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TMS Release 14.0 Final Bullets

January 2006


Table of Contents Release Notes...................................................................................................................4

Introduction ...................................................................................................................4 Highlights ......................................................................................................................4

ShipperConnect Improvements.................................................................................4 Supertrip Load Re-Write ...........................................................................................5 Car Order Enhancements .........................................................................................5 Automatic Car Movements ........................................................................................5 Interchange Timing Tracking from Blocking Table ....................................................6

Important Notes.............................................................................................................6 AEI ....................................................................................................................................7

AEI Function Enhanced with Auto-Blocking..................................................................7 Client Profile......................................................................................................................9

Bad Order Options Made Exclusive ..............................................................................9 Exclude Haulage from Missing Charges Queue .........................................................10 User Security Added to Charge Screens ....................................................................10 Multiple Client Address Types Added .........................................................................11

Moving Cars ....................................................................................................................12 Weight Fields for Locomotives Populated from EIF ....................................................12 Comments Available for Train Annulment...................................................................12 General Hold Queue Cars Ineligible for Auto Load.....................................................13 New Yard Review Screen Features Move Times .......................................................13 New Station Summary Screen Added.........................................................................14 High/Wide Information Added to Yard Manager .........................................................15

Car Order Module ...........................................................................................................16 RWC and Waybill Changes.............................................................................................20

Option Added to Retain Pending Charges ..................................................................20 Product Group Included on Waybill Print ....................................................................21 Waybill Number and Date Added for Manual 417.......................................................21

ShipperConnect ..............................................................................................................22 Railroad Switch Instructions Added ............................................................................22 Car Counts ..................................................................................................................24 Automatic Search Feature ..........................................................................................24

Reports............................................................................................................................27 Block Summary Report Options Enhanced.................................................................27 New Features Added to Online Inventory Report .......................................................28 New Blocking Summary by Train Option Added ........................................................29 Private Cars Selection Added to Ton Mile Report.......................................................29 Detail Optional on Interchange Summary Report .......................................................30 Originating Waybill Includes Option for Loaded Cars, Not Released..........................31 Car Height Optional on Conductor’s Work List ...........................................................32 Summary Line Added to Train Summary Report ........................................................32 New History Activity Report Available .........................................................................32 Alternate Formats Available for Classification Lists ....................................................33

Switching/Miscellaneous Billing ......................................................................................35 Free-Form Text Option Included for Non-Transportation Charges .............................35 Block To Added to Incidental Charges Extract............................................................35 Incidental Charges/Non-Transportation Address Types Added..................................36

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Demurrage Billing............................................................................................................37 Demurrage Summary Feature Enhanced ...................................................................37 Demurrage Extract Criteria Modified...........................................................................38 Delete Option Restricted .............................................................................................38 Demurrage Address Type Added................................................................................39 ORDR /RCPL Exclude Option Added to Demurrage Master ......................................40 Supertrip Demurrage Reporting Modified ...................................................................40

Master Files.....................................................................................................................41 New Clearance Point Master File Added ....................................................................41 Customer Master File Display Redesigned.................................................................42

Automatic Blocking..........................................................................................................43 Automatic Movements Blocking Category Added .......................................................43 Interchange Timing Tracking Available .......................................................................45 Train Added to Automatic Charge Blocking Table .....................................................47 Car Distribution Blocking Category Added..................................................................48 Demurrage and Storage Blocking Added....................................................................49

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Release Notes

Introduction TMS Release 14.0 represents RMI’s latest effort to provide our customers with the most powerful and option-rich rail transportation software system available. Included in this release are over 400 program changes, most of them enhancements requested by you, our customers. The bullets included in this document provide you with a brief introduction to some of the more important system changes that are a part of this release. RMI will soon distribute a completely updated manual that will provide additional details for the new features that are now available.

Highlights This section offers an overview of some of the major updates included in this release. For more comprehensive instruction on how to use these features, please see the TMS User’s Guide, and, as always, you can call RMI if you have any questions about how these new features will benefit your operation.

ShipperConnect Improvements RMI continues to enhance our new ShipperConnect offering. Now in use by more than 1,200 rail shippers, ShipperConnect allows you to provide your customers with an internet-based system that enables them to • Release empty cars at their facilities • Order cars in that are held under constructive placement or storage • Mark cars for special handling such as rejects, turns, or bad orders • Order in-plant switched shipments • Reject or Bad Order Cars • Load and bill outbound loads. Effective with this new release you your customers can now enter free-form switching instructions. You can then review these instructions in our TMS Customer Order module. .

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Supertrip Load Re-Write Over the past year we have completely re-written the program used to load the Supertrip database. During this re-write we supplemented the Supertrip file with dozens of new fields that can be used to analyze the traffic moving over your operation more effectively. These new fields enable you to measure the time between events more accurately and, in turn, run reports that identify moves that took longer than they should have. Some of the other Supertrip enhancements include • A tighter tie to car hire payables • A better means of balancing Supertrip revenue to actual monthly invoices • An improved tie to demurrage and storage billing • An improved method of analyzing local trips • A more complete database that is ready for use with our new report writing tools. Once the new release has been loaded on your system ,it will be necessary to completely re-build your Supertrip file. RMI’s Customer Support staff will assist you in this endeavor.

Car Order Enhancements Railroads that use our Car Order module to keep track of empty cars ordered by customers will see several powerful new features in this release. Using a new blocking table entry, TMS can now automatically assign and schedule cars to the orders. New reports and screen views are also available for you to manage your customer car orders.

Automatic Car Movements One extremely powerful option available to you with this release is the ability to use blocking tables to automatically make car movements. For example, you can use these new tables to • Automatically notify, store, or constructively place cars as they move. For example,

you can have TMS automatically place empty GATX cars from a certain series into storage once they are received in interchange. This new feature not only takes the decision making out of the operator’s hands, but also automatically generates timely TRAIN II reporting and storage revenue.

• Automatically place unit trains at the customer a fixed number of hours after receipt.

This option is useful for moves that occur frequently and reliably. • Automatically bad order cars moving to shop tracks.

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• Automatically release cars from storage or bad order as they move from storage or shop tracks.

Interchange Timing Tracking from Blocking Table You can now set up the interchange blocking table to identify unusual movement timing and set up notices based on those movements using the Interchange blocking category. For example, you can use this option to look for cars delivered to you that you have just interchanged off to another carrier. The system can also notify you when a car was misrouted back to you by a connection. You can also use this table to generate a warning when a carrier is giving you an empty that you never handled as a load. This option in particular is useful for bridge carriers that have railroads dumping empties on them.

Important Notes RMI’s Support Staff is available to assist you either by phone or in a custom training class designed to acquaint users with the features of this new release. Please give us a call at (404) 355-6734 or email us at [email protected] to learn more about the ways we can assist you to best use this powerful system. Many of the enhanced features available in this release will not appear on the menu screens until you update each user’s Soft Menus to access the new functions. Once this new release is installed, be sure to update your soft menu tables to make the new options available. When this release is installed on your operation, one of the first steps you should take is to review your Customer Profile. It now includes many new options that you can use to customize the manner in which TMS operates on your railroad. You can familiarize yourself with some of these new options by reading the Client Profile section of this document. The Blocking Rules have undergone extensive modification. RMI highly recommends that once the release is installed you review the blocking tables and familiarize yourself with the new functionality that are available. One of the most powerful of these features, the new Auto Move table, will not be available to you until you have contacted RMI’s Customer Support staff in Atlanta. We are turning this option on a road at a time to ensure proper usage and understanding.

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AEI

AEI Function Enhanced with Auto-Blocking The TMS AEI module has been enhanced to allow you to use a blocking table to automatically assign an interchange road to cars moving past an AEI reader based on the criteria you specify. You can take advantage of this new feature from the Site Instructions screen. Formerly, a Y in the Create Outbound 418 field instructed TMS to generate an outbound interchange when a car went by the reader. These instructions are now handled by three separate fields: Create OB 418 Enter X to create a 418 outbound interchange

using a blocking table or enter Y to generate the 418 outbound interchange from the site reader.

