E6 Advance Car Disposition

To specify advance data on the disposition of equipment

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
30
-
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 National Motor Freight Tariff Association (NMFTA) or the National Transportation Agency of Canada (NTA) 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)
Optional
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
String (AN)
Optional
1
30
-
Code describing a commodity or group of commodities
E6-08
Car Type Code
Identifier (ID)
Optional
1
4
-
Code specifying type of rail car or intermodal equipment type and its general characteristics
E6-09
Equipment Status Code
Identifier (ID)
Mandatory
1
2
-
Code indicating status of equipment

Stedi is a registered trademark of Stedi, Inc. Stedi's EDI Reference is provided for marketing purposes and is free of charge. All names, logos, and brands of third parties listed on our site are trademarks of their respective owners (including “X12”, which is a trademark of X12 Incorporated). Stedi, Inc. and its products and services are not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with these third parties. Our use of these names, logos, and brands is for identification purposes only, and does not imply any such endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation.