Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
Title 49 - Transportation |
Subtitle B - Other Regulations Relating to Transportation |
Chapter X - Surface Transportation Board |
SubChapter C - Accounts, Records and Reports |
Part 1248 - Freight Commodity Statistics |
Subpart A - Railroads |
§ 1248.3 - Carload and L.C.L. traffic defined.
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§ 1248.3 Carload and L.C.L. traffic defined.
(a) Commodity codes 01 through 422 and 44 through 462, named in § 1248.101, shall include only carload traffic. All shipments weighing less than 10,000 pounds shall be included in commodity code 431, “Small packaged freight shipments.”
(b) A carload for the purpose of this order shall consist of a shipment of not less than 10,000 pounds of one commodity. A mixed carload for the purpose of this order shall be treated as a carload of that commodity which forms the major portion of the shipment in weight. If a single shipment is loaded into more than one car, each car used shall be reported as a carload. If more than one carload shipment is loaded into one car, each shipment shall be reported separately as a carload.
[32 FR 20466, Dec. 20, 1967]