§ 1251.1 Definitions.

The following definitions apply to this part:

Affiliated companies has the same meaning as “affiliated companies” in Definition 5 of the Uniform System of Accounts (49 CFR part 1201, subpart A).

Bad order cars means cars that must undergo repair before completing their trips due to mechanical, safety, or structural problems.

Cut-off time means the deadline for requesting service within a service window, as determined in accordance with the Class I rail carrier's established protocol.

Delivery means when a shipment is actually placed at a designated destination or is constructively placed at a local railroad yard that is convenient to the designated destination. In the case of an interline movement, a shipment will be deemed to be delivered to the receiving carrier or its agent or affiliated company when the shipment is offered for interchange.

Designated destination means the final destination as specified in the bill of lading or, in the case of an interline movement, the interchange where the shipment is offered to the receiving carrier, its agent, or affiliated company.

Industry spot and pull means the local placement (“spot”) and pick-up (“pull”) of railcars (regardless of ownership) at a shipper's or receiver's facility.

Manifest traffic means shipments that move in carload or non-unit train service.

Original estimated time of arrivalOETA or means the estimated time of arrival that the rail carrier provides when the shipper releases the shipment with all necessary and customary documentation or, in the case of an interline movement, when a shipment is reported delivered in interchange and confirmed to have physically been delivered to the receiving carrier with necessary and customary documentation for furtherance.

Planned service window means a service window for which the shipper or receiver requested local service, provided that the shipper or receiver made its request by the cut-off time for that window.

Service window means a window in which the rail carrier offers to perform local service (placements and/or pick-ups of railcars) at a shipper's or receiver's facility. A service window must be made available by a rail carrier with reasonable advance notice to the shipper or receiver and in accordance with the carrier's established protocol.

Shipment means a loaded railcar that is designated in a bill of lading.

Time of arrival means the time that a shipment is delivered to the designated destination.