E6 Advance Car Disposition

To specify advance data on the disposition of equipment

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Position

Element

Name

Type

Requirement

Min

Max

Repeat

E601

206

Equipment Initial

String (AN)

Mandatory

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

E602

207

Equipment Number

String (AN)

Mandatory

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

E603

City Name

String (AN)

Mandatory

Free-form text for city name

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

E604

154

Standard Point Location Code

Identifier (ID)

Optional

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

E605

140

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

Identifier (ID)

Mandatory

Code identifying the Standard Carrier Alpha Code

E606

296

Intermediate Switch Carrier Code

Identifier (ID)

Optional

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)

E607

Commodity Code

String (AN)

Optional

Code describing a commodity or group of commodities

E608

301

Car Type Code

Identifier (ID)

Optional

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

E609

578

Equipment Status Code

Identifier (ID)

Mandatory

Code indicating status of equipment