E6 Empty Car Advance Disposition

To specify advance data on the disposition of empty car

Position: E6-01 · Element: 206 · Name: Equipment Initial · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

Prefix or alpha part of an equipment unit's identifying number.

Position: E6-02 · Element: 207 · Name: Equipment Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 10 · Repeat: -

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

Position: E6-03 · Element: 19 · Name: City Name · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 19 · Repeat: -

Free-form text for city name.

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

Position: E6-04 · Element: 154 · Name: Standard Point Location Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 6 · Max: 9 · Repeat: -

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.

Position: E6-05 · Element: 140 · Name: Standard Carrier Alpha Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

Position: E6-06 · Element: 296 · Name: Intermediate Switch Road Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

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).

Position: E6-07 · Element: 22 · Name: Commodity Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 10 · Repeat: -

Code describing a commodity or group of commodities. See Data Element 23.

Position: E6-08 · Element: 301 · Name: Car Type Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 4 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

Code maintained by AAR to identify a type of rail car and its general physical characteristics.