DefinitioNS
Provides power to a train to move it along the tracks
What is a locomotive?
70.7%
What was the Q2 2020 operating ratio?
The amount of revenue earned for each unit transported
What is revenue per unit?
A car which is attached to the rear of freight trains for the accomodation of the conductor and trainmen as office and quarters while in transit
What is a Caboose?
Oversees federal highway, air, railroad, and maritime and other transportation administration functions
What is DOT?
An employee who is in charge of directing train movements in a given territory
What is a train dispatcher?
$2.1B
What was the Q2 2020 revenue?
The amount remaining after NS has accounted for operating expenses, other income and non-operating expenses, made interest payments on debt, and state and federal income taxes
What is net income?
A car used for carrying liquids, such as oil, molasses, vinegar, acid, etc.
What is a Tank Car?
The process by which locomotives are filled with fuel utilizing fuel trucks
What is DTL?
A track usually in a yard or terminal where bad ordered cars are set out to be accessed by the Mechanical department to make minor repairs or to be ruled out of service
What is a repair track?
$392M
What was the Q2 2020 net income?
The amount of railway operating revenues, or dollars, less operating expenses
What is income from railway operations?
A long flat car with one or more deck levels above the car's main deck
What is a Multi-level Car?
The movement of the combined weight of cars and their contents a distance of one mile
What is GTM?
A system of monitoring and controlling train movements designed to prevent train-to-train collisions, over-speed derailments, casualties of roadway workers, damage to equipment and incursions into work zones
What is Positive Train Control (PTC)?
60%
What is the target 2021 operating ratio?
Fuel, compensations & benefits purchased services & rents, depreciation, and materials and other
What is included in operating expense?
An enclosed car used for general service and especially for lading which must be protected from weather
What is a Boxcar?
Trade Association for the railroad industry, where problems and concerns common to the entire industry are dealt with through vaious specialized committees and bureaus
What is the AAR?
A railway property which two or more carriers either own, maintain or operate by formal agreement for this common benefit
What is a joint facility?
Serve customers, manage assets, control costs, work safely, and develop people
What are the TOP21 key principles?
The percentage of revenues that goes into operating the railroad. It is calculated by dividing railway operating expenses by railway operating revenues
What is an operating ratio?
An open top car with one or more pockets opening on the underside of the car to permit quick unloading of bulk commodities
What is a Hopper?
Centralized, computerized yard inventory system that provides accurate, timely reports on car and train movements
What is TYES?