Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Railway Accounting Code Numbers

I have shown a couple of times on this blog the list I made of AAR code numbers for “selected railroads,” which are the numbers shown next to railroad names on waybills and other accounting documents. These numbers were assigned by the AAR and were mandatory for use on AAR forms such as waybills. But the “selected” names I chose are a small fraction of all the railroads in the AAR list. This post provides a link to the complete list.
     I have scanned the 15 pages of the list from the AAR book Railway Accounting Rules (1950 edition--numerous editions exist), and provided a PDF document on Google Docs. Here is a link to that document: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bz_ctrHrDz4wZ2NjTU92aG9Id00/edit
     Thus in a form like the one below, which is a corrected waybill from the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, the code number, alongside the railroad name at the top of the document, is 208.


But if you don’t have such a form, which would give you the code number for that particular railroad, simply consult the AAR list provided above.
Tony Thompson
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4 comments:

  1. TrevorAugust 14, 2012 at 9:08 AM

    Hi Tony:
    Thanks - EXACTLY what I needed.
    - Trevor (creating waybills)

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  2. UnknownAugust 28, 2012 at 7:49 PM

    For those of us modeling the 1970s, these same numbers are used for the ACI Carrier Conversion Codes, which are published in the ORER. Of course, waybills for, say, the Penn Central should use code assigned to PC (622) rather than the PRR (620) or NYC (540).

    Tim

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  3. Tony ThompsonAugust 28, 2012 at 11:23 PM

    Thanks, Tim, good info. Since I model 1953, ACI and related things are many years in the unknowable future (grin) but it's still interesting to know.
    Tony Thompson

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  4. North Bay LinesJanuary 27, 2014 at 5:10 PM

    Tony,

    I've updated and posted my spreadsheet version of the Interline Codes on Google Docs. The link is in my blog post at http://northbaylines.blogspot.com/2014/01/interline-codes-what-are-they-and-where.html

    John Barry

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