Send EDI Enter Y to send the 418 via EDI.

Exclude Locos Enter Y to exclude all locomotives from the EDI 418.

RSDJEFR LIRC Site Instructions RMIJWA1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site MKTC013 MKT Station CHGO Total: 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ? Direction E East Route 0 DEFAULT * AUTO EVENTS * Auto Process AEI Consist: Interchange Road Create Inbound 418 Create OB 418:X Send EDI?Y Exclude Locos? Create Pending Train Train ID Create Worklist Y Worklist ID N101 Update Scale Weights Direction N North Route 0 DEFAULT * AUTO EVENTS * Auto Process AEI Consist: Interchange Road Create Inbound 418 Create OB 418:X Send EDI?Y Exclude Locos? Create Pending Train Train ID Create Worklist Worklist ID Update Scale Weights More... 1=Auto Events R=Rules/OB 418 D=Delete F4=OB 418 Rules F9=Add

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If you choose to use the blocking table to create an outbound interchange, you can either enter R next to the direction you are working with to show a list of rules for that direction or press F4 to show all blocking rules for that site. RSNDDFR LIRC Work with Rules RMIJWA1 AEI Create Outbound 418 Site MKTC013 MKT Direction Route Order Desc T-Code CLASS L/E TMC Car Kind STCC Act Stn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *ACTIVE* ? Site Dir Rte Order Description Class Eff Date Exp Date MKTC013 N 0 10 UP Outbound MKTC013 N 0 20 BNSF Outbound MKTC013 N 1 10 UP Outbound Bottom 1=Change C=Copy 6=Active/Inactive 8=Admin A=Assign D=Remove Assign R=Reseq U=WB Usage F3=Exit F7=Alt View F9=Add New Rule F13=Active/Inactive/All

When you create a new blocking rule (F9), you can select the cars to which you want to apply the rule using a standard Edit Rule – General Selection screen, then enter a road to apply for the outbound interchange on the Assign Interchange Road screen. (Project 12602) RSXZPVR LIRC Assign Interchange Road RMIJWA1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AEI Create Outbound 418 UP Outbound CHANGE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interchange Road UP _____ F3=Exit F11=Delete Rule F12=Return to Selection

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Client Profile Bad Order Options Made Exclusive If you use your own bad order codes as opposed to the industry standards, you will have the Use Custom Bad Order Codes flag set to Y in TMS. Effective with this release, if you have this flag set TMS will ignore the Allow Heavy Bad Order in Train flag. If you do not use custom bad order codes, a Y in the Allow Heavy Bad Order in Train field will enable you to arrive and depart trains with cars under Heavy Bad Order. (Project 12266) RSC3E1R LIRC Movement Related Setup RMIJWA1 CHANGE TMS Version is: 12.20 Road Mark: LIRC Name LOUISVILLE & INDIANA RAILROAD 260 Number 434 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MOVEMENT RELATED: Record Local Moves to History. Y Yes Resequence Screen Default. . . 4 Allow Empty *NO BILL* Moves. . Y Yes Create MOVU Event Updates. . . Y Yes Reverse Route (Local). . . . . Y Yes Spot Required for Intermodal . No Hours Before Car is Delayed . 36 Hours Future Move Limit . . . 15 Allow Station to Station PACT. Y Yes Force Release Time @ Un/Load . No Use Activity Indicator . . . . Y Yes Remove from Storage at PACT. . Y Yes Block To/Switch To Default . . S Switch Set Switch To = Block To . . . No Auto Record Shop Moves . . . . Y Yes Use Custom Bad Order Codes . . Y Yes Prohibit Bad Order Loading . . Y Yes Allow Heavy Bad Order in Train No Cust Instruction Queue Default H Held F3=Exit F7=Train Movement F9=Movement Options

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Exclude Haulage from Missing Charges Queue A new client profile option has been added to the TMS system that will allow you to exclude Haulage charges from the Missing Charges Queue. Available on the Client Waybill Processing screen, this option is useful for railroads that may mark cars as moving in haulage service but do not generate haulage revenue using the TMS charge module. (Project 12178) RSCWE1R LIRC Client Waybill Processing RMIJWA1 CHANGE TMS Version is: 12.20 Road Mark: LIRC Name LOUISVILLE & INDIANA RAILROAD 260 Number 434 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WAYBILL RELATED: Suspend Waybills After . . . . . . . . . 1 Hours Process Haulage Waybills . . . . . . . . No Exclude Haulage Charge Frm Missing Queue No Disable F6=One WB for Each Car . . . . . No Allow RWC to Overlay BOL at Load . . . . E Error Use BOL at Inbound Interchange . . . . . No BILLING RELATED: Ignore BOL At Load/Unload. No Auto Rebill Empty Flatcars . . Y Yes Require Inbound RWC's. . . No Auto Load With BOL . . . . . . B L/U Sub Block Processing . . . No Retain Product Group . . . . . U ULd Delete BOL At ICHD . . . . No Override 418 With RWC. . . . . Y Yes F3=Exit

User Security Added to Charge Screens System Administrators can now limit users’ access to charge screens throughout TMS. Using a new security feature you can limit which users can see the charges associated with cars and waybills on the following screens:

Screen ID Screen Name Description Limit Use

RSH6PVR Edit RWC Miscellaneous Info

Charges/Blocking screen of the RWC.

F16=Charges

RSBTDFR Incidental Charges Charges screen of the WB 1=Edit Charge and F9=Add New Charge

RSI7DFR Display Pending Charges Pending charges of the WB. D=Delete G=Generate Charge

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F9=Add

RSHODFR Yard Manager Yard Manager (F7) I=Charges

RSFJPVR Select Station / Track #1 Yard manager F18=Charges

RSD2DFR Move Equipment F10 Move screen F18=Charges

RSI4DFR Yard Review X=Yard Review or F6=Yard I=Charges

RSHADFR Unload Cars U=Unload, F9=Unload C=Unload and Charge

RSLMDFR Load Cars L=Load, F8=Load C=Load & Charge

(Projects 12475 & 12272)

Multiple Client Address Types Added Previously, the TMS Client Address option allowed you to specify only one address for use as a contact point and remit to address when printing any type of invoice. The Client Address master file has been expanded so that you can now create multiple addresses to be used for various invoice types. When you create the address record (option 21 Client Addresses from the Railroad Profile Menu, then F9 = Add), simply specify where the address should be used in the Application field. Possible choices include

DEM Demurrage/Storage invoices

IC Incidental Charges invoices

IMB Intermodal Billing invoices

NOT Notifications

NTC Non-Transportation Charges invoices

TMS System default for TMS invoices/notifications (Projects 10943, 10944, 10945)

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Moving Cars Weight Fields for Locomotives Populated from EIF When a 418 arrives and a waybill is created for a locomotive, the Tare Weight and Gross Weight fields will now be automatically populated from the Weight on Drivers value in the EIF (UMLER). (Project 11552)

Comments Available for Train Annulment When you are entering a train annulment, you can now enter free-form comments. To do this, simply type C next to the movement on the Display Train Delays screen and press Enter. The Train Event Delay Comments screen appears (Project 12212) RSVZDFR PTRA Display Train Delays XXRMIDXMA1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Train: BN318 17 Event: ICHD Station: 11 NORTH YARD Road: BNSF Scheduled Date/Time: 11706 4:00 Event Date/Time: 11706 4:59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start End Duration Location/ ? Code Description Date Time Date Time (HrMn) Milepost_ C 064 Held by Disp-Rc 11706 4:00 11706 4:59 0059 Comments Bottom F3=Exit C=Comments

