2.3.38 Empty Car Order Card

 The WWSL

The WWSL controls the movement of cars (and whatever cargo they're laden with) using Car Cards. I am differing from the prototype by using car cards instead of the prototype paper waybill.

Car ordering. The WWSL station agent is responsible for car movement. The agent uses WWSL Form 6 Car Movement Request to:

• Identify empty car requests from WWSL customers, the OPLC and the STC (the OPLC and the STC being considered customers).
• Identifies inbound loads for interchange based on an industry usage formula. 

• Identifies industry switch requirements .

An empty car request results in pulling two cards from the car movement files: an Empty Car Order Card, and a Bill of Lading Card. 

The Empty Car Order Card is added to the Card Card when the required car either arrives at the interchange or is pulled from the storage track, and is used by the switching and local train crews to get the car to its destination for loading.

Making Car Cards I make my car cards are 4" high x 3" wide. I use a word processing program to print the car information on a piece of buff-colored paper 3" x 5". To save paper I print five on each sheet. I use a heavier grade of paper for the car cards.