Fuel surcharge calculations are required by the Surface Transportation Board ruling STB Ex Parte No. 661. The railroads listed below have chosen PC*MILER Rail Practical miles as their standard for fuel surcharge calculations. All other major railroads chose PC*MILER Rail Shortest miles as the standard.
Therefore, PC*MILER Rail uses Shortest miles by default when Fuel Surcharge routes are generated but uses Practical routing for the railroads listed below. See a full list of railroads in PC*MILER Rail.
| SCAC | RRN | Routing Option |
| CLP | 169 | Practical |
| CN | 103 | Practical |
| GMRC | 314 | Practical |
| KCS | 400 | Practical |
| MPLI | 984 | Practical |
| NYOG | 585 | Practical |
| TCWR | 768 | Practical |
| VTR | 817 | Practical |
| WACR | 812 | Practical |
| WSOR | 879 | Practical |