RSV0DFR PTRA Train Event Delay Comments XXRMIDXMA1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Train: BN318 17 Station: 11 Event: ICHD Date/Time: 1/17/06 4:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Delay Code: 064 Held by Disp-Rc Comments Yardmaster at South yard Randy Godfrey reported that he could not take train until 0330. AHG Bottom F3=Exit

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General Hold Queue Cars Ineligible for Auto Load When you use the Auto-Load function, TMS will now check to see if the car you are processing is in the General Hold queue. If it is, the bill of lading will be sent to the BOL queue for manual processing. The car will not auto-load, and the bill will be sent to the Bill of Lading queue for further review. (Project 12233)

New Yard Review Screen Features Move Times A new alternate view has been added to the Yard Review screen. Press F7 to view a screen showing the number of hours a car has been online, the number of hours since the car’s last move, and that last move type. (Project 12370) RSI4DFR LIRC Yard Review RMIJWA1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Find: Station CHGO Track CARGILFEED Zone YD Car L/E KD HM AI Switch To Block To ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reclaim C S Time ------ Hours ------- ? Seq Track Car LE KD Cd ID H H Rate Online Last Move 1 CARGILFEED DDM 12456 L A 1226 1085 PACT 2 CARGILFEED BNSF 713903 L A4 .44 +++++ 408 LOCP 3 CARGILFEED SIRX 475076 E C1 8064 408 LOCP 4 CARGILFEED GATX 66497 L T1 50258 408 LOCP 5 CARGILFEED ABOX 348765 E C 5027 408 LOCP 6 CARGILFEED CSXT 198765 L R .36 5027 408 LOCP 7 CARGILFEED ABOX 52212 L B3 .76 6917 408 LOCP 8 CARGILFEED WE 1700 L A1 F 726 408 PCON 9 CARGILFEED WE 2200 L A2 726 408 PCON 10 CARGILFEED DAC 1255 L A 221 216 PCON 11 CARGILFEED DAC 607 L RR 221 220 PACT 12 CARGILFEED DAC 519 L RR 221 221 RLOD 13 CARGILFEED DAC 602 L RR 221 215 RLOD More... I=Charges P=Switch List Print T=Weights E=EIF A=AMS History F3=Exit F6=Print Yard F7=Alt View F24=More Keys

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New Station Summary Screen Added A new District Summary by Station screen has been added to TMS to allow you to view summary information for cars at each station. This useful function lets you quickly review the total number of cars at each station and the cars that have been released. The screen displays the number of loads, empties, and total cars at each station. It also includes the number of cars recently released and the total number of cars released at those stations. To reach this screen, take option F13 from the Select Station/Track screen. The F5=Refresh option allows you to periodically refresh the information displayed on the screen, and if you enter Y next to one of the stations, the Yard Manager screen will appear for that station. (Projects 12470 & 12412) RSXBDFR LIRC District Summary by Station RMIJWA1 District Current Hours: 1 - RLOD Cars - - RMTY Cars - ? Station Load Empty Total Current Total Current Total Tons Length CHGO 261 211 472 0 74 0 16 9393 5151 CHICAIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CHICAX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 COLUM 121 96 217 0 15 0 26 2523 2177 COOSA 6 7 13 0 0 0 6 184 299 COPANOK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FRANK 268 162 430 0 38 0 32 5608 3863 HOUSTON 63 26 89 0 10 0 8 1499 1002 HOUSTTX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 INDEPMO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 INDY 122 59 181 0 21 0 9 2899 1601 INGOMMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 More... F3=Exit F5=Refresh Y=Manage Yard

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High/Wide Information Added to Yard Manager A new column has been added to the Yard Manager screen. The H/W column displays the number of cars on each track that have been marked as High/Wide (HW) or Excessive Dimension (ED). You can also filter the list that appears on the Yard Manager screen. To exclude certain high/wide car type from the high/wide car counts, simply enter that high/wide code in the Exclusions from H/W Header field and press Enter. (Project 12263 & 12525) RSHODFR LIRC Yard Manager RMIJWA1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Show: *SUBSET Find: Track Zone Station CHGO Move All Front/Back B Car Work List Exclusions from H/W ----------------------------------------------------------- Net ---Feet--- ? Track Zone Track Description L E O Ttl Haz HW Tons Used Left APOLLO YD APOLLO 10 0 0 10 0 1295 524 3476 BIESPIEL YD EXAMPLE FOR RAILI 22 7 0 29 4 3 2731 1620 673- CARGIL YD CARGIL 1 0 0 1 0 89 49 4951 CARGILFEED YD CARGIL FEED TRACK 14 5 0 19 3 1822 1004 2996 CARGILFERT YD CARGIL FERTILIZER 2 1 0 3 0 289 147 4853 CSXT YD CSXT INTERCHANGE 4 2 0 6 1 1355 300 5700 DELLA YD 0 2 0 2 0 60 100 99899 DEMO YD 16 2 0 18 3 2074 1097 98902 EXXON2 YD EXXON TRACK #2 2 0 0 2 0 251 116 2284 FRANK YD 0 5 0 5 0 150 250 99749 GAL866 YD GALVPRO 12 6 0 18 1 1451 1027 973 HOUSE YD HOUSE TRACK 17 6 0 23 4 1 1925 1256 744 INBOUND YD 0 5 0 5 0 150 250 99749 INTRAMP1 RAMP RAMP TRACK #1 1 3 0 4 0 194 289 7711 More... B=Build Class List D=Display Cars K=Interchange M=Move Cars N=Fan P=Print R=Resequence W=Weights X=Yard Review F24=More Keys

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Car Order Module RMI is introducing several significant enhancements to the TMS Car Order module with this release: • The TMS Car Order module has been linked directly to ShipperConnect. Your

customers can now use car order patterns that you create in TMS to easily place orders.

• In addition to assigning cars to an order, you can now choose to plan cars not yet

interchanged to your road for an order. You can manually plan a car to an order, or you can set up the new Car Distribution blocking table to select an inbound empty car and mark it as planned for an order. When the car is actually interchanged, the blocking table will automatically assign the car to the order.

• If your customer repeatedly orders similar car types and quantities, you can create a

car order pattern to make your car order process even easier. Once you define a pattern in the car order pattern master file, you can use it to automatically populate the data fields when you create a new order. Use the new Manage Car Order Patterns screen to work with records in the file.

RSVPDFR LIRC Manage Car Order Patterns RMIJWA1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Customer Pattern ID Show Active Web Access Order Type ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pattern Entry # of Order ID Date Customer Station Commodity Cars Type Kind ACF-1 2/10/05 ACF LOU FRANK IN 2 F ACF-2 2/10/05 ACF LOU FRANK IN 5 O A- BASF-1 4/12/05 BASF LOU LOUIS IN SCRAP I OR 10 O BASF-2 5/09/05 BASF LOU LOUIS IN SCRAP I OR 15 O BLACK-1 1/19/05 BLABEA FRA O C3 BLACK-2 1/19/05 BLABEA FRA O C3 CARGILL-1 9/28/05 CAR SEY FRANK IN 10 O Bottom 1=Pattern C=Copy Pattern F3=Exit F9=Add F11=Active/Inactive

• Orders on the Manage Car Order screens are now highlighted in two ways. If an

order is highlighted in white, that order contains cars that have been placed on bad order. If an order is highlighted in pink, the order was placed by a shipper via ShipperConnect.

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• When you create a car order, you can now specify a block to value to be applied to the waybills when the car is assigned to the order. You can also assign an RWC to generate blocking or bill an empty car to the customer placing the order. These new fields appear on the Car Order Details screens.

