铁路货运工作是社会各类物资的产、供、运、销中的重要一环。各类物资不经过“运”这个环节，也就是说，如果物资没有一定的位移过程，产、供、销的效益就不能实现。在社会主义商品经济的现阶段，货物运输和所有其他经济交往活动一样，在铁路作为承运人与托运人、收货人之间存在着权利义务的关系。这可依《经济合同法》，的有关规定来处理。不过该法的规定是原则性 Railway freight transport is an important part of the production, supply, transportation and sale of various social supplies. All kinds of materials do not pass the “transport” link, that is, if there is no certain material displacement process, production, supply and marketing benefits can not be achieved. At the present stage of the socialist commodity economy, the carriage of goods, like all other economic exchanges, has the rights and obligations of the railway as the carrier, the shipper and the consignee. This can be “Economic Contract Law,” the relevant provisions to deal with. However, the law is prescriptive