Prototype Information
The
initial reference to waybills is "Railway Accounting Procedure", 1928
edition. Published by the Railway Accounting Officers Association
(RAOA), Washington, DC. There are some 172 mandatory rules and 571
recommended rules for freight traffic in that edition. There are
additional rules for passenger traffic, and other rules up to No. 2308
describing how interline accounts must/should be handled.
Specifications for prototype waybills. The waybill form is mandatory as waybills were interchanged between
railroads in the same way as freight cars were. Individual railroads
could insert their name and accounting number in the heading.
Here is a Milwaukee Road waybill.
In addition to the standard freight waybill there were a number of specialized waybills, where only a portion of the waybill was specialized for commodity or traffic specific information not otherwise placed on the standard form. Those specialized waybills included:
- Live stock waybills, the spaces for conductor to report train handling stock cars
- InTransit waybill for commodities unloaded, processed and reloaded for further movement.
- LCL: Less than carload waybill that notes transfer from car-to-car
- Preferred movement waybill for perishable or other time-sensitive traffic
A great source explaining waybills and the process is Tony Thompson's blog Modeling the SP. An interesting collection of
Interline Codes. Here’s an example page of the 1950 AAR Interline Accounting Codes from a document Tony Thompson has posted via his Blog, http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2012/08/railway-accounting-code-numbers.html
The WWSL
The WWSL does not use the waybill format as defined in AAR
regulations. The WWSL uses the following process to represent a waybill.
- The WWSL Card Card represents the portion of a waybill that identifies the particular railroad and car type etc.
- The WWSL uses a Bill of Lading Card that identifies the car type required, the consignee and address, the route to destination, and the commodity shipped.
When the Car Card and the Bill of Lading Card are
combined, they have most of the information a prototype waybill has and
it provides all the information the WWSL needs for operations.
WWSL Bill of Lading. Bills of Lading are generated from two sources; 1) loaded cars arriving to the WWSL via interchange cars, and 2) business' located along the WWSL contacting the Station Agent with their empty car requests (or more properly a “shipping order”).
Industrial research has identified product and commodities either produced by online WWSL businesses, or needed by those businesses for operations. Each product or commodity has its own bill of lading. Research has identified era-specific suppliers or consignees.
Bills of lading are usually one-sided. The only time a bill of lading is turned is when it is associated with a tank car, or a car that has specific return information. Side 1 has the load information, Side 2 has the MTY status (and identifies the HAZMAT code).
Responsibilities.
The Station agent is
responsible for all aspects of car movement operations. All empty car
requests and bills of lading are maintained and handled by the station
agent. Road crews have no responsibility for waybill operations other
than reading the destination and ensuring prompt delivery to the consignee unloading location.
Publications and Forms
2.2.6 Car Movement Instructions2.3.32 Car Card
2.3.34 Bill of Lading Card
References
Mark Mathu's Green Bay & Western Lines
Tony Thompson's blog Modeling the SP.
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