Per diem
Latin for "per day". The daily rental fee paid by one railroad to a car owner for the use of one or more cars.
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Per Diem
1) An amount paid to railroad employees for daily expenses when working away from their home base.
2) An amount paid by one railroad to another for the rental of freight cars owned by the other.
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Per Diem
Charge made by a transportation line against another for the use of its cars based on a fixed rate per day
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Per diem: A fee paid by a rail company to the owner of a car (US) (wagon (UK)) for the time it spends on the company's property; also an authorized living expense payment for some workers forced away from their home terminal. Pronounced by some U.
Bundled Product/Rate
Term used to describe an intermodal product for which an allotment of "free days" or relief of per diem is built into the line haul rate. SPDU containers are marketed as a bundled product.
 See also: Track, Switch, Signal, Point, Locomotive
  
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