RSVHPVR LIRC Edit Car Order Details Screen 1 1/04/06 15:47:01 Customer Order 5 Station City State Source Phone ( ) Fax ( ) Broker Review Required STCC Tracking Pool Grade Interchange: Station Road Ordered By Priority Road Track Entered on 10406 1547 Effective 10406 Expire Auto Complete Flag: (A, Y, N) N A = Complete order when # of cars placed equals number ordered. Y = Complete order when # of cars assigned and placed equals number ordered. N = Do not automatically complete this order. Order Type (F=Foreign, U=Unit, O=Online) O Car Type Car Kind Alternate Car Type Alternate Kind 1st Date/Time Wanted Ordered Assigned 0 Balance 0 F3=Exit F5=Work With Cars F6=Dates F7=Cancel F8=Comments Page Down=Next F10=Complete F11=Delete Order F12=Web Order Reviewed F14=Make Order Active

RSVIPVR LIRC Edit Car Order Details Screen 2 1/04/06 15:51:13 Customer CARGIL LOU Order 312 Block To Empty Billing RWC Seeding Comments: Entered Modified Status O Reason N No Cars F3=Exit F5=Work With Cars F6=Dates F7=Cancel F8=Comments Page Down=Next F10=Complete F11=Delete Order F12=Web Order Reviewed F14=Make Order Active

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Other new fields on the Car Order Details screens include

Review Required

Enter a Y in this field to highlight the order on the Manage Car Orders screens.

Interchange: Station, Road

Enter the station and road at which you will interchange with the switch carrier if the order type is Foreign.

Order Type Enter F (Foreign) if you will use a switch carrier to place this order to your customer, an O (Online) if the order is for a standard online customer, or U (Unit) if the order is for a large, regularly processed unit train.

Order Source This value indicates whether the order was placed via TMS or via ShipperConnect.

Seeding Enter Y to perform a full seed or P to perform a partial seed of the waybill from the RWC when the car is assigned.

Status/Reason This field shows the order status (open or complete) and the reason for the status.

• Waybill data has been included on the Work with Cars Assigned to Order screen.

You can now view information on the current, loaded, and empty waybills for all cars listed on this screen. Use F6 to toggle between views containing data from the cars’ empty waybills, loaded waybills, and current waybills. You can also view the pertinent waybills using the W (Current), X (Loaded), and Y (Empty) commands.

RSVGDFR LIRC Work With Cars Assigned to Order RMIJWA1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Customer: CARGIL LOU Date Wanted: 9/05/03 7:01 Order: 312 *Open* Need 30 Covered Hoppers for month of November (to Milner, Ga.) Find Car: Ordered= 30 Placed= 28 Cars Assigned: Empty= 15 Loaded= 14 Deleted= 1 Planned= 0 ------------------------- Current Waybill ------------------------- AAR Current Train or Asg ? Car LE Type KD ------ Destination ------ Station /Track Cmp Lod BASF 100004 E C CSXT LOU LOUISVIL KY Deliver C BASF 100004 E C CSXT LOU LOUISVIL KY Deliver C BASF 100013 E C CSXT LOU LOUISVIL KY LOUIS HOUSE C BASF 100013 E C CSXT LOU LOUISVIL KY LOUIS HOUSE C BASF 100014 E C CSXT LOU LOUISVIL KY Deliver C BASF 100014 E C CSXT LOU LOUISVIL KY Deliver C BASF 100016 E C CSXT LOU LOUISVIL KY Deliver C BASF 100016 E C CSXT LOU LOUISVIL KY Deliver C More... D=Delete M=Move F6=Toggle Empty/Loaded/Current F7=Alt View F9=Add L=Load H=Hist W=Waybill X=Loaded Y=Empty F3=Exit F2=Plnd Cars F8=Log F10=Sel from Inbound F11=Sel from Online E=EIF F12=Upd Billing F13=Next Want Date F14=Prev Want Date F15=Bad Order

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• The command to complete a car order from the Edit Car Order Details screen has changed to F10.

• You now have the option to include subtotals on Car Orders reports. To do this,

simply enter a Y in the new Print Subtotals field. RSFEPVR LIRC Car Orders Report RMIJWA1 Report Title . . . . . Report Type . . . . . . (1=Car Order Detail, 2=Car Order Summary, 3=Both) Print Comments . . . . (Y=Yes, *Blank=No) Order Status . . . . . O (O=Open, C=Complete, X=Cancelled) Order Reason . . . . . (P=Partially Filled, F=Fully Filled, N=No Cars, C=Customer Cancelled, R=Railroad cancelled) Car Order Number . From To Order Priority . . From To Tracking Number. . From To Customer . . . . . . . Car Kind . . . . . . . AAR Car Type . . . . . Entry Date . . . . From To Effective Date . . From To Expiration Date. . From To Date Closed. . . . From To Date Wanted. . . . From To Sort Sequence. . . . . 3 (1=Car Order, 2=Status, 3=Customer, 4=Eff Date 5=Priority, 6=Tracking Number, 7=Date Wanted) Print Subtotals. . . : Y (Y,' ') Out Queue / # Copies . / F3=Exit F6=Display Report on Screen

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RWC and Waybill Changes

Option Added to Retain Pending Charges Previously, when you seeded a waybill from an RWC, all pending charges that had already been applied to that waybill were erased. Now, you can use an option on the Edit RWC Miscellaneous Info screen to instruct TMS to retain any pending charges when you seed a waybill from that RWC. Use one of the following values in the Retain Existing Pending Charges field:

A Retain all pending charges, no matter what seeding method is used.

F Retain all pending charges if you perform a full seed (F12=Seed RWC).

M Retain all pending charges if you seed charges only (F19=Seed RWC Charges).

blank Do not retain any pending charges. (Project 12176) RSH6PVR LIRC Edit RWC Miscellaneous Info RMIJWA1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RWC ID: AM - HOLD - UT 2 Holds Exist: YES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type Description Charge Code Charge To Rate Qual NO CHARGES FOUND Switch Instructions Ignore Blocking Table Block To . . . . . Retain Existing Pending Charges Station/Track/Spot Left-at Switch To . . . . Special Instruction Code The Customer . . . Reverse Route Block To Product Group Code Demurrage Code . . Demurrage Flag (N=No Demurrage) Car Hire Flag . . Pay Up To: Time Mileage Reclaim Code . . . Switch/Haulage. . Haulage: Road Type Priority Code . . Supertrip Traffic Company Materials EDI Send To Override Ignore 420 . Controlling Road PRODUCT: Quality % Dust Rating. On/Off Cust Spec To Be Weighed . . Weigh Party. Activity F3=Exit F14 Customs Info F16=Charges F18=Holds

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Product Group Included on Waybill Print When you print a waybill (P=Print from any waybill screen), the printed waybill will now include the product group, if applicable. (Project 12130)

Waybill Number and Date Added for Manual 417 When you manually enter a bill of lading in the TMS bill of lading queue, you must manually send the 404 as a 417 to the next road in the route. TMS will now automatically insert a waybill number (999999) and the current date in the new 417 that you send. (Project 12009)

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ShipperConnect Several significant new features have been added to the TMS internet-based interface, ShipperConnect over the past few months.

Railroad Switch Instructions Added The new Instructions option allows your shippers to communicate with you directly via a Railroad Switch Instructions Entry window. From this window, shippers are able to request particular types and numbers of cars or enter free-form instructions or messages. This option is linked directly to the TMS Customer Order module, so you can monitor your shippers’ requests as they are sent. To view instructions on ShipperConnect, select View Shipping Instructions from the Instructions drop-down menu.

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To submit new instructions or messages, select New Shipping Instruction from the Instructions drop-down menu. Shippers can use the Railroad Switch Instructions Entry screen to enter new car orders and instructions for the railroad. You can view these orders and messages in TMS through the customer order module.

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Car Counts A new action box has been added to the main page of ShipperConnect. This new feature allows shippers to see at a glance the number of cars inbound, on hand, en route, and outbound for their facilities. In addition, the car counts are broken down according to the number of loads, empties, and hazardous loads for each type. Shippers can click on the trace type to see detail for all cars of that type, or they can actually click on the car count to see only cars in that status.

