New Zealand Gazette – 1978 – No. 58

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✨ Railway Freight Classifications



1826 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 58

GOODS

Class E

This section is hereby revoked and the following new section substituted therefor:

72. Class E

  1. Minimum loads of goods chargeable at Class E will be as follows:
Each Mc Wagon Each Kc Xc La Wagon Each Xp Kp Ks Wagon Each Four Wheeled Wagon Nos Each Na No Nc Nf Wagon Each Bogie Wagon Nos Each Rb Wagon
Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes
Category A
Concrete products as under:
Airbricks, bricks building blocks, cell blocks, crib blocks, paving slabs or tiles or ventilators .. 10 10 10 14 10 20 20
Earthenware products as under:
Building blocks,bricks, flooring filler blocks, flooring planks, flooring tiles or quarries (unglazed)
Sand, shingle, stone (rough), chalk or earth
Clay, lime, limestone, or pumice sand
Pumice Stone..
Earthenware roofing tiles and unglazed field drainage pipes 8 8 8 10 8 18 18
Ores (iron, perlite, felspar, pyrites and vermiculite)..
Refractory products as under:
Firebricks, fireclay gannisters and grog
Rubber Scrap
Category B
Wheat and maize .. 6 8 8 10 10 12 16
Oats and barley .. 6 7 8 9 10 12 16
Scrap metals for remelting
Old batteries and battery plates 8 8 12 12 12 20 20
Goods in Class E n.o.s. 6 6 8 8 8 15 15

  1. Goods classified Class E specified in subparagraph 1 hereof under Category A not complying with the minimum loads shown will be charged at such minima or on actual weight at Class E plus 50 percent whichever is cheaper.

  2. Goods classified E, specified in subparagraph 1 hereof under Category B not complying with the minimum loads shown but complying with the following minimum loads will be charged at Class E minimum loads (specified in subparagraph 1), or at Class E plus 25 percent whichever is cheaper.

Each Mc Wagon Each Xp Kp Ks Wagon Each Kc Xc La Wagon Each Four Wheeled Wagon Nos Each Bogie Wagon Nos Each RB Wagon
Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes
Wheat and maize .. 4 6 5½ 7 8 12
Oats and barley .. 6 5½ 7 8 12
Scrap metals for remelting old batteries and battery plates .. 6 8 6 8 14 14
Goods in Class E n.o.s. .. 4½ 5½ 4½ 5½ 11 11

Any less quantity will be charged at such minimum or on actual weight at Class E plus 50 percent, whichever is cheaper.

  1. Handling and Tallying—The department may require all loading, unloading, and tallying to be performed by the owners.

Where any such services are performed by the department charges as prescribed in section 122 will be made, with the following exception:

Exception—No charge will be made for loading, unloading, or tallying when goods are charged at Class E plus 25 or 50 percent except where in section 68 it is provided that loading and unloading be performed by owners.



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🚂 Changes to Luggage, Parcels, and Excess Luggage Charges (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Luggage, Parcels, Charges, Fees, Excess Luggage, Left Luggage, Luggage Lockers, Motor Bicycles, Parcels Rates

🚂 Revised Class E Goods Freight Rates

🚂 Transport & Communications
Freight, Goods, Class E, Minimum Loads, Concrete Products, Earthenware Products, Sand, Shingle, Stone, Clay, Lime, Limestone, Pumice, Ores, Refractory Products, Rubber Scrap, Wheat, Maize, Oats, Barley, Scrap Metals, Old Batteries, Battery Plates