Yes they did - and still try to do so. This quickly becomes VERRRRY expensive once they get caught at it. A good demurrage clerk (I don’t think the RR’s have such positions anymore.) would spot this in a micro-second. How is it done without incurring such expense? The Private Line Freight Car – or “X” Line car and leased (or owned outright) storage tracks. The railroad gets money for moving the car and renting the track space to park the car on. Called “Storage in Transit”. The “stuff” can be either left in the car or unloaded into a warehouse and reloaded into another car later.
Eric;
Thanks for your information on these types of car movements; you have provided an unexpected level of clarity and information.
I am really amazed at the level of information that is forthcoming from the members of this Forum. It is enjoyable to read the personal experiences, source information, annecdotes, and historical information,from all over the globe; subjectmatter of all kinds over a very broad range of material surrounding the interests of this hobby we are so deeply into.
Sam
You are welcome. Did Transit, demurrage, and interline divisions/billing for more years than I care to remember while also doing Train Orders and a mainline multiple track interlocking that was several miles long – oh, yes, and Industrial Service Clerk. Busy busy busy.
After you learn what the nuances of a tariff are and the legal interpretations of same from court decisions as well as out-of-court settlement agreements – well – – it becomes a real cat and mouse game to catch the sheisters, and when you do, the bills are usually BIG. And if they are not smart enough to settle out of court, they think that they are SO GOOD at sneaking things past you. [:-,][(-D][(-D][dinner]
Your real opponant is not the do badder, unfortunatly, but it will be your own Traffic Department thinking that if the railroad prevails, you will lose the customer. If you do, you certainly didn’t need them in the first place.