Acacso Conference Nov 2013, Atlanta (GA)
This presentation provides a practical overview of Damaged and Defective Car Tracking (DDCT) and how shop movements affect car hire responsibility within the Liability Continuity System (LCS). It explains the interaction between railroad movement reporting, repair shop reporting, DDCT records, and the assignment of car hire while damaged or defective equipment is moving to, located at, and released from a repair facility.
The session reviews shop-time responsibility under applicable repair rules and explains the use of special LCS road marks including DSP7/8 and SHP7/8. Through detailed event examples, the presentation demonstrates how car hire responsibility changes when a railroad reports a car to the shop, when the repair shop reports the car on-site, when both parties report the movement, and when neither party initially reports the car at the shop.
The presentation also addresses intermediate-carrier responsibility, including the 720-hour provision, and shows how DDCT-generated LCS records maintain liability continuity throughout the repair cycle. These examples make the presentation a useful reference for understanding how DDCT reporting and shop events can affect car hire assignment and equipment accounting.
DDCT, Damaged and Defective Car Tracking, Railinc DDCT, LCS, Liability Continuity System, DSP7/8, SHP7/8, car hire liability, car hire responsibility, shop time, repair shop reporting, railroad repair shops, damaged railcars, defective railcars, intermediate carriers, 720-hour rule, TRAIN II, LCS gap records, equipment repair, railroad equipment accounting, car hire accounting