Since 1889
interchanging rail traffic
FAQ
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Opportunity Clause” of Executive Order 11246 as amended or superseded.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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1017 Olive Street, 5th Floor, St. Louis, Missouri 63101.
Rail Yard:
1201 McKinley Avenue, Venice, Illinois 62090.
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Call the Manager of Revenue at 618-451-8437 for assistance
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