Since  1889 

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  Vendor Purchase Order/Task Order Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions of Purchase

If a Project is procured pursuant to a Continuous Service Agreement, Services

Contract, or any other contract, the terms and conditions shall be as set forth in

those Agreements and Contracts. This purchase order shall serve as a Task

Order related to those Agreements and Contracts.


For all other purchases, the following Terms and Conditions shall apply:


By acknowledging this order the Seller covenants and agrees (a) to exempt the Buyer

from any obligation to acquire from the Seller or any of Seller’s principals, agents,

legal representatives lessees, successors or assigns, anything required at any time to

repair or replace anything herein contracted for, or any part thereof, now or hereafter

covered by any patent owned, controlled or acquired by the Seller; (b) to defend and

save harmless the Buyer against any and all claims which may be made, under the

Patent Laws of the United States, on account of the use of the articles or things herein

purchased and on account of the use of any other article or thing furnished pursuant

thereto; (c) to pay any and all costs, attorney’s fees, expenses or judgments arising out

of the defense of any such claims as well as all loss which the Buyer shall suffer

through being compelled to remove or refrain from using any such article or thing; and

(d) to indemnify Buyer from all expenses occasioned by loss, damages, injury or death,

sustained by any person, caused in whole part, directly or indirectly, by Buyer’s

employees in loading, unloading or assisting in the loading or unloading, any goods

delivered in response to this order, or being returned to the Seller by reason of error in

the filling of this order. Unless exempt therefrom, Seller agrees to comply with “Equal

Opportunity Clause” of Executive Order 11246 as amended or superseded. Seller

agrees to the following; (1) Acknowledge receipt of this order, (2) No draft for supplies

will be honored, (3) No charge for packages or drayage will be allowed, (4) Consignee

and Order Number will be shown on each package, (5) to mail all shipping notices to

Terminal Railroad, (6) Put the Order Number, Consignee and Designation of this order

on Seller’s invoice, (7) To notify Terminal Railroad at once, if there is any portion of

the order Seller can not fill promptly, (8) To specify the maker, brand, quality number

and other trade designation, etc., on invoices, for all articles furnished, as fully as

practicable and (9) There will be no interest charged on past due accounts.


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1201 McKinley Avenue, Venice, Illinois 62090.

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We are a Class III Railroad.

Demurrage refers to the charges that a railroad, like TRRA, bills to industries for the amount of time the industry is in possession of a rail car. By tariff, if a car is placed at an industry after 7 AM on a given day, the industry gets the rest of that day and two additional days of free time during which to load or unload the car. After this time has expired, the railroad can bill for demurrage charges. Demurrage