically forward applications to the carriers involved Include tank cars in the registration process Simplify the language in the circular © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

CSR 14 Revisions is the STCC for one genetically modified corn Export markets had not approved the corn All major markets have now approved the import of the corn The issue will be dropped from the docket © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Embargo Communications Process November 2007 Improvements Include –Improvements to the mapping software –Issue Open and Prepay Station List (OPSL) operational notes January 2008 Improvements Include –Equipment Type Code is broken into AAR Car Kind categories –Gross Weight, Net Weight, Estimated Weight and/or UMLER Total Weight on Rail were added as weight qualifiers © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

LCS Several enhancements have been discussed by the TAG The enhancements will be combined into a single 2009 Railinc project © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Car Hire Benchmarking A standard way to review the resources expended on Car Accounting should be developed A TAG was assigned to develop appropriate standards All TAG suggestions are subject to AAR legal review © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Data Integration Review Identify better electronic communication methods For example, cars delivered for loading and returned empty. –Can the EDI 417 message be used to communicate the reason for the empty return? © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

Tank Car Mileage Equalization Project Railinc internal project Improve distribution of reports –Reports are mailed on “green bar” paper –Reports should be distributed electronically Improve storage of reports –Currently reports are stored on micro fiche –Project requests that reports be stored electronically © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

EAMWC Activity in Other Presentations Equipment Availability Clearinghouse Railroad Clearinghouse for Car Hire Damaged & Defective Car Tracking Review of AAR Audit Process © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.

QUESTIONS? © 2007 Railinc. All rights reserved.