Rail carload and transload software

Every car on your siding, and how long before it costs you.

Cars get ordered, placed, loaded and released, and demurrage starts the day free time runs out, whether anyone is watching or not. Roadmark draws your siding the way the railroad sees it and colours every car by the free time it has left.

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Ashgrove transload siding · Cambridge ON7 cars1 over its free time3 within a day of it

Transload planning

One car of resin, four bays, four trucks.

When a car is ready to unload, the Planning agent splits it across trucks that each stay under a legal payload, and spaces them so the customer's dock takes one at a time. The car closest to its last free day goes first.

Planning agentTransload plan · NAHX 550032 · 180,000 lb PE resin for Meridian Extrusion Co.

NAHX 550032 has one free day left, so unloading starts this morning
Each truck carries one bay, 45,000 lb, inside a legal payload
Two trucks a day so Meridian's dock unloads one at a time

From release to the siding, in words your team already uses.

A car's own events arrive as railroad shorthand. Roadmark turns them into a plain trip: where the car is, who has it, and whether it's actually spotted or just been promised a spot.

Car trip · NAHX 550032Sarnia ON → Ashgrove transload siding, Cambridge ON

Sarnia ONCNSep 21Released by the shipper
InterchangeGEXR short lineSep 23CN hands it to the GEXR
Cambridge yardGEXR short lineSep 24Waiting for the local
Constructively placedSep 24, 14:00No room on the siding; free time starts
Placed on Track 1Sep 29, 09:00Spotted by the Tuesday local

Transload fees, storage and demurrage pass-through, on one invoice.

Billed per truck or per ton, with any storage and the railroad's own demurrage carried through at cost, the same way the siding actually charged for the car.

Transload billingRate basis

Transload feeCA$185.00 / truck
Storage or yardCA$45.00 / day
Demurrage pass-throughAt cost

Billing agentSends after truck 4

Invoice INV-10467 · Meridian Extrusion Co. · car NAHX 550032

Transload fee, 4 trucks at CA$185.00CA$740.00
Demurrage pass-through, within free timeCA$0.00
Total$740.00 CAD

Questions

Questions about cars and demurrage.

Does Roadmark track a railcar's free time and demurrage?

Yes. Roadmark draws the siding the way the railroad sees it and colours every car by the free time it has left, so it's clear which cars are already running demurrage and which are close to their last free day.

How does Roadmark plan a transload?

When a car is ready to unload, it splits the load across trucks that each stay under a legal payload and spaces them so the customer's dock takes one at a time, starting with whichever car is closest to its last free day.

How do you track where a railcar actually is?

Roadmark turns the railroad's own shorthand status messages into a plain trip: where the car is, who has it, and whether it's actually spotted or only constructively placed.

How is transload billing calculated?

It's billed per truck or per ton, with storage and the railroad's own demurrage carried through at cost, the same way the siding actually charged for the car.

Thirteen modes, one platform.

Every mode runs on the same customers, loads and invoices, so a company that runs more than one sees them together.

Bring your siding. We'll sort it live.

Send us what's on your track today. In the call, you'll see it sorted by free days, with the transload plan Roadmark would have drafted.

Your railroad, siding and free-time agreement
Your own trucks or a transload partner
What it would cost for your yard