E6 Empty Car Advance Disposition

To specify advance data on the disposition of empty car

Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
E6-01
Equipment Initial
String (AN)
Mandatory
1
4
-
Prefix or alphabetic part of an equipment unit's identifying number.
E6-02
Equipment Number
String (AN)
Mandatory
1
10
-
Sequencing or serial part of an equipment unit's identifying number (pure numeric form for equipment number is preferred).
E6-03
City Name
String (AN)
Mandatory
2
19
-
Free-form text for city name.
E603 is the station or city name at which carriers interchange shipments.
E6-04
Standard Point Location Code
Identifier (ID)
Optional
6
9
-
Code (Standard Point Location) defined by NMFTA point development group as the official code assigned to a city or point (for ratemaking purposes) within a city.
E6-05
Standard Carrier Alpha Code
Identifier (ID)
Mandatory
2
4
-
Standard Carrier Alpha Code
E6-06
Intermediate Switch Carrier
Identifier (ID)
Conditional
2
4
-
Code defining a road which neither originates nor terminates the shipment but provides a switching service between two roadhaul rail carriers (SCAC code for rail switch carrier).
E6-07
Commodity Code
Identifier (ID)
Conditional
1
16
-
Code describing a commodity or group of commodities.
E6-08
Car Type Code
Identifier (ID)
Conditional
4
4
-
Code maintained by AAR to identify a type of rail car and its general physical characteristics.

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