per diem question.

[jimrice4449]

Having worked for 2 RRs over a 11 year period as an opr/clerk before going braking I should know this but I'm drawing a blank. Does per diem accrue to cars under load or is it just on empties?

[AltonFan]

IIRC, per diem applies to loaded cars as well as empties. I remember reading that crews would sometimes race to get interchange cars delievered to a connecting railroad before midnight so as to shift liability for the per diem on foreign cars to the connecting line.

[Anonymous]

50 or so years ago, the consignee had two days to unload the car before per-diem set in. I wasn't privy to what the railroad had to pay for the use of the car.

Art