N5 Equipment Ordered

To specify carrier equipment.

Position: N5-01 · Element: 567 · Name: Equipment Length · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 4 · Max: 5 · Repeat: -

Length (in feet and inches) of equipment ordered or used to transport shipment. (The format is FFFII where FFF is feet and II is inches. The range for II is 00 through 11.)

If either N507 or N508 is present, then the other is required.

Position: N5-02 · Element: 233 · Name: Weight Capacity · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Capacity of car ordered (stated in 1000 pound units or 1000 kilogram units).

Position: N5-03 · Element: 203 · Name: Cubic Capacity · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

Capacity of car ordered (cubic feet unless otherwise specified).

Position: N5-04 · Element: 301 · Name: Car Type Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 4 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

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

Position: N5-05 · Element: 216 · Name: Metric Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: -

Code used to indicate that measurements are given in metric units.

Position: N5-06 · Element: 65 · Name: Height · Type: Decimal number (R) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 8 · Repeat: -

Vertical dimension of an object measured when the object is in the upright position.

N506 is expressed in inches.

Position: N5-07 · Element: 643 · Name: Lading Percentage · Type: N2 · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

Commodity percentage for rating.

Position: N5-08 · Element: 644 · Name: Lading Percent Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: -

Code identifying type of lading percentage.

Position: N5-09 · Element: 40 · Name: Equipment Description Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code identifying type of equipment used for shipment.