CIC Car Information Control

To transmit identifying equipment mark and type associated with the cycle or transaction

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

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

Position: CIC-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: CIC-03 · Element: 301 · Name: Car Type Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 4 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

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