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 TM 38-400/NAVSUP PUB 572/AFMAN 23-210 MCO 4450.14/DLAM 4145.12
3-68. Loading Rules for Rail Carriers.
OPEN TOP CARLOADING MANUAL (Continued)
a. Conformance with loading rules. Personnel
Section
Subject
engaged in or responsible for loading, blocking, and
No.
bracing freight should have available for use and be
familiar with the rules for the proper loading and
5........... Rules Governing the Loading of Forest Products on
securing of shipments, as outlined in the publications
Open Top Cars.
referred to in b below and in applicable service/agency
6........... Rules Governing the Loading of Department of
publications. By complying with the applicable rules,
Defense Material on Open Top Cars.
procedures, and methods, the shipper has accomplished
7........... Loading of Commodities on Open Top Trailers and
the first step in assuring safe and economical
Containers to Be Handled in Trailer-on-Flat-Car
carloading.
(TOFC) Service and Container-on-Flat-Car (COFC)
(1) Mandatory requirements. Rule 27 of the
Service.
Uniform Freight Classification requires shippers to
observe carriers' rules regulating the safe loading of
PAMPHLETS
freight and the protection of equipment. Mandatory
Subject
rules are contained in the Association of American
1........... Loading and Unloading of Motor Vehicles Shipped
Railroad's (AAR's) Circular Number 42E, "General Rules
Carload in Auto Loader Cars and Protection of
Covering
Loading
of
Carload
Shipments
of
Equipment.
Commodities in Closed Cars," and all AAR pamphlets
2........... Loading of Motor Vehicles Shipped L.C.L.
or
covering the loading and securing of shipments on open
Carload in Closed Cars Other Than Auto Loader
top cars.
Cars and Protection of Equipment.
(2) Minimum standards.
The various
3........... Loading of Commodities in Bags in Closed Cars and
methods and specifications contained in all AAR car
Protection of Equipment.
loading pamphlets will be observed as minimum
4........... Loading of Carload Shipments of Barrels, Drums, or
requirements for the proper loading, blocking, and
Kegs in Closed Cars and Protection of Equipment.
bracing of shipments for movement by rail freight on or
5........... Loading of Storage Batteries in Closed Cars and
in open top and closed cars.
Protection of Equipment.
(3) Loading methods not specified. When
6........... Delete.
freight is to be loaded on or in open top or closed cars
7........... Delete.
and no loading and securing methods are provided, it
8........... Loading Methods for Plywood in Closed Car and
will be blocked and braced according to the best method
Protection of Equipment.
or procedure that can be devised from AAR pamphlets
9........... Rules Regulating the Safe Loading of Cable on Reels
or other sources covering similar material (see also para
and Wire Commodities in Closed Cars and
18, this sec).
Protection of Equipment.
b. Manual and Pamphlets (General Freight).
10 ......... Methods for Battening Car Doors as Protection
The following manual and pamphlets are published by
Against Damage by Weather, Cinders, etc.
AAR.
The "Open Top Carloading Manual" or
11 ......... Delete.
supplements thereto may be obtained through
12. ........ Methods for Loading, Bracing and Blocking Carload
appropriate departmental publication channels from the
Shipments of Empty Cylinders with or without Caps
Association of American Railroads, Mechanical Division,
in Closed Cars.
50 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20001.
The
13 ......... Loading of Products in Cans and Glass.
pamphlets may also be obtained from this address.
14 ......... Rules Regulating the Safe Loading of Freight in Cars
and Protection of Equipment.
15 ......... Rules Regulating the Safe Loading of Carload
OPEN TOP CARLOADING MANUAL
Shipments of Furniture in Closed Cars and
Protection of Equipment.
Section
Subject
16 ......... Methods for Loading and Stowing of Less-Carload
No.
Shipments of Furniture in Closed Cars.
17 ......... Packaged Grain Mill Products and Foodstuffs.
1 ........... General Rules Governing the Loading of
18 ......... Rules Regulating the Safe Loading of Commodities
Commodities on Open Top Cars.
in Small Cylindrical Steel Containers in Closed Cars
2. .......... Rules Governing the Loading of Steel Products,
and Protection of Equipment, Including Mixed Loads
Including Pipe, on Open Top Cars
of Commodities in Large Drums and Boxes.
3 ........... Rules Governing the Loading of Road Grading, Road
19 ......... Delete.
Making, and Farm Equipment Machinery on Open
20 ......... Methods for Loading, Bracing and Blocking Carload
Top Cars.
Shipments of Dressed Lumber and Mill Work in
4 ........... Rules Governing the Loading of Miscellaneous
Closed Cars.
Commodities, Including Machinery, on Open Top
21 ......... Rules Regulating the Preparation and Safe Loading
Cars.
of Machinery in Closed Cars and Protection of
Equipment.
22 ......... Methods for Loading, Bracing, and Blocking of
Marble in Slabs "A" Frame Method in Closed Cars.
23 ......... Metal Sheets or Plates, and Other Steel Products in
Closed Cars.
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