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 PC*Miler
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PC*MILER Rail is the rail and logistics industry’s
leading routing, mileage and mapping software solution.
Widely used in rate determination and negotiation, fuel
surcharge calculation, equipment management, rail car
mileage auditing, carrier selection , and ad valorem tax
reporting, PC MILER Rail determines actual operating or
shortline (tariff) routes and mileage using city/state
abbreviations or railroad industry codes. Through ALK’s
close working relationship with all major railroads, PC
MILER Rail features the most accurate electronic
representation of current North American rail network.
Features and Benefits
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North American rail network of
240,000 miles of rail line, with over 3,600 unique
interchanges, including over 49,400 active freight
stations and 709 railroads.
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Fuel Surcharge Routing Option
uses railroad-specific routing criteria to determine
miles to accommodate the Surface Transportation Board
ruling on mileage-based fuel surcharge calculations.
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Six Routing Options including
Shortest, Practical, Fuel Surcharge, Auto Racks,
Intermodal, and Coal/Bulk.
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Non-Rail Freight Stations
including off-rail network stations serviced by truck
and/or ferry allowing users to run routes to and from
these stations.
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Custom Place Manager provides
users with the ability to assign custom station names to
the PC*MILER|Rail database.
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Railroad Map Framing allows
users to select a railroad in the Railroad Display
Control dialog box to locate and frame the railroad on
the map.
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Railroad Mileage Reports
provide Detailed Route Reports listing railroad mileage
in addition to via points and major cities, with leg and
cumulative mileage.
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Display Track Ownership with
color-coded lines and labels to indicate ownership for
single or jointly-owned rail lines.
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Improve fleet utilization by
determining advantageous rail routings.
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Ensure fair payment of car
hire and state ad valorem taxes by accurate measurements
of mileage.
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Minimize empty haulage costs
by tracking empty and loaded mileage by rail car,
carrier and state.
Additional Features
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NEW!
Route Duplication option allows for an existing
route to be duplicated without re-entering stops and
carrier information.
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AutoRouter or Single Route Entry
Mode provides customized railroad selection for
simplified route entry.
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Identify Locations using City
and State, Standard Point Location Codes (SPLC), Freight
Station Accounting Codes (FSAC), Eastern Railroad
President’s Conference Codes (3-3-3) or Rule 260
Junction Codes (R260).
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City and SPLC Labels to view
station locations on the map by either city name or SPLC.
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Show All Routes Option in the
AutoRouter allows users to display all generated routes
on the map simultaneously.
Additional PC*Miler Rail Solutions
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PC MILER Rail-Connect:
Seamlessly interface PC*MILER|Rail routes, mileage and
reports into your production environment. Calculate rail
mileage, display maps, run state-by-state mileage
breakdowns and generate detailed station reports within
other software applications, including Microsoft®
Excel®.
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PC MILER Rail-BatchPro:
Simultaneously process large volumes of
Origin-Destination Pairs. Automatically summarize empty,
loaded, and total mileage by equipment ID, railroad, or
state/province for a large number of rail movements.
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NEW! PC MILER Rail-TCP/IP:
Access trip calculation functions from the PC*MILER|Rail-Connect
DLL, running on Windows personal computers, over a
TCP/IP network from any other computer platform.
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