The acceptance of “Coiled Metal Products” by CN will be subject to specific conditions. These conditions are amended from time to time, and are necessary to help ensure a safe rail environment for our employees, the general public, and to protect the best interests of our customers. The term “Coiled Metal Products” includes multi-packs of coils in individual stacks, which are unitized in such a manner as to maintain vertical alignment.

All mandatory conditions can be found in the documentation listed below.

Price Documents

RIC 6007 – Private railcars – Mileage equalization and distance allowance - All U.S. carriers.

CN 6544 – Private railcars – Mileage equalization and distance allowance - Canada.

CN 6800 – For the acceptance and restrictions of intermodal traffic, including:

• Acceptance of containers.
• Traffic restrictions.
• Flexitank approved manufacturers:

– EPT (Environmental Packaging Technologies) as of May 15th 2012
– Braidco as of September 4th 2012.
        – TransOcean/JF Hillebrand Group Multi-Layer Flexitank as of July 2018

        – SIA Flexitanks as of October 2019


 Commodity Request Form for Flexitanks


• Coiled metal products: Product Policy & Letter of Agreement (PDF).
• Use of certified coil loaders: Certified Coil Loaders List (PDF)
• Dangerous goods / Hazardous materials.
• Restricted commodities.