Automatic Search Feature Previously, when shippers used ShipperConnect to look at cars on or coming from the railroad, they first had to select a trace type (Inbound, On Hand, En Route), then either click the Search button to view all cars of that type, or they had to filter the search, then click the Search button. Now, when they select a trace type, the full search is immediately performed and a list of cars appears automatically. If it is necessary to filter that list, they can then enter search criteria and narrow the list by clicking the Search button. Railroads may find that some shippers with a large inventory of on hand cars may wish to turn this option off. A control feature has been provided in ShipperConnect to enable you to do so on a case-by-case basis.

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New Outbound Billed/Outbound Not Billed Search Previously, when equipment left a shipper’s facility, it was no longer visible in ShipperConnect. Effective with this release, we have addressed this with two new search options: Outbound Billed and Outbound Not Billed. Outbound Billed includes any equipment that has left the customer’s track and for which the customer is now listed as the Shipper on the waybill. Outbound Not Billed includes any equipment that has left the customer’s track and for which the customer is still listed as the Consignee on the waybill. Shippers can select either of these options from the action box on the ShipperConnect main page or the Current Shipments drop-down menu.

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When one of these selections is made, either the Outbound Billed or the Outbound Not Billed window appears.

From this window, a shipper can refine the search using the filter options in the Search box at the top of the window, or can perform any of the following three actions on the cars listed:

• Release Empty • Release and Reload • Create Bill.

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Reports Block Summary Report Options Enhanced Three new sort options have been added to TMS blocking summary report. To run a blocking report, select option 30 Blocking Summary from the Print Menu, then select one of the valid sort options for the report. The following new sort options are available: 9 Station/Destination/Block To/Waybill Date

0 Waybill Date/Station/Destination/Block To

A Station/Track/Block To/Commodity RSJ9PVR LIRC Blocking Summary Report RMIJWA1 Sort By: 1 1=Block To, Statn, Commodity 6=Statn, Switch To, Commodity 2=Statn, Block To, Commodity 7=Statn, Dest Statn, Switch To 3=Statn, Dest Statn, Block To 8=Dest Statn, Switch To, Statn 4=Dest Statn, Block To, Statn 9=Statn,Dest,Block To,WB Date 5=Switch To, Statn, Commodity 0=WB Date,Statn,Dest,Block To A=Statn,Track, Block To,Commod Station . . . . . From To Track . . . . . . From To Car Type. . . . . From To Dest Station . . . . . Reporting Mark. . . Block To . . . . . . . Switch To . . . . . Shipper. . . . . . . . Consignee . . . . . Include Cars on Train. N L/E Status. . . . . Foreign/Private/TTX. . Per Diem Cars Only. Traffic Type. . . . .: Forwarded Y Received Y Bridge Y Local Y E=Exclude, S=Select. : System Cars Bad Order Storage Product Group Override.: Out Queue / Number of Copies / F3=Exit F6=Display Report on Screen

(Project 11989 and others)

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New Features Added to Online Inventory Report • You can now include air brake test information on Online Inventory Report type 7

(Road Crew List with HazMat). To include due dates (within the next 30 days) or overdue status for air brake tests, enter Y in the Brake Test Info field on the Online Inventory Report Control (1 of 2) screen. (Project 12417)

• You can now sort an Online Inventory Report type 2 (Summary of Cars by Type) first

by station, then track and car type. This report option includes subtotals by car type for each track. To use this sort, specify 17 Station/Track/Kind in the Sort Report By field. (Project 12446)

• You can now choose which records to include on your online inventory report based

on hold type. Simply enter a valid hold type in the Hold Queue field on the Online Inventory Report Control (2 of 2) screen.

• A new summary line has been added to the online inventory report. Totals will be

shown by track for each of the following: Loads, Empties, Total, Hazmat, Length, Tons.

You can choose whether or not you want to include this summary using the Print Track Totals field on the Online Inventory Report Control screen 1. The field will be set to Y (Yes) as a default. If you do not want to print the summary lines on your report, change this value to N (No). (Projects 12037 & 12435)

RSOHPVR LIRC Online Inventory Report Control (1 of 2) RMIJWA1 Format Options: Report Title . . Report Type . . None Detail Type . . ......................... (Reports 1,8,H ONLY) Sort Report By . ......................... (Reports 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,H,S,X) Print: Special Instructions: Block To or Switch To : S Brake Test Info. : Ground Inventory. . : Product Group Override: Print Track Totals Y Days Online: From To Last Move From Road Hours Type Inbound Consist Type Select (I,B) E=Exclude or S=Select: Bad Order Storage In Bond System Cars On CP At Customer Operating Eq Priority Codes A B C D E On Order: Reclaim Cd: S/E From to Car Hire Flg: S/E From to Location Selection: District Station . . . . From To (Blank for all Stations) Zone. . . . . . From To Track . . . . . From To FSAC. . . . . . From To Milepost. . . . From To F5=Dimension Parms F6=Screen Rpt Page Down=Next Screen F22=Job History

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New Blocking Summary by Train Option Added When you print a train consist a new blocking summary will also print for the train. This new summary shows the first and last car for each block as well as counts for that block. (Project 12045)

Private Cars Selection Added to Ton Mile Report When you run the Ton Mile report, you can now select records based on whether a car is a private car or not. Enter one of the following values in the Private Car field on the Ton/Mile Report Selection screen S Select only private cars for the report

E Exclude private cars from the report

blank Include all cars on the report. (Project 12061) RSL2PVR LIRC Ton/Mile Report Selection RMIJWA1 Include Dates: From: To: Detail/Summary: District: (Leave Blank to Select all Districts) Car Type . .: From: To: Switch/Haulage: (S,H) L/E: Omit Non-Revenue Empty? Omit Operating Equipment? Private Cars: (S=Select, E=Exclude) STCC Code . : Through: Omit STCC . : Through: Consignee . : Shipper . . : Customer. . : Out Queue / Number of Copies / F3=Exit

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Detail Optional on Interchange Summary Report The Interchange Report has been enhanced to include detail information about the cars being interchanged in addition to the summary data offered previously. To include detailed information, simply enter B in the Print Summary w/ Detail field on the Interchange Summary/Detail Report screen. You can also specify which records you want to include in your detail report using the following selection fields: L/E Status Enter L to include only loads, E to include only

empties, or leave blank to include both.

STCC From/To Enter a range of STCC codes to include only commodities in that group.

Car Initial/Number(s)

Enter a car initial and a range of car numbers to include only those cars.

Car Type From/To

Enter a range of car types to choose those types of cars.

The Customer Choose a customer ID to include cars assigned to that customer for traffic reporting.

Car Sort By You can sort the results on your report by the following fields: Consist/Car (blank), Waybill (W), STCC (S), Car Type (T), The Customer (C).

