1. Railroad Clearinghouse Update
ACACSO –May 12th, 2010
Kansas City, MO
Robert Sanford
Manager Car Accounting
Norfolk Southern Corp.

2. RCH Settlement Process
Detail records submitted electronically to Railinc through Car Hire Data Exchange (CHDX)
CHDX Summary Records (Type 9) are used to determine the net car hire position of each participant
Net-Net Position reports produced by Railinc

3. Benefits Over 470 RCH Participants
Single payment received between the 21st and 23rd of each month.
Decreased collection issues
Decreased costs from:
Processing payments/receipts
Reconciling accounts and bank statements
Improved audit trail

4. Timeline Monthly RCH processing:
19th - CHDX details processed through RCH
20th – Net/Net Reports available by 10:00 A.M.
21st – For net payable participants, funds must be received by 11:30 A.M.
21st – For net receivable participants, funds are disbursed by 2:00 P.M.
RCH processing will occur on the next business day for any date which falls on a weekend or holiday

5. Railinc Reports Railinc Single Sign On Website Address:
RCH Application:
Net/Net Report
Participant List
CHDX Application
Negative Payable Table

6. RCH - Net/Net Report

7. RCH –Participant List

8. CHDX -Negative Payable

9. Current Status
1st RCH processing and settlement occurred on September 23rd, 2008
$50M average monthly settlement
82.1% of roads participating:
470 participating roads
102 non-participants (some are no longer active operating railroads)
7.9M CHDX records processed

10. Project Update Approved by EAC and RCH Board of Directors
Private equipment owners (including TTX Company)
Private participation voluntary
Programming complete
Participant testing complete
1st settlement scheduled for June 21st, 2010

11. Important Information and Contacts
Mr. Warren Alvis - RCH Administrator
Jim Pinson – General Questions
Robert Sanford – RCH TAG Chair

12. Questions?