New Zealand Gazette – 1982 – No. 33

Page 972

✨ Rail Freight Regulations



972 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 33

  1. CLASS E

39.1 Minimum wagon loads

Minimum loads of goods chargeable at class E shall be as follows:

Each *Mc Wagon Each Kc Xc La Wagon Each Xp Kp Ks Wagon Each Four Wheeled Wagon N.O.S. Each Na Nb Nc Nf Wagon N.O.S. Each Bogie Wagon 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
Earthenware products as under: Building blocks, bricks, flooring filler blocks, flooring planks, flooring tiles or quarries (unglazed) 10 10 10 14 10 20 20
Sand, shingle, stone (rough), chalk or earth
Clay, lime, limestone, or pumice sand
Pumice Stone
Earthenware roofing tiles and unglazed field drainage pipes
Ores (iron, perlite, felspar, pyrites and vermiculite 8 8 8 10 8 18 18
Refractory products as under: Firebricks, fireclay ganisters 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 8 8 12 12 12 20 20
Old batteries and battery plates
Goods in Class E n.o.s. 6 6 8 8 8 15 15

*Mc wagons are not to be loaded with bulk commodities.

39.2 Loads under minimum

39.2.1 Category A: Goods classified class E specified in clause 39.1 under category A not complying with the minimum loads shown shall be charged at such minima, or on actual weight at class E plus 50 percent, whichever is cheaper.

39.2.2 Category B: Class E goods specified in clause 39.1 under Category B and not complying with the minimum loads shown but complying with the following minimum loads, shall be charged at the class E minimum loads specified in clause 39.1 or at class E plus 25 percent, whichever is cheaper. Any lesser quantity shall be charged at such minimum or on actual weight at class E plus 50 percent, whichever is cheaper.

Each *Mc Wagon Each Xp Kp Ks Wagon Each Kc Xc La Wagon Each Four Wheeled Wagon N.O.S. Each Bogie Wagon N.O.S. Each Rb Wagon
Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes
Wheat and maize 4 6 5½ 7 8 12
Oats and barley
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

*Mc wagons are not to be loaded with bulk commodities.

39.3 Handling and tallying

The Corporation may require all loading, unloading, and tallying to be performed by the owners. Where any such services are performed by the Corporation charges as prescribed in clause 60 shall be made, except that no charge shall be made for loading, unloading, or tallying when goods are charged at Class E plus 25 or 50 percent except where in clause 35.4 it is provided that loading and unloading be performed by owners.

  1. WOOL: CLASS H

40.1 Wool charges

Wool, unscoured or scoured shall be charged as follows:

Undumped or single dumped bales ... ... ... ... Class H
Double dumped bales (convert to single unit equivalents) ... ... ... Class H
Dense packed bales (See clause 51) ... ... ... ... Class W
Bags, fudges, pockets ... ... ... ... ... ... Class C (Maximum charge per package class H)



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🚂 Computation of Rail Goods Charges (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Rail, Freight, Charges, Minimum Loads, Commodities

🚂 Minimum Wagon Loads for Class E Goods

🚂 Transport & Communications
Freight, Minimum Loads, Wagon Types, Commodities

🚂 Handling and Tallying Charges for Class E Goods

🚂 Transport & Communications
Freight, Handling, Tallying, Charges

🚂 Wool Charges: Class H

🚂 Transport & Communications
Wool, Freight, Charges, Bales