What is a Rule 260 Junction?

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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I cant find the actual wording of the rule anywhere in the NERA handbook. Is this the phisical location or a nearby random point for car accounting?

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Looks to LION like a specific Junction. Here is specs. that the LION Googled.

ROAR

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A rule 260 junction is one where interchange takes place - as compared to simply a place where tracks cross or join.

Interesting on the document that LION googled is that the Official Railway Station List is referred to as the OPSL - which stands for the Open and Prepay Station List. In the days when many stations were staffed for both freight and passenger operations the OPSL was the quick way to find out if a station actually had an agent or was simply a location on a railroad. A paper copy of the OPSL is about 3 inches thick.

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read thru that whole thing…cant break thru the jargon…Is a Rule 260 a prefered junction? just because a junction exists does not mean theres any rail action to be had. I love the Junction at White River Junction Vermont you can fish and watch trains at the same time

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Rule 260 Junctions are the Official interchange point - the point from which car mileage is counted for per Diem purposes. In rare cases the actual interchange may take place at some other connection between the carrier for operating purposes.

Official interchange between CSX & CR in Baltimore was the former B&O Bayview Yard, which locates on one side of the multiple track Amtrak Main tracks. The CR Bayview Yard was located on the other side of the Amtrak Mains. Longest track on the interchange held 50 cars, the shorter track held 25. A movement of coal developed from ConRail located mines to the Curtis Bay Coal Pier on CSX. CR delivered the 100+ car coal trains to their Mount Vernon Yard in Baltimore which had a connection to the CSX Main at North Avenue interlocking. CSX delivered the resulting empties to CR on the Perryville Connection to CR’s Port Road at Aikin, MD. The official 260 interchange point for these movements was Bayview both loaded and empty. Other carriers may have their own special circumstance.