(Project 12345) RSXEPVR LIRC Interchange Summary/Detail Report RMIJWA1 Selections for Summary Only: Type of Interchange . B (I=Inbound, O=Outbound, B=Both) Transportation Method (R=Rail, C=Conveying, X=Intermodal, ' '=All) Road . . . . . . . . (Leave blank for all) Station . . . . . . . (Leave blank for all) Date/Time From: . . . To: Print Summary/w Detail: S (S=Summary, B=Both Summary & Detail) Additional Selections for Summary w/Detail: L/E Status . . . . . (L=Loads, E=Empties, ' '=Both) STCC From . . . . . . To: Car Initial . . . . . Numbers From: To: Car Type, From . . . To: The Customer . . . . Car "Sort By" . . . . (' '=Consist Car, W=Waybill, S=STCC) (T=Car Type, C=The Customer) Suppress Empty Report (Y=Yes, ' '=No) Out Queue / Number of Copies / F3=Exit F6=Display Report on Screen F22=Job History

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Originating Waybill Includes Option for Loaded Cars, Not Released Previously, only cars in Loaded Released status were included on the Originating Waybill report. This report has been enhanced with an option to also include loaded cars that have not yet been released. This option enables you to look quickly for cars on your railroad that have been released but not yet billed. To include those cars, enter a Y in the Include loads not released? field on the Originating Waybill Report selection screen. If you leave this field blank, the loaded, not released cars will not appear in your report. (Project 12544) RSLXPVR LIRC Originating Waybill Report RMIJWA1 Report Selection: Billing Date: From To Include loads not released? (Y, ' ') Loaded or Empty: Lead Cars Only: (Y, ' ') Revenue Only: (Y, ' ') Origin City: ST Consignee: Shipper: In Care Of: Print Specific Info: (' '=Default, 1=In-Bond Nbr, 2=Product Group 3=Shipper ID Nbr, 4=BOL Number) Sort by: (' '=Equipment, 1=Origin, 2=Destination, 3=Shipper 4=Consignee, 5=Billing Date, 6=Waybill Number, 7=Source of Data) Page Break On Sort: Y (Y, ' ') Out Queue/Number of Copies: / F3=Exit F6=Display Report on Screen F22=Job History

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Car Height Optional on Conductor’s Work List You can now include car height when printing a Conductor’s Wheel Report as a work list option. To include car height, take F12=Report Print Options from the Work List Report Menu screen, then enter H in the Alt Format field on the Report Print Options screen. (Project 9774) RSSOPVR LIRC Report Print Options 1/18/06 14:40:30 (Worklist) *RMI Print Defaults* FORMAT: Conductor's Wheel Report H H F Seq Car LE KD Instructions Switch To W Z B Commodity Page Break By : Station Y Track Y Cars Printed: Front To Back Sort Sequence : U (T=Station/Track, U=User Track Seq, W=Worklist Seq) CALCULATE TONS: G (G=Gross Weight/2000, N=Net Weight/2000) Total Tons Label TONS: Include LOCOS in Total? Y PRINT: Switch To/Block To: S Switch To Break Line. . . . : Y for . S Switch To Special Instructs : spacing Operational Instr : spacing Intermodals . . . : Y Alt Format: H (H=Height) Track Level Totals: Y Final Totals. . . : Y HAZMAT Info After : E (C=Car, T=Track, E=End, R=Track+Emerg Response) WORKL: Print Seq Number Type: T (T=Car's Track Seq#, W=Car's Worklist Seq#) For Worklist Seq Sort, Print Car's Location: F3=Exit F7=Track Print Sequence F9=Set as new Print Defaults F12=Set To RMI Print Defaults Press Enter to Print Report...

Summary Line Added to Train Summary Report In addition to the “Averages” line, the Train Summary report now includes a summary line showing totals for each train ID. (Project 12025)

New History Activity Report Available A new report History Activity report type has been added to TMS. You can now run report type 5=Scheduled/Actual which indicates whether the train selection is an actual or a scheduled train. (Project 12093)

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Alternate Formats Available for Classification Lists You can now choose to include additional information when printing classification lists or hump lists. This option is available using the Alt Format field on the Report Print Options screen (F12 from the Report Menu). Options for printing a classification list include D=EDI Dimensions. Options for printing a Hump List include I=Hours Since Interchange, S=Hours at Station, M=Hours Since Last Move, D=EDI Dimensions, and W=Minimum/Maximum Weight. (Project 12090) RSSOPVR LIRC Report Print Options 1/17/06 14:14:59 *User Defined Defaults* FORMAT: Hump List L Class Dest (100 lbs Seq Car E Track HM Switch To Block To SH Track SP Min Ma Page Break By : Station Y Track Y Cars Printed: Front To Back Sort Sequence : U (T=Station/Track, U=User Track Seq) CALCULATE TONS: G (G=Gross Weight/2000, N=Net Weight/2000) Total Tons Label NET TONS: Include LOCOS in Total? Y PRINT: Switch To/Block To: S Switch To Break Line. . . . : Y for . S Switch To Special Instructs : Y spacing 2 Double Space Operational Instr : spacing Intermodals . . . : Y Alt Format: W (I=Hrs Since Intchg, S=Hrs at Stn, Track Level Totals: Y M=Hrs Since Last Move, D=EDI Dimensions, Final Totals. . . : W=Minimum/Maximum Weight) HAZMAT Info After : (C=Car, T=Track, E=End, R=Track+Emerg Response) F3=Exit F7=Track Print Sequence F9=Set as new Print Defaults F12=Set To RMI Print Defaults

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Delivered Interchange Detail Report Introduced RMI has added a new delivered interchange detail report to TMS. This report shows you the time between when the first EDI interchange message (418) was sent and when the car was delivered in TMS. To run this report, take option 26 Delivered Interchange Detail Report from the Customer Service menu. RSVYPVR LIRC Delivered Interchange Detail Report RMIJWA1 This report will measure the time between the 418 sent to an Interchange Partner and the time the car was ICHD in TMS. Station . . . . . . (Leave blank for all) Road . . . . . . . . (Leave blank for all) From Date . . . . . To Date . . . . . . Train Id . . . . . . Out Queue / Number of Copies / F3=Exit F22=Job History

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Switching/Miscellaneous Billing

Free-Form Text Option Included for Non-Transportation Charges When you create or edit a non-transportation charge, you can now attach several lines of additional free-form information to the charge. This is a useful option for adding a description of the charge or comments about the billing. This additional information will be printed on the invoice. To add the free-form data, take option F5=Additional Description from the Edit Non-Transport Charge Details screen to reach the Text screen. (Project 12363) RSE5EFR LIRC Text RMIJWA1 For: Non-Trans Charges Non-Trans Charge Key: _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ More... D=Delete I=Insert L=Note Line F3=Exit F6=Print/Email F9=View F10=Show/Hide ? F11=Delete F21=Lock/Unlock

Block To Added to Incidental Charges Extract The Excel format (option E) of the Incidental Charges extract now includes the Block To value from the car’s waybill. (Project 12514)

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Incidental Charges/Non-Transportation Address Types Added You can now specify a different return address to be used for printing invoices for either incidental charges or non-transportation charges. To create these address records, take option 21 Client Addresses from the Railroad Profile Menu, then F9 = Add, then simply specify address type IC (incidental charges) or NTC (non-transportation charges) in the Application field. If no specific address is set up in the client address master file for these charge types, TMS will use the default address for the invoices. (Projects 10944 & 10945) EDBVE1R LIRC Edit Client Address New Details RMIJWA1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ System . . . . : TMS Transportation System Application . . IC Address Type . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Description . . Company Name . . Address Line 1 . Address Line 2 . City/State/Zip . Country USA Attention . . . Phone Number . . Fax E-Mail Address . F3=Exit

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Demurrage Billing

Demurrage Summary Feature Enhanced You can now work with demurrage invoice summary information using the new option 13 Invoice Summary on the Demurrage Charges menu. The Work with Invoice Summary screen allows you to view basic information about all current demurrage invoices; you can also print a demurrage report or reprint an invoice from this screen. RSVADFR LIRC Work with Invoice Summary RMIJWA1 Invoice Chg Adr Date Acct Number Typ Charge Cde Customer Typ Billed Period Invoice Inv Chg Date Acct Invoice Total ? Number Sts Typ Charge Cde Customer Adr Billed Period Amount Cars 1044 A S DLE-UNLOAD EID FRA 1/13/06 1/06 1546.00 2 1043 A S DLE-LOAD EID FRA 1/13/06 1/06 1962.00 3 1042 V T SYSSTOR ADK LOU 11/15/05 11/05 820.00 1 1041 A A SYSAVG-L ADK LOU 10/07/05 10/03 .00 1 1040 A S UNLOAD-S EID LOU 10/05/05 2/05 520.00 2 1039 A T SYSSTOR EID LOU 10/05/05 2/05 200.00 4 1038 A S LOAD-S EID LOU 10/05/05 2/05 520.00 2 1037 A C SYSAVG-L PAL LOU 10/29/04 10/04 21290.00 1 1036 A A SYSAVG-U INDPOW IND 10/29/04 10/04 544600.00 18 1035 A C SYSAVG-L INDPOW IND 10/29/04 10/04 71250.00 3 1034 A C SYSAVG-L GENMOT IND 10/29/04 10/04 .00 8 1033 A C SYSAVG-L GALIRO CHI 10/29/04 10/04 4780.00 2 1032 A S UNLOAD-S EID LOU 10/29/04 10/04 750.00 1 More... 1=Display 5=Invoice Details P=Reprint Invoice F6=Print Report F3=Exit

If you select a particular invoice from the Work with Invoice Summary screen (1=Display), the Display Invoice Summary Record screen appears, showing you how and when the demurrage was calculated for that invoice.

