E6 Advance Car Disposition

To specify advance data on the disposition of equipment

Sequence

Element

Name

Type

Requirement

Min

Max

Repeat

01

206

Equipment Initial

String (AN)

Mandatory

1

4

1

Prefix or alphabetic part of an equipment unit's identifying number

02

207

Equipment Number

String (AN)

Mandatory

1

15

1

Sequencing or serial part of an equipment unit's identifying number (pure numeric form for equipment number is preferred)

03

19

City Name

String (AN)

Mandatory

2

30

1

Free-form text for city name

E603 is the station or city name at which carriers interchange shipments.

04

154

Standard Point Location Code

Identifier (ID)

Optional

6

9

1

Code specifying the Standard Point Location code defined by National Motor Freight Tariff Association (NMFTA) or the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) point development group as the official code assigned to a city or point (for ratemaking purposes) within a city

05

140

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

Identifier (ID)

Mandatory

2

4

1

Code identifying the Standard Carrier Alpha Code

06

296

Intermediate Switch Carrier Code

Identifier (ID)

Optional

2

4

1

Code identifying 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)

07

22

Commodity Code

String (AN)

Optional

1

30

1

Code describing a commodity or group of commodities

08

301

Car Type Code

Identifier (ID)

Optional

1

4

1

Code specifying type of rail car or intermodal equipment type and its general characteristics

09

578

Equipment Status Code

Identifier (ID)

Mandatory

1

2

1

Code indicating status of equipment

Codes (18)