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NAPCA Workshop Brent Lichty Damage Prevention Engineer UPRR August 15, 2013 1

There are only….. • 16 DAYS until – College Football – GO VOLS! 2

Overview • UPRR System • AAR Open Top Loading Rules Committee • AAR Open Top Rules • Rules and Application Review • Common Errors • Innovations 3

Union Pacific System Seattle Eastport Portland Duluth Fast Facts Twin Cities • Commodity Chicago Revenue $15.5 B Omaha SLC Oakland • Route Miles 32,200 in KC Denver 23 States St. Louis • Employees 49,000 LA Memphis • Annual Payroll $3.9 B Calexico Dallas • Customers 25,000 New Nogales El Paso Orleans • Locomotives 8,700 Houston Eagle Pass Laredo Brownsville 4

Union Pacific DPS Field Managers DAMAGE PREVENTION SERVICES - FIELD OPERATIONS (Page 2 of 3) WAYNE RONCI Director Damage P revention Field Operations PAUL SEDILLO KIRK JACOBSON KEITH KEARNS BETH LAMBERT Manager Manager Manager Manager Customer P roducts Customer P roducts Customer P roducts Customer P roducts Damage P revention Services Damage P revention Services Damage P revention Services Damage P revention Services (Denver, CO) (Chicago, IL) (Salt Lake City, UT) (Kansas City, MO) HARRY CHAMBERS MARCO VILLARREAL NICHOLAS KELLY ANDREW JOHNSON Manager Manager Manager Manager Customer P roducts Customer P roducts Customer P roducts Customer P roducts Damage P revention Services Damage P revention Services Damage P revention Services Damage P revention Services (Mira Loma, CA) (San Antonio, TX) (N. Little Rock, AR) (P ortland, OR) JEFF VANCE SETH COX Manager Manager Customer P roducts Customer P roducts Damage P revention Services Damage P revention Services (Houston, TX) (Roseville, CA) 5

AAR Open Top Loading Rules Committee 6

Does this look SAFE ? Did I adhere to the AAR Loading Requirements ? What are AAR Loading Requirements????? 7

General Rule Tie Down : 5.3.1 3 G Longitudinal x 2 G Lateral x 2 G Vertical 3 G 2 G 2 G 2 G 3 G 8

AAR Figure 285 – Revised 06/2013 9

General Rule 10.3 “All Wood of Good Quality” 10 10

General Rule 10.3 “Wood Quality” Inexcusable Quality 11 11

General Rule 10.1 Note #3 “Douglas Fir” Full 3”x4” 12 12

General Rule 11.2.3 “Bearing Piece Securement” 13 13

General Rule 11.2 “Separators” Separator Inadequate Length for Width of Load. NO CHOCK 14 14

General Rule 17.2.8 “Free Ends no more than 12” From Seal” Potential Coating Damage/Scrapes 15 15

General Rule 17.5.8 “Notch Type Joint Seal” Band Seal Applied Next to Pipe 16 16

General Rule 20.6.3 A synthetic webbing and/or tie-down assembly must be removed from service if any of the following conditions are present. (Refer to Fig. 20.7 for illustrations of some sample defect conditions.) 17 17

General Rule 20.7.3 “Marking along with ABS & WLL 18 18

“LOOK FOR’S” This Car had 6 Missing Chocks on Bearing Pieces , 1 side of load 19 19

“LOOK FOR’S” 20 20

“LOOK FOR’S” Chock not making contact to pipe, Quality Rejectable 21 21

“LOOK FOR’S” Improper Chock Application and Band Placement 22 22

“LOOK FOR’S” Pipe Length Variation / Placement and Separators Doing Nothing. Any pipe movement and these separators become obstructions 23 23

New Innovations – Non-Metallic Banding 24 24

New Innovations – Dhatec - System 88 25 25

New Innovations – Replaceable Bulkhead Walls 26 26

When Open Tops Go Wrong !!!! 27 27

Contacts • Michael Sandoval Manager • AAR Loading Rules Damage Prevention Office(719) 584-0511 Cell(719)248-1871 Fax: (719) 585-1895 Email: mike_sandoval@aar.com • Brent A. Lichty Damage Prevention Services Industrial Products and Open Top Loads Union Pacific Center 1400 Douglas Street MC STOP 1330 Omaha, NE 68179-1330 Office: 402-544-6531 Fax: 402-233-3333 Email: balichty@up.com 28 28

Review & Questions • UPRR System • AAR Open Top Loading Rules Committee • AAR Open Top Rules • Rules and Application Review • Common Errors • Innovations • QUESTIONS 29 29