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The Invoice Details option (5 from the Work with Invoice Summary screen or F5 from the Display Invoice Summary Record screen) allows you to drill down for the movement history information that triggered the demurrage charge. RSBJD1R LIRC Display Invoice Summary Record RMIJWA1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Invoice Number . . . . : 1044 Status: Active Billing Road: LIRC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Customer . . . . . . . : EID FRA E I DUPONT Charge Code . . . . . . : DLE-UNLOAD Type: S Straight Date Billed . . . . . . : 1/13/06 Accounting Period: 1/06 Invoice Amount . . . . : 1546.00 CAD Number of Cars: 2 Total Debit Days . . . : 48 Total Cancelable Debits : 0 Total Credit Days . . . : 5 Total Earned Credits . : 0 GL Account/Cost Center : 001 Entered by . . . . . . : RMIDLEBQPF Date: 1/13/06 Time: 18:11 F3=Exit F5=Invoice Details

Demurrage Extract Criteria Modified When you build a demurrage extract file, charges will now be selected for the extract according to new criteria. TMS will first extract all non-cancelable charges. The system will then check all cancelable charges and extract only those that are in excess debit standing. Cancelable charges in excess credit standing will not be included in the extract. (Project 12168)

Delete Option Restricted Option 34 Delete Zero Current Charges from the Demurrage Charges menu allows you to delete all storage and straight plan demurrage calculated at a zero amount. Previously, this option also deleted average plan zero rates, but this feature has been restricted with this release. (Project 12308)

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Demurrage Address Type Added You can now specify a particular return address to be used for Demurrage/Storage print options. To create the demurrage address record, take option 21 Client Addresses from the Railroad Profile Menu, then F9 = Add, then simply specify address type DEM in the Application field. If no demurrage address is set up in the client address master file, TMS will use the default address for demurrage invoices. (Project 10943) EDBVE1R LIRC Edit Client Address New Details RMIJWA1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ System . . . . : TMS Transportation System Application . . DEM Address Type . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Description . . Company Name . . Address Line 1 . Address Line 2 . City/State/Zip . Country USA Attention . . . Phone Number . . Fax E-Mail Address . F3=Exit

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ORDR /RCPL Exclude Option Added to Demurrage Master When you create a demurrage charge in the Demurrage/Storage Charge master file, you can now specify that TMS should ignore ORDR and/or RCPL movements when calculating demurrage time. To take advantage of this feature, take option F10=Excluded Moves from the Demurrage/Storage Master entry screen after you have created the charge+ master record. The Edit Excluded Demurrage Moves screen appears for you to enter the move types you would like to exclude. (Project 9141) RSJREFR LIRC Edit Excluded Demurrage Moves RMIJWA1 Code: DEMURRAGE1 Effective Date: 1/01/05 Type: Demurrage Desc: NOTE: The Move Types entered below will be excluded during the Demurrage Extract and will not show on the extracted Demurrage Record. Excl ? Move Description _ ____ _ ____ _ ____ _ ____ _ ____ _ ____ _ ____ More... D=Delete F3=Exit F9=Change

Supertrip Demurrage Reporting Modified If the demurrage amount is negative, Supertrip will now show the demurrage value as zero for reporting purposes. (Project 12415)

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Master Files

New Clearance Point Master File Added You can use the new Clearance Point master file to define points on your road which may be inaccessible for high/wide equipment. You can use the records in this master file to establish these points and the dimensional clearances at the various heights above rail. For example, if traffic destined to a particular branch on your line must traverse a bridge with tight clearance points, you can set up that bridge in this master file. You can then enter the close clearance points for that bridge. The Edit Clearance Master screen allows you to specify the clearance rules for a new clearance point: RSWMPVR LIRC Edit Clearance Master RMIJWA1 Site Description Station Milepost FT IN FT IN Extreme Length . . . : Extreme Height . . . . . : Extreme Width. . . . : Height of Extreme Width. : First Overhang . . . : Second Overhang. . . . . : Truck Center Length. : Number of Axles. . . . . : Entered. . . . . . . : Modified . . . . . . : F3=Exit F7=Height Above Rail Clearance F8=Special Instructions

Station Station associated with the clearance point.

Milepost Milepost at which clearance point is located.

Extreme Length

Maximum possible length of a car over drawbar that can be handled at this point.

Extreme Height

Maximum possible height of a car at its highest point atop the rail that can be handled at this point.

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Extreme Width

Maximum possible width of a car at its widest point atop the rail that can be handled at this point.

Height of Extreme Width

Maximum possible height at which a car can achieves its extreme width.

First Overhang

Maximum possible measurement of the first high/wide overhang.

Second Overhang

Maximum possible measurement of the second high/wide overhang.

Truck Center Length

Maximum possible distance between the truck center pins that can be handled at this point.

Number of Axles

Maximum possible number of axles on the car.

You can also use the F7=Height Above Rail Clearance option to map out the exact dimensions of the bridge or tunnel. (Project 12276)

Customer Master File Display Redesigned The Edit Customer Master screen has been redesigned to make it easier to review and edit. The original screen has been divided into two screens; the more commonly used data fields appear on the first screen. You can move between the two screens using the PageUp and PageDown keys. (Project 7938)

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Automatic Blocking

Automatic Movements Blocking Category Added One extremely powerful option available to you with this release is the ability to use blocking tables to automatically make car movements. For example, you can use these new tables to • Automatically notify, store, or constructively place cars as they move. • Automatically place unit trains at the customer a fixed number of hours after receipt.

This option is useful for moves that occur frequently and reliably. • Automatically bad order cars moving to shop tracks. • Automatically release cars from storage or bad order as they move from storage or

shop tracks. The following sample screens show a blocking rule record that will automatically generate a constructive placement for loaded cars received for a particular customer at a particular station. When you use the automatic movements blocking feature, you must first indicate the movement criteria that will trigger the rule: RSXQPVR LIRC PMT:Enter Movement (Move) RMIJWA1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Automatic Moves ADD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FROM: Activity Indicator Station Beginning/Ending Track / TO: Move Type ICHR Station CHGO Beginning/Ending Track / F3=Exit

In the example, the rule will be run on cars with inbound interchange moves to be interchanged at Chicago.

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You must specify selection fields to identify the rule and define matching criteria: RSTXPVR LIRC Edit Rule - General Selection ZZRMITWDA1 Automatic Moves ADD DESC: CARGIL AUTO CONSTRUCTIVE PLACEMT CLASS ACTIVE/INACTIVE A Trans Method R L/E L Orig City/St FSAC Car Range: EIF: Dest City/St FSAC Rte Exact Rte Match Prior Rd/Rte Junct Next Rd/Rte Final Rd/Rte Fleet Name Car Owner Car Hire Grp Reclaim Cd Car Hire Pool STCC to Cmdty Grp Prod Grp Car Type to Car Kind Car Grp Frgn/Pvt PP/CC Early Warn: Ind Nbr Special Hand Train Customer 1 Desc Customer 2 Desc Customer 3 Desc Customer 4 Desc Customer 5 Desc Block To CARGIL CHI Traffic Type Activity Unit/Multi PageDn=Apply F1=Admin F3=Exit F18=EIF F19=Car Ranges

In the example, loaded equipment blocked to Cargil Chicago will be selected. Finally, you must specify application fields to identify the action to be taken with any matching records: RSXIPVR LIRC Assign Auto Movement ZZRMITWDA1 Record Auto Event to Queue E (E=Error, A=All, ' '=None) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Automatic Moves CARGIL AUTO CONSTRUCTIVE PLACEMT ADD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Advance* Charge NT Hrs Min Station Track Customer Code Cd Notify . . . Const Placement 30 CARGIL CHI M Storage . . . Wheel/Local . Placement . . Release . . . Pull . . . . F3=Exit F11=Delete Rule F12=Return to Selection

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In the example, any matching cars will be constructively placed 30 minutes after they are received in interchange. For example, if the matching car is received at 12:00, the constructive placement time written in history will be 12:30. By specifying M in the NT Code field, TMS will use the time of the move (12:00 in the example) rather than the actual time the record was entered for the constructive placement time. More examples are available in the TMS User’s Guide. The auto move feature is both complex and powerful, and you should be completely familiar with how it is used before you attempt to set up these tables. RMI will activate this feature one road at a time after the release is installed. Once you have TMS 14.0 loaded on your system, contact RMI Support to set up this powerful new feature.

Interchange Timing Tracking Available You can now set up the interchange blocking table to identify unusual movement timing and set up notices based on those movements using Interchange blocking. For example, you can use this option to look for cars delivered to you that you have just interchanged off to another carrier. The system can also notify you when a car was misrouted back to you by a connection. You can also use this table to generate a warning when a carrier gives you an empty that you never handled as a load. This option is particularly useful for bridge carriers that have railroads dumping empties on them. To take advantage of this feature, take option F21=Interchange Timing from the Edit Rule - General Selection screen, then set up acceptable limits for various movement combinations on the Edit Rule Interchange Timing screen: RSW4PVR LIRC Edit Rule Interchange Timing RMIJWA1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interchange ADD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTE: These selects are used to establish reject limits based on cars being received in interchange when compared to the last delivery from your road. Delivered Interchange Road(S) . Return/Last Delivered (GT/LT) Since Last ICHD Empty / Empty . . . . 12 Hours Load / Load . . . . . 12 Hours Empty / Load . . . . . 12 Hours Load / Empty . . . . 12 Hours Return as Empty and last ICHD not Loaded Y (Y, ) F3=Exit

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In the example, all four timing fields are set to 12 hours. A match is made if any car was received in interchange within 12 hours of its last delivery. The Return as Empty and last ICHD not Loaded field is set to Y. This tells TMS that a match should be made if a road is sending you an empty car and the last time you delivered that car to them it was not loaded. This field enables you to quickly reject cars given to you for a bridge move in which you did not handle the car as a load. You can then set the application fields to specify any action to be taken with any matching records: RSTJPVR LIRC Edit Rule - Apply RMIJWA1 Interchange ADD DESCRIPTION: MS SETBACK CARS RWC: Load. . . . Seeding Empty . . . Seeding Block To. . . NSSETBK CHI Serving Stn. Stn/Track/Spot. Switch To . . NSSETBK CHI Switch Instr. Product Group. Car Kind. . . Activity. Priority. Special Hand. Ignore 420. Exception Queue/Reason. / Exception Queue/Reason. / To Be Weighed. Weigh Party . . Match Found - Process Flag. . . Ignore Future Block . . . . . . PageUp=Selection F3=Exit

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Train Added to Automatic Charge Blocking Table You can now select records for the automatic charge blocking table based on Train ID. Simply use the Train field on the Edit Rule – General Selection screen. (Project 12474) RSTXPVR LIRC Edit Rule - General Selection RMIJWA1 Automatic Charges Active Usage Count: 1 CHANGE DESC: test CLASS ACTIVE/INACTIVE A Trans Method L/E Orig City/St FSAC Car Range: EIF: Dest City/St FSAC Rte Exact Rte Match Prior Rd/Rte Junct Next Rd/Rte Final Rd/Rte Fleet Name Car Owner Car Hire Grp Reclaim Cd Car Hire Pool STCC to Cmdty Grp Prod Grp Car Type to Car Kind Car Grp Frgn/Pvt PP/CC Early Warn: Ind Nbr Special Hand Train Customer 1 Desc Customer 2 Desc Customer 3 Desc Customer 4 Desc Customer 5 Desc Block To Traffic Type Storage Weigh Priority Bad Order Spot Unit/Multi PageDn=Apply F1=Admin F3=Exit F11=Delete Rule F18=EIF F19=Car Ranges

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Car Distribution Blocking Category Added The new Car Distribution blocking table gives you a quick way to automatically block empty cars for loading on the railroad. You can use this table with the Car Order module to automatically assign cars to an order. To use this feature, simply select cars using the standard Edit Rule – General Selection fields, then specify how to apply the field using the Edit Rule – Apply screen: RSTJPVR LIRC Edit Rule - Apply ZZRMITWDA1 Empty Car Distribution CHANGE DESCRIPTION: Empty Equipped Boxcars Chicago Car Order Applied: RWC: Load. . . . Seeding Empty . . . Seeding Block To. . . CARGIL CHI CHGO Stn/Track/Spot. CHGO Switch To . . CARGIL CHI Switch Instr. Car Kind. . . Activity. Priority. Special Hand. Exception Queue/Reason. / Exception Queue/Reason. / To Be Weighed. Ignore Future Block . . . . . . PageUp=Selection F3=Exit F11=Delete Rule F13=Assign F15=Car Order

Use the Edit Rule - Apply Car Distribution screen (F15=Car Order from the Edit Rule - Apply screen) to instruct TMS to which order(s) matching cars will be assigned: RSTZPVR LIRC Edit Rule - Apply Car Distribution RMIJWA1 ENTER Empty Car Distribution ADD DESCRIPTION: Load/Empty: This screen is used to match the selected cars against possible open orders. If you enter an Order Number, TMS will apply cars to that order only. If you enter a Customer or a Customer Group, TMS will apply cars to orders for those customers only. Check Car Orders for Customer Code/Group . CARGIL CHI Check Car Orders for Car Order Number . . Check Any Open Car Order . . . . . . . . . (Y/' ') F3=Exit

In the example, TMS will look for open car orders placed by Cargil and attempt to match the cars up to that order.

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Demurrage and Storage Blocking Added New blocking tables have been added to TMS to help you handle special demurrage or storage charges. You will normally use these tables to override the demurrage/storage code or customer normally assigned to a car. Each of the tables require you to complete an Assign Rule screen to specify Loaded/Unloaded or Empty/Loaded status and rule order and a standard Edit Rule – Selection screen to specify which cars should be selected for the rule. You must also complete an Edit Rule – Apply screen for each to specify how demurrage should be applied to selected cars: RSUDPVR LIRC Apply Blocking ZZRMITWDA1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Demurrage Load ADD Description: CORN CAR LOADING DEMURRAGE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Demurrage Code to Apply: Exclude from Demurrage: (A=All,P=Private Cars,R=Railroad Cars) (S=System Cars,*Blank=None) Demurrage Customer: D=Delete F3=Exit F10=Update F11=Delete Rule F12=Return to Selection

RSUDPVR LIRC Apply Blocking ZZRMITWDA1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Storage Load CHANGE Description: GATX STORAGE LOADS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Storage Code to Apply Exclude From Storage: (A=All,P=Private Cars,R=Railroad Cars) (S=System Cars,*Blank=None) Storage Customer: D=Delete F3=Exit F10=Update F11=Delete Rule F12=Return to Selection

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