[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1248.3]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER X--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                               (Continued)
 
PART 1248_FREIGHT COMMODITY STATISTICS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A_Railroads
 
Sec. 1248.3  Carload and L.C.L. traffic defined.

    (a) Commodity codes 01 through 422 and 44 through 462, named in 
Sec. 1248.101, shall include only carload traffic. All shipments 
weighing less than 10,000 pounds shall be included in commodity code 
431, ``Small packaged freight shipments.''
    (b) A carload for the purpose of this order shall consist of a 
shipment of not less than 10,000 pounds of one commodity. A mixed 
carload for the purpose of this order shall be treated as a carload of 
that commodity which forms the major portion of the shipment in weight. 
If a single shipment is loaded into more than one car, each car used 
shall be reported as a carload. If more than one carload shipment is 
loaded into one car, each shipment shall be reported separately as a 
carload.

[32 FR 20466, Dec. 20, 1967]